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,

Oops they did it again!
Just picked up my new 15400 last week, wore it for 4 hours then put it in the case whilst I wait a 1.5 link. I'll start off by saying I'm an AP fan having owned a largely trouble free ROC and SS 44mm Novelty albeit both only for a short period of time. my wife for her part owns a RG Milenary and a lady RO so I have spent a fair bit of money with them over the years. Their watches are stunning and whilst having flipped all mine my wife's watches and the new 15400 are keepers.My problem lies with their QC. From 5 Watches 3 have had problems all resulting in a lengthy stay at the APSC. The last straw is my 5 day old (worn 4hrs) RO as today whilst admiring, setting and winding the crown pulled right out in my hand.I'm in the midst of penning a rather strong worded email to AP but wanted to vent off to the TRF community for those of you that may be thinking of buying.A lot of owners have had no issues and they do make great watches but their quality control is poorer than poor

Seamaster 300
After much debating, I picked-up a new Seamaster 300 over the weekend. I wouldn't say it's replacing my sub--they are very different watches--but the 300 is temporarily dominating my wrist.

A little nostalgia anyone?
The Planet Ocean was introduced in 2005 and here is Jorge Merino's announcement on TZ:N E W M o d e l - Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean

Patek Golf Outing
Anyone else get invited to the Patek golf outing at Torrey Pines? Got invited by my AD and wanted to see if anyone else from the forum is going as well. Should be fun!