T014.430.16.057.00 At the higher end of the spectrum sits Patek Philippe. It has answered a call for product beyond timepieces with luxury trinkets. While its watches are globally renowned for quality manufacture and desirability, Patek Philippe also makes solid gold cufflinks referencing elements of its watch design, such as the Calatrava cross. Its lines also include women's fine jewellery including gold and diamond-set rings and earrings, some totalling 6cts of stones.

T033.410.16.013.00 Luxury brands value China's market more than ever. More and more wealthy Chinese people prefer luxury goods made particularly for them.The Geneva office of the Digital Luxury Group, a digital consulting and marketing firm for luxury brands, said its analysis of 65 international watch brands shows that every category of luxury watches from "prestige" to "haute horlogerie" has seen an increase in interest the first half of 2012 compared to the same period in 2011, with a near 40 percent increase in aggregate searches.

T033.410.16.053.00 Just last week, Jay-Z became the latest owner of the luxury wristwatch after his A-list wife Beyonce presented it to him for his 43rd birthday.The Martian Watch is the world's first Bluetooth voice command watch that allows you to talk, listen and control your phone from your wrist to provide a truly unique hands-free experience to the consumer.

T033.410.26.011.00 Atherton said: "We have been looking into launching our first watch brand for a while and a chance meeting with the Casio marketing director a year ago set the ball rolling.For the first time, mobile phone users can communicate without needing to touch their phone by accessing their phone's voice commands, including placing and receiving calls, sending voice-to-text messages, listening and responding to text messages, setting calendar notifications and reminders, controlling music, and searching the web, all without their phones leaving their pocket or purse.