{"id":190578,"date":"2026-04-09T06:26:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T06:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/190578\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T06:26:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T06:26:18","slug":"the-1916-company-opens-store-in-manhattan-beach-the-centurion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/190578\/","title":{"rendered":"The 1916 Company Opens Store in Manhattan Beach | the Centurion"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 1916 Company Opens Store in Manhattan Beach
\n April 08, 2026 (0 comments<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Manhattan Beach, CA–Watch and jewelry retailer, The 1916 Company, opened its newest showroom in Manhattan Beach. Located at Manhattan Village, the Southern California location is the a new market The 1916 Company and its 25th location worldwide.<\/p>\n

The 5,800-square-foot store offers Rolex, Breitling, De Bethune, Panerai and Tudor dedicated watch areas, along with an expansive jewelry offering and spaces designed for discovery, conversation and hospitality.<\/p>\n

The main feature is 1,350-square-foot Rolex space, designed to the Rolex aesthetic.<\/p>\n

Manhattan Beach marks the West Coast debut of the 1916 Collector\u2019s Lounge. Home to Rolex Certified Pre- Owned watches and The 1916 Company Pre-Owned Collection, the lounge presents an extensive selection of collectible timepieces in a relaxed, conversational setting \u2013 mirroring the Collector\u2019s Lounge experience at The 1916 Company\u2019s locations in New York, Miami, Switzerland and Asia. As a partner in the Rolex Certified Pre-Owned program, The 1916 Company offers clients access to a range of pre-owned Rolex timepieces both in store and online.<\/p>\n

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\u201cManhattan Beach represents something we\u2019ve been working toward for the last two years,\u201d said John Shmerler, CEO of The 1916 Company. \u201cWe\u2019re bringing The 1916 Company to a market that has long had a deep culture of collecting and a genuine appreciation for craftsmanship\u2026. Our new store reflects the full breadth of what we do: exceptional new and pre-owned collections, independent watchmaking at the highest level and a jewelry offering built around the character of the community. At our core, we\u2019re a company founded on relationships \u2013 with our clients, our brand partners, and the places we call home. We\u2019re here for the long term, and we\u2019re looking forward to earning our place in the South Bay.\u201d<\/p>\n

High Horology by The 1916 Company <\/p>\n

In addition to the marquee brands, a High Horology area, anchored by De Bethune, specializes on important independent watch brands. The store will have rotating presentations of watchmakers from across The 1916 Company\u2019s network. At opening, featured brands include Daniel Roth, G\u00e9rald Genta, Greubel Forsey, and Bianchet, in addition to De Bethune.<\/p>\n

A Jewelry Offering Shaped by the West Coast <\/p>\n

Manhattan Beach marks the company\u2019s first retail partnership with Jade Trau, Jenna Blake and Melissa Kaye\u2014three designers working in expressive, wearable fine jewelry. These collections are complemented by exclusive pieces by The 1916 Company, along with collections by Arzano, Etho Maria, Future Fortune, Hoorsenbuhs, Norman Silverman, Nouvel Heritage, Phillips House, Rahaminov, Roberto Coin, Spinelli Kilcollin and Zoe Chicco.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne hundred and ten years in, the way we connect with our clients hasn\u2019t changed; every visit, every conversation, every relationship matters,\u201d says Melanie Chud, recently appointed president of Retail of The 1916 Company. \u201cManhattan Beach is an opportunity to bring that to a new community, with a space clients can explore at their own pace, and the kind of personal service and care that\u2019s hard to find elsewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 1916 Company Opens Store in Manhattan Beach April 08, 2026 (0 comments) Manhattan Beach, CA–Watch and jewelry…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190579,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-190578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}