Tissot PRS516 Chronograph Mens Watch T044.417.21.031.00

ONLY in America versus ONLY in CHINA (Watch making)
Great and VERY interesting article. I posted a few points that are EXTREMELY interesting. Take time to read the whole article at the end:Lets discuss?He makes watches, about 1.5 million pieces a year. He makes sterling silver watches for the QVC home shopping network and watches with the famous crocodile emblem for Lacoste. He makes Juicy Couture¡¯s hot young line.Leung was wearing a great hulk of a watch called a Bonja. It¡¯s big in Gulf states, where it retails for about $4,000. Leung told me he¡¯s paid $200 for this model and that leaves him a comfortable margin. For Juicy Couture watches that retail in New York for $95, he gets eight dollars. He¡¯s still making money on that. In general he receives about 8 percent of the retail price, or about 40 bucks for a $495 Lacoste watch.The quality here is not Swiss, but it¡¯s high ¡ª ¡°we are at 85 to 90 percent of the quality of Swiss made,¡± said Matthew She, the general manager. As a longtime U.S. resident of southern China put it: ¡°Does Ameri

JLC Webcast
JLC is doing a Webcast from SIHH 1/19/10. Here is the link if you want to sign upJaeger-LeCoultre - webcast SIHH

Incoming..... First AP!! Yummy
Because of all you AP forum posters I had to have one... you bastards... . My visit to the AP boutique in Paris last month didn't help.1.jpgWired the funds to a TRF trusted seller a short while ago and it should arrive tomorrow. Special thanks to Mike (aka kilyung) for being kind enough to help answer a few queries last night and to all you AP forum posters for making me want it!A little waffle below while we wait...waffle.jpg

Electric blue
How different is the discontinued electric blue, compared to the blue on say a current SMP?In pictures it looks roughly similar to the blue in the prior version of the Rolex Sub . . . haven't seen the Omega electric blue in real life yet though.

A grail?
OP6500 you BET it is!