COMCO: Swatch Group Can Stop Mechanical Movement Sales in 2020
Switzerland's Competition Commission (COMCO) has approved a plan allowing the Swatch Group to reduce gradually sales of mechanical movements to companies outside the group over the next six years, and to halt sales completely in 2020. Click here for details on the ruling.The mechanical movement ruling settles a controversial issue that has bedeviled the Swiss watch industry for the past four years. On the related �C and even more controversial �C issue of sales of escapements, the regulating organ in a mechanical watch, COMCO left in place its July 12 ruling that it is premature to allow any reductions in Swatch Group sales of those key components.The Swatch Group issued no formal reaction to the decision on mechanical movements. But it is a clear victory for the company, which declared its intention to stop selling mechanical movements and parts in late 2009. In June 2011, the Swatch Group officially informed COMCO of its decision and asked COMCO to rule on the matter.The Swatch Group

Chef Anthony Bourdain And His Ernst Benz ChronoFlite World Timer Watch
I recently wrote about chef Mario Batali and the special Ernst Benz Chronoscope for in his honor/image. A lot of people felt very strongly about it. Some people liked it, some people didn't, but most sorta voiced a general dissent of Mario Batali himself. Well, the man does use lots of butter and oil in his cooking, but the orange watch done for him by Ernst Benz wasn't half bad. Mario Batali isn't the only celebrity chef to wear an Ernst Benz watch. One of my favorite TV chefs also has one, and can be seen wearing it his show on the Travel Channel, "No Reservations." I am of course talking about New Yorker Anthony Bourdain.He looks cool and eats just about anything. That is basically his shtick. Others have come after him to do the same, but no one is as suave about it, or seems to actually enjoy what they are eating quite like Tony. In addition to cooking, traveling, writing, and being on TV, Mr. Bourdain might also be one of us - a watch lover. Hard to say how he came to own his Ern

The dial of the Franck Muller lady��s watch is done in natural white mother-of-pearl
The dial of the Franck Muller lady's watch is done in natural white mother-of-pearl. Pointing to the hours and minutes are rhodium-plated brass hands, embellished with 12 diamonds. The overall weight of the jewels totals to 0.02 carats.The Franck Muller Belle Epoque watch is affixed to a white satin strap, which terminates in an 18K white gold buckle.

Versace is glad to introduce its new Atlas Cocktail watch
The horological company Versace is glad to introduce its new Atlas Cocktail watch, dressed in black.The display indicates central hours and minutes. Protecting the dial is a glare-proofed sapphire crystal. A black satin strap completes the features of the model.

Turnaround times for RSC Toronto
Just curious if anyone has had experience with RSC in Toronto, and how long it typically takes to receive a watch back from full serviceThanks dudes