Raymond Weil Tango White Dial Two-tone Stainless Steel Men's Watch 5591-SP5-00300

On the Mend
The Swiss watch industry has not recovered from the Great Recession of 2009. But Baselworld showed that it is recuperating. In Switzerland¡¯s watchmaking region, in the weeks before the mid-March opening of the annual Baselworld watch and jewelry fair, people were calling the 2010 show ¡°le salon des tous les d¨¦sespoir¡± ¨C ¡°the exhibition of the desperate.¡±Surprisingly strong retail watch sales in December, which buoyed spirits at the SIHH exhibition in Geneva in January, were not enough to cure what ails the Swiss watch industry. As Credit Suisse noted in a comprehensive survey of the Swiss economy in January, ¡°The watchmaking industry is currently in its most severe crisis since the traumatic watchmaking crisis of the 1970s.¡± Swiss watch exports fell a gut-wrenching 22.3 percent in 2009.The Great Recession hit watchmaking harder than any other industry in Switzerland, measured by the unemployment rate, according to Credit Suisse. Heading into 2010, watchmaking had the highest unemployme

What about this one?
Hello everybody,can you advice me? what do you think about this one?{non-sponsor link removed} I am seriously wondering to buy it but I'd like to hear some opinions from other watch-lovers...Thank youbest regards,Sfra :)

Some watches at a Toronto UN Authorized Dealer...
Marco allowed me to bring my camera in and take some photos of some exceptional pieces...thought I should share them here...Thought I'd throw mine in the mix...Hope you enjoyed.Rob

First Post - ROC 41 mm Blue face or ROO 42mm Panda on F1 strap
my current collection consists of the followingI am torn between the ROC 41mm blue face and the offshore panda on F1 strap for daily wear.I have tried on the panda and is amazing but havent seen the ROC 41mm. The bracelet on the 41mm is just too good on all the images i have seen over here and online and the blue face just makes it that much more difficult. kindly share your expert views and comments. As watch are totally different in the flesh and your opinions will be imperative in me leaning towards a better choice.thank you regardsurooj

A walk on the Grey Side
A couple of days I got a call from the Omega boutique I frequent and my man there says he has a Grey Side of the Moon coming in, and that he's going to hold it for me. Normally, I'd dash over the second I hear something cool is coming in but since work had me buried, I told him I'd come in on the weekend. Naturally, the anticipation over the next day and a half built up to the point where I was going to lose my marbles. Thankfully I survived and finally hit the boutique earlier today.Now, brace yourselves. As much as I've been looking forward to this watch and thought I'd immediately buy it, I wasn't completely sold. I don't know if I built it up too much in my head but it didn't have the same effect that the DSOTM had one me when I first saw it. I suppose this is naturally considering it's basically the same watch with a few cosmetic differences. Don't get me wrong, it is lovely but it didn't have enough to hook me immediately. The couple of quibbles I had - the lighter colour and hig