Chronoswiss Sold to Swiss Investor
Munich-based watchmaker Chronoswiss has been sold to Swiss entrepreneur Oliver Ebstein, 37, and his wife Eva Maria. The Lucerne-based owners are new to the watch industry, and they have said that Chronoswiss will be owned by them privately, rather than through their investment company Meru AG. “Chronoswiss is to be retained as an independent family. It is our great pleasure to introduce ourselves here to get involved in the long term, and sooner or later to direct the company itself. We want to continue the tradition of using high-quality mechanical watch components. Therefore, we look forward to working together with all employees on the success of Chronoswiss,” said Oliver Ebstein.Former Chronoswiss managing director Pete Josef Burgmayer remains on board, though Sigrun Schilling-Heinen will not continue with the firm. Gerd-R��diger Lang is also expected to remain involved. Lang said, “I think the new arrangement is very good and I would love to be involved with Chron

One last pic before it goes...
... to AP Clearwater for Service. If anyone is wondering, they said expected turn around time is 8 weeks for ROOs. Going to be a long two months Edwin

Incoming, and it's a LE!
It took me a long time to track this one. It's a limited edition from 2010, which is seldom seen even in the used market (which I've been scanning for the last 6 months for it).After almost closing a deal on a used piece, the seller decided to go another route, and it slipped away. After that, a dealer which I had contacted said he could see with BUSA if there were any left in stock. Long shot, I thought, but why not. You can imagine my surprise when he got back to me and said that there was exactly 1 piece left in stock with Breitling and asked if I wanted it. Hell, yes! I wanted it!Long story short, I got my hands on a watch that is truly special. Although Breitling has a name for big watches, this one feels great with 43mm and 14mm height. The in-house B01 with saphire back and 100m wr are the icing on the cake. In a time when I'm seeing a lot of love for vintage chronos, this seems to be a great way to enjoy that look with the perks of a modern piece.Enough said. Here are some shot

Sharing my 3575.50 moonphase
This baby has been a new acquisition of mine and is a welcome break from my vintage collection. :) Love how the blue hands appear on certain angles and how the off white dial makes the hands very visible. :)Here she is the a caramel Croc strap... :)Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Help needed in the UK 5167R-001
Hi Guys I'm new to the Patek side of these forums but have been on the Rolex side for a few years , I own several Rolex but now I've taken an interest in the 5167R-001 Rubber strap model.My local AD had told me that he can get me one within a month but other than liking the look of this watch I have no idea about it.The AD told me that there is usually a years waiting list for this watch but after dealing with Rolex Ads for many years I'm not sure I'd believe him.He also said the steel version had a 3 year waiting list but again I'm not really clued up enough to know if it's part of the sales pitch or not.So what I'd like to know is ..,Should I be looking at asking for a discount ? Is the waiting list really that long for the gold version and are the steel versions even that much longer ?Regards Jim