On the Mend
The Swiss watch industry has not recovered from the Great Recession of 2009. But Baselworld showed that it is recuperating. In Switzerland's watchmaking region, in the weeks before the mid-March opening of the annual Baselworld watch and jewelry fair, people were calling the 2010 show le salon des tous les d��sespoir �C the exhibition of the desperate. Surprisingly strong retail watch sales in December, which buoyed spirits at the SIHH exhibition in Geneva in January, were not enough to cure what ails the Swiss watch industry. As Credit Suisse noted in a comprehensive survey of the Swiss economy in January, The watchmaking industry is currently in its most severe crisis since the traumatic watchmaking crisis of the 1970s. Swiss watch exports fell a gut-wrenching 22.3 percent in 2009.The Great Recession hit watchmaking harder than any other industry in Switzerland, measured by the unemployment rate, according to Credit Suisse. Heading into 2010, watchmaking had the highest unemployme

Some live pics from Basel 2013
Found this:.watch-insider/news/om...selworld-2013/I'm liking the Aqua Terra Chronograph GMT. The GMT time is built into one of the sub dials!And I'm sure everyone already loves the new Aqua Terra Gauss.

Omega Auction 3 watch for $123,000AU
Guys, Can you guys believe this???? Excuse the quality of the pics got it from the newspaper yesterday. This is what's stated on the bottom of the picture..CHECKLIST FOR BOND WANNABES: WATCH? TICK Three Omega watches - two worn by actor Daniel Craig during the filming of Casino Royale, and one, right, worn by Pierce Brosnan in Tomorrow Never Dies - are pictured at a preview at Antiquorum auction house in Geneve, Switzerland. The watches, expected to reach $123,000 EACH!!!, will be the highlight of an Auction later this month DRSD anyone???? White shark anyone???? Paul Newman anyone????? Hell I can think of a lot of watches to buy for that amount of money $123,000 EACH....Dammmnnnn Let me know what you guys think Pat

Panerai PAM911 - video
I found an interesting video preview of the Panerai PAM911Not a review, but really good to hear his viewpointsGoto 26:16 if you want to skip directly to it

Opinions from 243 owners
Looking at an I 243 with great patina. Anybody have opinions on the 243? I've had a 233, 305, and 422 but no t dials. Thoughts....