Swiss Competition Commission Opens New ETA Investigation
Swatch Group announced yesterday that the Swiss Competition Commission (COMCO) has opened a new investigation against ETA Manufacture Horlog��re SA. The Swatch Group statement notes that this is not the first time that the COMCO has investigated a company of the Swatch Group, and that the Swatch Group is confident that the results of this investigation will again be positive for ETA (a reference to an investigation in 2003 that was resolved by an agreement between ETA and COMCO). The Swatch Group announcement goes on to state:“However, the timing for such an investigation seems unfortunate. Since approximately one year, the majority of the external ETA clients have massively cancelled or postponed their orders, without any consideration for the ETA personnel, its infrastructure nor the investments which have been considerable also at ETA due to the continuous pressure of the COMCO as a consequence of the complaints from third parties.(Ad hoc translation from the German original)So

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Thank You Hal!
Here is my special gift from Hal for the AP photo contest Something I do enjoy, a drink of wine Here is my new Winebota! Thank you very much Hal! I'm sure this will be used immensely! But the sharing part mmmmm I'm pretty protective of my wine Wow you can really see the loved, well worn bezel on this shot! Again, thanks Hal and for all you fellas that allow me to be a part of the best AP forum around!

To The Purists
One of the things that I like about AP aficionado's is that they/we can appreciate and enjoy watches of all sizes. To me it is one of the only brands that embraces some pretty varied watch sizes. And does so well!

Superluminova vs Chromalight
Can someone let me know the difference between the previous Rolex Superluminova (green) and the current Chromalight (blue) lume? Which one lasts longer? When did most of the Rolex range switch over?Trying to determine if a newer model GMT Master 116713 is worth the cost for a potentially longer lasting lume.