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

Hotblack Smartwatch Displays Soccer Match Scores On Analog Display
Hotblack London is a new smart watch brand established by British physicist and watchmaker, Richard Hoptroff. Simply called the "Hotblack watch," this analog smart watch?can display either the time and the date, or by the press of a button, the live score and the remaining time of?any ongoing soccer?match of the?owner's choice. Primarily known for his "No. 10"?Atomic Pocket?Watch for Hotblack London, Richard set out to create a wristwatch that is arguably much more wearable and affordable and is inspired?by?one of the greatest sport events of the year, the FIFA World Cup.Held every four years and called the FIFA World Cup, the world soccer championship?is an unstoppable marketing machine that absolutely no one on this planet could?fully ignore. It should come as no surprise then that we see?watch brands come up with new and interesting ways to get a slice of the international attention that surrounds the event. When it comes to the Hotblack smartwatch, the World Cup is relevant because

Zodiac Sea Wolf Review
Zodiac is quickly becoming a brand that all affordable watch enthusiasts should pay attention to. For those unfamiliar, Zodiac has a long, storied history. They were major innovators for a time, and had the quartz crisis never happened, could have been one of the major brands today. But, it did happen and the brand got swept away like so many others, only to be bought and sold and bought again years later. Now owned by Fossil, a small team within the larger company is taking back the name and reestablishing the brand by re-imagining their iconic watches.We've seen a few pieces from them in the last year or so, namely the very stylish Sea Dragon we reviewed a few months ago, which impressed us with its build and finish quality. But the watches we've been waiting for were the Sea Wolfs…and they are finally here. The Sea Wolf is Zodiac's most iconic watch. First released in 1953, it's one of the original modern dive watches, sharing the honor with the likes of the Blancpain Fifty Fa

5167 spring bars
I had my 5167 strap adjusted at a PP boutique in London.The assistant there told me that the 5167 requires special spring bars in order that the rubber strap doesn't have a small gap between the strap and watch.Can anyone confirm is this is correct and where I could source some?Thanks.

Explorer 214270- a few questions...
I had the short hand model and it didn't last long here. I never fully connected with it. I am interested in the revised, long hand, blue luminescent hour numeral model. I understand these, and many steel Rolex watches are not so easy to find. I have a local Rolex dealer, AD, who has one. Is finding one indeed somewhat difficult these days? And, is the new model more charming than the one it replaced? Is it a fabulous watch? Any opinions on it are appreciated. Thank you!