Swiss Watch Exports Rebound Strongly in 2010
2010 saw a strong recovery in Swiss watch exports following the significant downturn recorded in 2009. The sector exported the equivalent of 16.2 billion francs or 2.9 billion more than the previous year. This 22.1% increase makes 2010 the second best year ever, even higher than 2007, which was considered to be excellent at the time. The recovery kicked in starting in January and never eased up. Every month showed an upward trend, often in excess of 20% and even reaching 30% in March and June. Growth accelerated each quarter, with second half exports increasing by 24.3% compared with 19.6% in the first half of the year.ProductsWristwatches accounted for nearly 94% of the value of exports by Swiss watch manufacturers in 2010, recording an increase of 22.7% to 15.1 billion francs. The corresponding number of timepieces also increased sharply, rising to 26.1 million units. This is the highest level achieved since 2002, reflecting growth of 20.4%.Steel, the material of choice for more than

Nivrel 5 Minute Repeater Skeletonized Gold Watch Available On James List
If you look at all the details in this Nivrel watch, you'll understand why I like it - especially as compared to many of the other minute repeater watches out there. In a nut shell, you have a base ETA Swiss movement that is highly decorated in a highly polished gold case. The dial is beautifully skeletonized, and the watch has a 5 minute repeater complication. So many nice features for the price of about $23,000 - which is far below that which you'd find from a?? Swiss made watch as Nivrel is German.Nivrel has a lot of 5 minute repeater watches, it is one of their core specialties. A 5 minute repeater is a minute repeater that tells time back to you acoustically to the closest 5 minute minute interval. For example, if the time was 10:41, the minute repeater would probably play back the tones for "10:40." The minute repeater works via a series of hammers and gongs in the movement which is provided by a special Dubois Depraz module (which I believe is specially made for Nivrel) that aff

Another my first Pam post
Opened the box at work today :)

Welcome home James Cameron
Today was the day my BNIB (Gen1) James Cameron 116660 reached port

BLRO to be highly collectable?
Looks like the BLRO is discontinued and not popular like that of the SD4k after only a few years of production and many of you believe that no more SS Pepsi will be made by Rolex. So do you think BLRO is highly collectable and price on 2nd hand market will increase significantly?Here's a pic of the BLRO with the Seiko Turtle PADI Pepsi