Time is Money: The 26 Richest Swiss Watch Barons
Each year the respected Swiss business magazine, Bilan, publishes a list of the 300 richest Swiss with a rough estimate of their fortunes. For this article?we examined the list for you to see which members of the watch industry made the ranking. Here they are:LANDOLT FAMILYSF6 �C 7 billionMembers of the Landolt family own the Sandoz Family Foundation and are heirs to the fortune of Sandoz, the pharmaceutical giant now known as Novartis. The foundation is the majority shareholder in Parmigiani Fleurier and the manufacturing group MHF (Manufactures Horlog��res de la Fondation), which includes Manufacture Vaucher.WERTHEIMER FAMILYSF6 �C 7 billionBrothers G��rard and Alain Wertheimer own Chanel SA and also have an investment in Bell & Ross.HAYEK FAMILYSF4 �C 5 billionThe Hayeks own the single largest block of Swatch Group shares. Nick Hayek Jr. is CEO of the group; sister Nayla is the chairwoman of the board of directors and CEO of Harry Winston; and Nayla's son, Marc, is CEO of Blancpain,

Strap on 44mm 26405CE
I have seen the white and red one here. The white one looks stunning in the pic, however when I pair it at the boutique, the white strap looks a bit too much or shining to my taste. I am just wondering if someone can post their CE pics with new strap here. Thanks

Planet Ocean 8900 owners out there...
What does it sound and feel like when manual winding the crown in position 1, once you have unscrewed it from the locked position? Even from a complete stop, well before it has been overwound, I hear faint clicks with intermingled with this high-pitched buzzing noise. When I used to have a manual wind speedy pro, I could hear and feel a very regular yet smooth clicking sound, until it came to a full stop. However, on my PO it's a very faint clicking with this weird buzzing. Again, even on the first few winds from a full stop all the way up till I wind it like 50 times. Somehow I still ha ent heard that click of the over-wind protective clutch. Any thoughts on why this is and what it is?? And what does your 8900 sound like??Thanks in advance!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The Crown
I was asked (and got a couple PMs on the operation of the Ploprof crown so I thought I'd try a few pics on it's operation.The Ploprof crown has got to be one of the most protective crown devices I've seen on a wristwatch. Everything about the ploprof screams overengineered and crown is no exception. Fully inclosing the winding crown, the only thing I have that compares is Panerai with it's device for protecting the crown, but the ploprof design has got be a bit more so as it raises and lowers as the crown is unscrewed.Seen here it's fully closed position, the crown is protected all around including the top.The Ploprof imploys a three position crown. Unscrewing the crown allows the watch to be wound in the normal way. (Omega states a 60 hour PR fully wound). Note how the top of the crown rises.Position 2 allows one to jump the hour hand in one hour increments forward or backwards without affecting the running of the seconds or minute hand. A nice feature if moving from one timezone to a

New to me Panerai 337
I've been fond of Panerais for a while but never even considered the brand for myself due to their large size and my small wrist. Then I discovered the Panerai 337. So sleek, so thin and so small for a Panerai. I've been looking for a good deal on a Panerai 337 ever since I first found out about it 6 months ago. Then I saw one for sale online and knew I had to have it!It feels super comfortable on my wrist and a nice change up from my SubC date. Here are some pics: