Watches & Wonders 2015 Recap & Setting The Tone For The Luxury Timepiece Industry In Asia
Georges Kern, CEO of Schaffhausen, Switzerland-based IWC watches, stands up from our table to deliver a welcome speech for a room of guests invited to dinner after the first day of Watches & Wonders 2015 here in Hong Kong. Known for quick, sharp remarks, and a realistic vision of his company and the luxury watch space, Kern spares no time addressing what he feels are the primary things his colleagues should be thinking about in terms of Asia and the watch industry that has fared so well in the region, and yet now faces a new set of growth, sales, and economic challenges.Kern promises that a brand like IWC is in it for the long run. He is refreshingly candid about the issues facing his business and that of his colleagues. China has been rapidly decreasing its spending on luxuries of all kinds �C watches included. The still-special region of Hong Kong as a result is suffering from a weak retail market once made gloriously robust by pools of Chinese mainlanders who came in with "suitca

Hands-On: The MB&F Legacy Machine Perpetual Calendar, And Why It Matters To Anyone Interested In
The Legacy Machine Perpetual Calendar was the very first true high complication from MB&F, which seems very difficult to believe at first, because the impression one has of the company, and its watches, is exactly the one of exclusivity and ingenuity that you ordinarily associate with the traditional high complications. The perpetual calendar in the Legacy Machine Perpetual is like every other perpetual calendar ever made in that it allows the watch to correctly show the date, whether or not the month in question has 31, 30, 29, or 28 days in it. How it does what it does isn’t arbitrary, either – it’s an essential part of the fantastic aesthetics of the watch. To understand how the Legacy Machine Perpetual can look the way it does, you need to understand what a perpetual calendar is, how it works, and how the Legacy Machine takes the basic principles of a traditional perpetual calendar and modifies them in order to allow it to look like no other perpetual calendar

The Blue Schumi of mine...
I did it!I went to Omega A.D. yesterday and I came back home with this:brand new Omega Speedmaster reduced,from Michael Schumacher edition!I tried many watches and first I wanted 007 Seamaster(not the latest,but the one from Die Another Day).And then I saw this beauty:it smiled at me at the glance!And it was on a GREAT discount!I was thinking for about...fifteen seconds and then I pulled out my wallet and... the rest is history!So,here it is,my Blue Schumi Speedmaster!

Could I get the Patek forum's opinion?
Posted a poll in the Rolex subforum, but I'd appreciate your WIS' opinion as well:.rolexforums/showthread.php?t=478636Many thanks my friends!

5711 WG w/ bracelet?
That's the question.Can a 5711 be had with a with gold bracelet?or just available with a strap?Thanks in advance