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  • Rolex: Property buys pay off as UK profit nears £100m

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    Profit at the UK arm of luxury watch brand Rolex jumped towards the £100m mark during its latest financial year thanks to a trio of investment properties. The London-headquartered division has reported a pre-tax profit of £96.2m for 2024, new accounts filed with Companies House have revealed. The total is up significantly from the £65.8m [...]

    Sales and profit at the UK arm of Rolex both rose in 2024. (Photo by The Image Gate/Getty Images)
  • Luxury watch crime ‘remains a threat’ but recovery rates improve

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    The theft of luxury watches remains a significant risk for owners despite the rate of recovery jumping in the last year, according to new data. In the first six months of 2025, The Watch Register located 607 lost and stolen watches through its global database, a 26 per cent increase on the same period in [...]

    A Rolex watch in its box.

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