[2] It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

[3] During the late 1970s Theo Paphitis, the entrepreneur, worked as a sales assistant at the Bond Street Watches of Switzerland store in London.

[3] The group was briefly known as Aurum Holdings before re-branding itself as Watches of Switzerland Group in advance of an initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange in May 2019.

[3] The company operates 221 stores in the UK, US and Europe,[14] spread across the Watches of Switzerland, Mappin & Webb, Goldsmiths, Mayors and Betteridge brands.

This includes 96 dedicated mono-brand boutiques in partnership with Rolex, Omega, TAG Heuer, Breitling, Tudor, Audemars Piguet, Seiko, Bulgari and Fope.