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WATCHES

Osaka police have arrested two people, including a yakuza member, on suspicion of stealing a light truck loaded with about 200 items that included luxury watches on a street in Osaka’s Chuo Ward in May.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 16, 2024
Gone in 3 minutes: Yakuza member held over Osaka luxury watch heist
He and another suspect allegedly drove off in a delivery truck carrying 170 Rolex watches when the driver stepped away to make a drop-off.
Takazumi Kominato's compan, Neo Reverse, ran a rental service called Toke Match, through which luxury watches are borrowed from owners and renting out to others for a fixed fee based on their value.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 7, 2024
Tokyo police seek former boss of luxury watch rental firm over alleged embezzlement
The suspect, who is believed to have fled Japan, allegedly sold borrowed timepieces without permission from their owners.
Apple Watch Ultra 2 devices displayed in Los Angeles. Apple said on Dec. 18 it will stop selling some of its smartwatch models in the United States while it fights a patent battle over technology for detecting blood oxygen levels.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 19, 2023
Apple plans rescue for $17 billion watch biz in face of U.S. ban
If the ban holds, Apple is working on a range of legal and technical options.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Taking the Lead
Jan 6, 2019
Changing times: Seiko eyes global luxury watch market as CEO takes iconic firm in a new direction
The executive floor at Seiko Holdings Corp. in Tokyo's posh Ginza district is a piece of history unto itself — the chambers have remained the same for almost a century. If these walls and museum-worthy carved moldings could speak, they would perhaps wax poetic about how Seiko evolved from a watch and...
BUSINESS
Jun 19, 2015
Jewel Watch: It's all on the wrist
Have a child who won't stop asking for a mobile phone? The Jewel Watch can help.
JAPAN / History
May 11, 2015
Gen. MacArthur's watch fetches $75,000 in Geneva
Seventy years after the end of World War II, a watch worn by legendary U.S. five-star Gen. Douglas MacArthur was sold at auction Sunday for 70,000 Swiss francs ($75,000), far above the estimate.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 20, 2014
Citizen Watch opens flagship store in New York
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