Mappin and Webb returns to Birmingham with new showroom

Mappin and Webb has reopened in Birmingham after greater than 20 years, with the Watches and Switzerland Group unveiling a refurbished showroom beneath the Burlington Resort on New Avenue.

The 260 sq mt web site follows a seven-month rebuild and sits near town’s Jewelry Quarter. The group stated the situation was chosen to replicate the jeweller’s historic hyperlinks to craft and design.

Among the many key options is a devoted Rolex space on the centre of the showroom and an exterior Rolex clock – the primary of its type within the metropolis. The area will provide the complete vary of the Swiss watchmaker’s collections.

A choice of Rolex Licensed Pre-Owned watches can be obtainable. These bear authentication and servicing by the model and are offered with a two-year worldwide assure.

The showroom carries additional watch manufacturers together with IWC Schaffhausen, Jaeger-LeCoultre, TAG Heuer and Tudor. Its jewelry vary contains David Yurman – which the group holds completely within the UK – Roberto Coin and Mappin and Webb’s personal collections.

Craig Bolton, president of UK and Europe on the Watches and Switzerland Group, stated the reopening represented a return to a metropolis with a protracted custom of creating. He stated: “We’re extremely proud to carry Mappin and Webb again to Birmingham – a metropolis whose spirit and creativity mirrors our personal.

“Simply steps from the historic Jewelry Quarter, this opening looks like a real homecoming from a model constructed on artistry, excellence and innovation. Birmingham has all the time been a metropolis that celebrates making issues fantastically, and we’re honoured so as to add to that legacy.”

The positioning joins different new-concept Mappin and Webb showrooms in York, Bluewater, Glasgow and Manchester. The group stated the transfer fashioned a part of a broader plan to strengthen its presence in main cities and to develop native partnerships, charitable work and schooling programmes.