TAG Heuer Signs Soccer Star Cristiano Ronaldo
TAG Heuer has announced the signing of a new celebrity “global ambassador” to a long-term partnership: Portuguese soccer champion Cristiano Ronaldo, currently the forward for Real Madrid and captain of Portugal’s national team in the upcoming World Cup in Brazil.Ronaldo, a two-time winner of FIFA’s prestigious Ballon d’or award, joins an illustrious list of sports stars and entertainment celebrities that have partnered with TAG Heuer, a Swiss watch brand renowned for its sport-inspired chronograph watches. Previous TAG Heuer “ambassadors” have included actors Cameron Diaz and Leonardo DiCaprio, tennis star Maria Sharapova, the 2013 America’s Cup-winning Oracle Team USA, numerous legendary drivers from Formula One racing, and, formerly, golf icon Tiger Woods.Born on the island of Madeira, Ronaldo first played professionally in his native Portugal before joining Britain’s Manchester United in 2003, where he scored more than 100 goals

Is Slowing Demand For Watches In Asia Finally Causing Job Cuts At Swiss Manufactures?
While the?luxury watch fair Watches & Wonders is running at full throttle in Hong Kong, one needs to take a step back to understand how markets in China and other places around the world are affecting the watch market and causing it to adapt and evolve. Even in Hong Kong, strong?pro-democracy protests have been under way, in what some refer to as "the worst unrest since the territory's 1997 handover from Britain," according to Reuters. At the same time, news released from TAG?Heuer (the largest watch company in the LVMH luxury conglomerate) announced earlier this week it is cutting jobs in its watch manufacturing facilities. We believe that this news is strongly linked to the?slowing demand from?the "Asian watch capital," and China overall.According to official Swiss statistics, Hong Kong alone accounted for?nearly 20% of all Swiss watch exports in value, more than the USA and Germany combined �C and with that in mind, it is easy to see why this has been urging TAG Heuer to undertak

AP boutique charges $200 to ship to APSC
So my watch (<1 year old, still under warranty) was losing about 25 seconds per day, and it was driving me nuts. I stopped by the AP boutique in Beverly Hills, CA to have it sent in for adjustment. The sales associate informed me there was a $200 shipping charge (round trip) to have it overnight Fedex'd to Clearwater, FL. I'm trying to figure out if that's a normal charge? Given the watch is under warranty, I would have thought the $200 shipping charge is something AP would absorb. Thoughts?

The Bezel #'s on my Seamaster ?
This may be a scuba diving Q more than a watch specific one but why is 20 the first # on the bezel and not 10?

Hey there dr kol
Does anyone here have the nautilus cufflinks? In particular, the 205.9057G?If so, do they catch the light the same way the dial on the 5711 does for example?Anyone have any pics of them to share?