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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

How difficult is it to get a link?
Does anyone know how hard is it to buy an extra jubilee link? Cost??TIA

Mido Watch
HiI have an old Mido watch which used to belong to my father. It got full of water in the 1970's? the dial was a mess it then sat in a drawer until the mid 90's. When I looked at it I liked the detail on the dial and the luminous numbers, it was a 'military' dial. I got it serviced to make it go again and (some of you may not like this) got the dial refinished, rather naively assuming it would come back as it originally looked. It didn't, see picture 1. I didn't like it, wore it occassionally but otherwise forgot about it. This year I again looked at getting the dial refinished but this time to what I remember it looking like originally, pictures from the internet helped this. After months of searching for someone who could do this i finally sent it to Isreal. I am delighted with the results and now wear it every day, see picture. I've also got a Sackville watch, apparently Helvetia export to America?? Found it in a box with a load of old photos, it's at the watchrepaires at the moment

Roland G. Murphy Watch Company
Nice little story about RGM Watch Company at Esquire magazine:Inside the Shop of the Last Great American WatchmakerKC

Review of AP Royal Oak Skeleton Rose Gold 15305OR + DSLR Shots!
My third Audemars Piguet watch has turned out to be my most exciting and enticing timepiece till date. After having own it a month, it is time for a review and a full DSLR shot coverage to do full justice to it’s beauty. In this review, most of the close-up shots were taken with a Nikon 5100DSLR fitted with a Nikkor 105mm microlens. Others were taken using my new Fuji X-100S 35mm camera. Overview Skeleton watches have existed in horological history for eons. The art of skeletonization calls for stripping away the watch’s dial to reveal the beauty of the movement. High end watch makers like Audemars Piguet goes a step further by also extensively decorating the movement. In this case, a galvanized anthracite finish is applied to the movement parts. The end result is one extremely beautiful timepiece that is more a work of art then a watch. The reference for this watch is 15305OR which comes in a RoseGold case and leather strap. There is also a 15305ST which is in stainless st