Despite Poor Economic Conditions Why 2014 Saw Slight Increases In Swiss Watch Sales
via fhs.chCoverage of new watches and offering advice on how to better appreciate watches is incomplete without talking about the health and movement of the watch industry overall. 2014 was a really rough year for many markets, yet some luxury product makers saw record numbers in 2014. How does one explain this apparent contradiction? watches-dealer will republish a letter (below) sent to us by colleague and luxury industry economic consultant Mr. Frank Muller (not to be confused with the watchmaker Franck Muller) out of Dresden, Germany. Normally, we would offer his findings in our own words, but we couldn't really say it more succinctly, so we thank Mr. Muller for his permission. You can learn more or contact him via his consultancy The Bridge To Luxury.The answer whether in 2014 the glass of wine was half full or half empty for the luxury industry is a moot point. It was, indeed, a challenging year. Obviously, geo-political developments occurring in the Middle East, Ukraine, Hong Ko

New Junghans National Partner for the USA and Canada
Junghans in Schramberg, Germany has announced that WatchBuys has been selected as a new and official national direct sales partner for the brand.This new relationship will provide WatchBuys with direct access to all watches in the Junghans line, as well as the ability to offer factory authorized service for Junghans watches.WatchBuys concentrates on German mechanical watches including many that we cover on a regular basis on worn&wound (Sinn, Nomos Glashutte, Hanhart, Dornblueth, Benzinger and others).We spoke to WatchBuys about this new Junghans relationship, and they were proud that one of Germany’s oldest watch companies (founded in 1861) had selected them for this direct sales partnership for both the US and Canada.We at worn&wound are also excited to hear of this news, as it means that we will now have access to Junghans watches on a regular basis to review, including the new models from BaselWorld 2016.You may see the collection of Junghans watches by visiting Watch

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Patek 5167 clasp issue - need advice
Ok mates... My question is that I am having concerns about my new 5167 clasp on rubber strap. My understanding in closing the clasp is palm up and then fold the left piece over and click it into place. Then, fold the right side of the clasp over and click it into place. The problem is that when I fold the right half over to click it into place the left piece pops open almost every time. What I've been doing is when I click the left piece down, I fold the right piece over and put pressure on the right and left piece together to click it into place. This seems to work but it was my understanding that you fold each piece individually to fasten the buckle. With that said, is this normal or is there something wrong with the buckle in your opinion ?? Thanks for your help.

Would you sell your PAM 448 or 449 for a Devon Tread 1? Why?
I saw the Devon Tread 1 a couple of days ago and just couldn't get it out of my head. It's by far the coolest watch i have seen. Just not sure about the price though. I know for sure i will like it more than both my PAM 448 and 449 but i also know that when i want to resell my watch, it will be a bigger heartache on the Devon Tread 1. PAM 448, 449 will have more of a stability due to them being the SE version watches. What do you think?Here is a link to the cool watch the Devon Tread 1.youtube/watch?v=i79T2IzOEfM