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Bonhams has appointed Reg Brack as international director of watches, US. Based in New York, he will lead Bonhams’ Watches business across the United States with responsibility for business development, client engagement and strategic growth. Mr Brack, a passionate horologist, brings more than two decades of experience and expertise from auctions, private sales, digital marketplaces, market intelligence and client advisory.

Phillips has opened bidding on what it says is the highest-value online watch auction ever organized by its New York Watches team, with nearly 90 lots available until October 9. The appetite for auction doesn’t seem to be going anywhere, and Phillips next sale, The New York Sessions, Fall 2026, follows record-setting spring results for the house across Geneva, Hong Kong and New York. As ever, expect an impressive curation of independent makers and established Swiss marques.

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Wilsons Auctions is set to host a Physical Luxury Goods Auction on Tuesday 29 September at 6:00pm at Wilsons Auctions Queensferry, North Wales, offering bidders the opportunity to attend the auction and compete in person for a selection of sought-after luxury goods. Buyers will have the chance to view, assess and bid for premium Lots in a traditional environment.

Swiss-based secondary market platform, Chronext, has installed a payment protection system from Nuvei designed to strengthen trust and security for buyers and sellers, particularly for high value watches. A new protected payment flow enables funds to be held securely within Nuvei’s regulated environment while transaction requirements are completed. Once those requirements have been fulfilled, the funds are released to the seller.

Beaverbrooks cashed-in a £5 million chit in its 2025-26 financial year, described as a “loss of profit insurance claim in respect of previous years”. The one-off payment took operating profit before discretionary payments to £12.8 million, 86% higher than the prior year, but two-thirds lower than the peak year of 2021-22, when the business banked a return of over £35 million before distribution of profit share, charitable donations, taxation and dividends.

WatchPro’s upcoming Women in Watches Miami event will put careers, representation and the changing female watch consumer at the centre of two panel discussions on November 6. Following Women in Watches events in London and New York earlier this year, the Miami edition will take place alongside the Watch Summit with TIMELUXE at TIMELUXE, Miami, bringing together women from across the watch industry for networking, conversation and inspiration.

Louis Vuitton is expanding its revived Monterey collection with two new ceramic models, turning last year’s limited-edition comeback into a permanent part of its watch collection. The new Monterey Ceramic revisits the distinctive pebble-shaped design of the original 1988 LV II, created in collaboration with Italian architect and designer Gae Aulenti. The new models follow the yellow gold reference that LV relaunched as a limited edition in 2025.

Daniel’s Jewelers, one of California’s largest chains of jewelry and watch stores, has been brought back from its private equity owner by the founding family. David Sherwood, the grandson of the company’s founder in 1954, announced today that the family has repurchased Daniel’s Jewelers from Palladium Equity Partners. Tejas Shah, CEO of AJS Creations, a vertically integrated global jewelry group with manufacturing in India and USA, is thanked for his assistance with the deal.

George Bamford, founder and managing director of Bamford Watch Department and Bamford London, has been named as joint chairman at his family’s 80-year-old family firm, the construction equipment giant JCB. British-based JCB is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of construction plant and machinery, generating sales of £6.5 billion last year.