New Sekonda team member gets onboard

Time Products (UK) has boosted its travel retail team with the appointment of Louise Stevenson as International Key Account Manager.

She joins the business to focus on Sekonda’s growing cruise and ferry business, with the expansion of existing accounts and a number of potential new partners promising increased presence for the watch brand in 2024 and beyond.

Stevenson joined Time Products (UK) on 31 July 2024 and has a wealth of travel retail and jewellery experience, having previously worked at Buckley Jewellery with many leading cruise and ferry retailers and operators.

“I am delighted to be joining Sekonda’s international team and returning to the exciting travel retail landscape at this time of focus on international growth. I look forward to working closely with our cruise and ferry partners to give passengers every opportunity to engage with the strong range of Sekonda products they will find onboard,” she said.

Time Products UK Head of International Sales Myalee Sofield added: “We’re delighted to welcome Louise to the team. Our travel retail business is growing fast, buoyed by the rapid expansion of the cruise and ferry market. Louise’s experience and contacts in this sector will definitely help us to maximise the opportunities that are out there.”

The ultimate conversation starter

Braun’s President Austin Lally told me recently that watches are a conversation starter, and I totally agree.

It would be quite hard to beat a Sekonda tourbillon in the conversation-starting stakes. Yes, such a genius mass-market watch does exist and was launched only a few months ago. It’s yours for only around £1,400.

Of course, there’s a catch. The movement is made in China, but it is a proper tourbillon, I’m told by my mole at the Marcus boutique on London’s Bond Street. 

Marcus houses one of the world’s largest collections of high-end watches – I once tried on a $2m-plus Franck Muller Aeternitas Mega 4, just for the hell of it. My head spun for days... But Marcus Margulies, the owner of this fabulous namesake boutique, also owns Sekonda.

I feel like buying one and wearing it at the forthcoming edition of SalonQP, the luxury watch fair being held in London from November 7-9. Imagine the exhibitors’ faces when I tell them I’m sporting a tourbillon and show them this masterpiece. I’m liking this idea...

Sekonda Skeleton Tourbillon face

Hand-winding Skeleton Tourbillon movement

Mineral case back glass

For watch-lovers, here are the watch features:

Hand-winding Skeleton Tourbillon movement.

Calibre HS 2233 Tourbillon mechanism.

19 jewels.

Sapphire crystal face glass.

Mineral case back glass. 

Diamond cut hands.

Stainless steel case.

40-hour power reserve.

Good work, Marcus!