Rob Corder

London

Managing Director at WatchPro

Managing Director for Promedia and managing editor of @WatchPro, the UK's only #magazine and #website dedicated to the #watch #business.

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Articles

How Rolex Maintains Scarcity While Making 1,200,000 Watches Per Year

1 week ago | watchpro.com | Rob Corder

Every Rolex Official Retailer I speak to says accusations that The Crown manipulates supply to create artificial shortages are wide of the mark. They have all seen an increase in the allocation of popular steel sports watches with the longest waiting lists in recent years, but demand continues to outstrip supply, not least because watches trading for over retail prices on the secondary market will always have inflated popularity with collectors, enthusiasts and investors.
Why The Swiss Should Treat Hong Kong And China As One Market

1 week ago | watchpro.com | Rob Corder

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Glashütte Original Develops In-house Dial Production

1 week ago | watchpro.com | Rob Corder

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Garmin Gets Closer To The Apple Watch Market With Feature-rich And Ultrathin Venu X1

1 week ago | watchpro.com | Rob Corder

Garmin has been making significant strides as a company whose premium smartwatches are seen sold alongside analogue brands at retailers such as Beaverbrooks, Fraser Hart and Goldsmiths. A new Venu X1, which launches today, is a welcome addition to the line-up as one of the slimmest and most feature-laden models in the broad and deep Garmin portfolio.
Precise, Reliable, Classic — A Close-up On Tissot's New Solar-powered PRC

1 week ago | watchpro.com | Rob Corder

Tissot will be hoping to repeat the commercial success of its PRX reissue with this year’s launch of a second line of sporty steel timepieces based on a reference from the archive. The PRC 100 first appeared in the mid-2000s as a line of affordable quartz watches with 12-sided bezels. Its name is derived from its mission to be Precise, Reliable and Classic.
BA111OD Welcomes Summer With Trio Of Colourful Stunners

1 week ago | watchpro.com | Rob Corder

Colour is splashing out across the Swiss watchmaking landscape like the pink blob in Dr. Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat Came Back. Fresh to the collectability and eye-popping appeal of bright colours is BA111OD, which has unveiled Summer Edition collection of Chapter 7 three-handers in fuchsia, turquoise, and yellow. They all run on chronometer-certified Soprod P024 automatic movements. BA111OD has opted for a steel 40mm tonneau-shaped case with black PVD coating, which are water resistant to 330 feet.
De Bethune Boss Leaves To Pursue Other Interests After 14 Years At The Helm

1 week ago | watchpro.com | Rob Corder

Pierre Jacques has stepped away from executive duties at De Bethune to focus on new personal and professional ventures, the company has revealed. Mr Jacques has been instrumental in the development of De Bethune alongside co-founder and master watchmaker Denis Flageollet for the past 15 years. He has been CEO since 2011, a year when the independent watchmaker won the top Aiguille d’Or award at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève for its radically-designed DB28.
Watch Sales Continue To "explode" In The United States

1 week ago | watchpro.com | Rob Corder

Watch sales in the United States continued to explode in May, rising by 16.8% year-on-year, according to retail analyst Luxury Watch Barometer. LWB’s information is based on monthly sales and inventory point-of-sale data received from a panel of over 2,500 luxury jewellers across America, but does not have access to Rolex figures.
Blancpain Welcomes Women Into Its Fifty Fathoms Dive Watch World

1 week ago | watchpro.com | Rob Corder

Blancpain has made its boldest statement to date in this, its 290th anniversary year, with two Fifty Fathoms Automatique timepieces designed specifically for women: one in a pale pink colourway, the other with a grey mother of pearl dial. Both come in a new 38mm case, which required significant design tweaks to maintain the same balanced, harmonious silhouette of its 42mm or 45mm big brothers.
Sell-out Timex X Dimepiece Intrepid To Be Made In 36mm

1 week ago | watchpro.com | Rob Corder

Brynn Wallner’s Dimepiece has become required content for watch lovers who want to know how a woman thinks — a seven-figure contract to educate pale, male and stale Swiss manufacturers surely beckons. But, as any impoverished watch writer will tell you, before that consultancy deal lands it pays to have a side hustle to pay the bills.