Amazon.com Announces Record-Breaking Watch Sales in Third Quarter; Amazon Jewelry & Watches Store Offers the Largest Selection and Industry-Leading Jewelry Portal BR

Amazon.com Announces Record-Breaking Watch Sales in Third Quarter; Amazon Jewelry & Watches Store Offers the Largest Selection and Industry-Leading

SEATTLE -- Amazon Services, an Amazon.com, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMZN) company, today announced record-breaking sales of watches in the Amazon Jewelry & Watches Store. Watch sales grew more than 150 percent in the third quarter of 2005 verses the same quarter last year. The company attributes the sales growth to increased customer awareness of the Jewelry & Watches Store, as well as its unparalleled selection and industry-leading prices.

The Amazon Jewelry & Watches Store offers customers the largest selection of new watches anywhere, with more than 40,000 watches from over 250 brands including Timex, Casio, Citizen, Movado, TAG Heuer, Omega, Fossil, Tissot, Invicta, Bulova and Swiss Army (www.amazon.com/watches). Prices range from $10 to $100,000.

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