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World Watch Report 2009 Reveals Online Trends
Digital marketing specialist IC-Agency has released the 5th World Watch Report market study. Its conclusions are based on a sample of more than 300 million global online searches relating to 25 watch brands in 7 export markets: China, Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, France and Germany. The study found that the 3 most-searched watch models are the Omega Seamaster and Speedmaster, and the Rolex Daytona, in that order. In terms of global demand distribution for luxury watches, Europe leads the way with a 44.2% market share. Within Europe, the UK is tops (14.6%), followed by Germany (12.1%), Italy (9.6%) and France (7.7%). The USA remains the most important single market at 42.8%. Asia is still weak, with 13.2% market share, but China (7.4%) overtakes Japan (5.8%). This is important because China’s level of Internet usage is only 22%, compared with 74% in Japan. The Chinese are mainly interested in brands (77%), and are less interested in models (less than 10%, c

Grand Prix d¡¯Horlogerie de Gen¨¨ve Awards 2011
The following timepiece analysis post is by Chris Meisenzahl. He is a long-time watch enthusiast and daily Speedmaster Pro wearer. He blogs at The Pretense of Knowledge and can be followed on Twitter at twitterwatches-dealer/speedmaster.I remember several years ago I was part of a thread on one of the popular watch forums. I commented that it was too bad we weren't alive during the 40s-60s, what I had considered the "Golden Age" of mechanical watches. It seemed like back then, of course, all watches were mechanical, and most seemed quite affordable, even considering inflation. But another poster quickly set me right. He pointed out that were were living in the Golden Age of mechanical watches right now! After a few moments of consideration I realized he was absolutely correct.A strong argument could be made that we live in a Golden Age of mechanical watches now. We have the ultra-high-end brands such as MB&F, Patek, Lange, De Bethune, etc. We have independents such as Roger Smith,

Seiko Moving Design Discus Watch Is Beautiful, Basic, And Mechanical
I am on a roll talking about all these cool watches from Seiko (and Citizen) that Japan gets, but we don't. If you've been to Japan, you know that they have a ton more watch stores than we do,? and such stores are often combined with other items such as electronic gadgetry. Everything from the mundane to the unique is displayed tightly together and unless you have a good eye, much of the time you need to know what you are looking for - else you miss it.So today we have another interesting watch from Seiko that was released about a year ago, and has had a lot of mixed reviews (from a style perspective). No one argues about the watch quality or function, but not everyone appreciates its simplicity. It is also a contradiction of sorts, as it uses a mechanical movement to produce a (semi) digital time display, but that just makes it more interesting.The watch itself is just a variation on a standard three hand movement. Instead of hands, revolving discs are used to display the time. The ou

How to get Atomic Clock reception
I bought a Casio Pathfinder triple sensor watch. Everything performs well except no atomic clock reception. I am located in Sudbury, Ontario, north of Georgian Bay (400 km north of Toronto, Ontario). Wondering what the tricks are to getting watch to pick up signal, or is the signal just too weak. I've stood outside at night and manually activated reception to no effect.

449 hand color question
I'm looking at Radiomir 449 SE's and see some with the blue hands and others with gold (?) - not blue anyway.Is the difference model years or what? - seems I knew this at one time but can't recall.Thanks for your help!