Omega Aqua Terra 2500C 39mm
I haven't seen to many discussions on the first generation of aqua terras. For those who own or have owned, what are your opinions of this aqua terra compared to the newer 8500 versions. The 2500s seem like a pretty good bargain for what they are offering.

ceramic fly back
Saw a picture today on another site of a ceramic fly back. Is this from sihh? Any info? Size? cost? Le?

Wolfgang puck
The last few times I took a peek at hsn network when Wolfgang was on he always wear a panerai. I guess he is a big Pam fan

Wow, marketing brilliance...
Yes, this is another BLRO thread...and yes I am a Rolex and TRF NEWB.I have to give credit where credit is due, and I give Rolex a ton of credit for releasing the BLRO in SS, even if it comes on a jubilee. In terms of consumer goods, this release is right up there with any marketing strategy in recent memory. Rolex took an iconic piece and poked the bear while only offering it in WG. Sure, those who could afford the WG BLRO were thrilled, however this decision had the masses in an uproar for 4 long years. Had many people begging for a BLRO in SS, and WHAM now we have one. We may never know if Rolex intended it this way before they released the WG BLRO 4 years ago, but the demand and buildup for the SS Pepsi was 4 years in the making. I believe Rolex knew what they were doing on this one, and imo this strategy will pay huge dividends for them.

Wall Street Journal on trouble in Swiss watch industry
I thought yesterday's WSJ piece on the Swiss watch industry was fascinating. It's behind a paywall, but here are some excerpts (it's a long feature article in the Business & Finance section):GENEVA��You're 25 years old, bask-ing in the glow of your first big job pro-mo-tion and a hefty raise. Why not splurge on a big-ticket item?Your fa-ther might have bought a fancy Swiss watch. But the thought doesn't oc-cur to you��for most of your life, you've used your cell-phone to check the time. In-stead, you book a get-away to Costa Rica, which you doc-u-ment ex-ten-sively on In-sta-gram.Swiss watch-mak-ing ex-ec-u-tive Jean-Claude Biver wants to change that think-ing. From his perch at lux-ury con-glom-er-ate LVMH Mo?t Hen-nessy Louis Vuit-ton, the 68-year-old has seen younger gen-er-a-tions drift away from his cen-turies-old in-dus-try. He is on a mis-sion to get them in-ter-ested in watches, be-fore it's too late. It's the first time we have young peo-ple not buy-ing watches, says Mr. Bi