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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,

Hublot and Manfredi Jewels Honor A Rod’s 600th Home Run
On September 22nd at Yankee stadium, Hublot U.S. President Beatrice De Quervain and Roberto Chiappelloni of Manfredi Jewels presented Alex Rodriguez with a one-of-a-kind Big Bang King Power Black Magic created in honor of A Rod’s 600th home run. At 35 years old, the Yankee star is the youngest player to reach 600, and he is one of only six Major Leaguers to achieve this milestone. The Big Bang King Power Black Magic features a black ceramic case and bezel with a matching black dial and superluminova markers. The 48mm timepiece has a split second timer, power reserve and has been produced in only 500 pieces worldwide. The watch presented to A Rod was customized for the occasion by etching Alex¡¯s signature on the sapphire glass, and showing the Yankee colors and the number 600 commemorating the achievement.Rodriguez received this unique timepiece at a packed Yankee stadium before the Tampa Bay Rays game. ¡°It is such an incredible honor to acknowledge one of the greatest athletes of

Linde Werdelin’s First Women¡¯s Watch – The White Watch
Linde Werdelin announces the launch of its first women¡¯s watch: The White Watch. Based on the popular 3-Timer model, it has been given a softer and more elegant touch while a new strap has been fitted to accommodate smaller feminine wrists. LW believes the 3-Timer’s design constitutes the perfect model on which to base the brand’s first women¡¯s watch. Starting from the delicate pattern of the dial to the slender, sleek hands and discreet indexes, bearing the minimum luminous material possible and combined with the white color details, The White Watch is designed to complement a lady¡¯s wardrobe. ¡°Women today tend to prefer and wear bigger sized watches and I am very pleased that our designs, although male marketed, are appealing to women as well. Maintaining the brand¡¯s DNA is very important for LW and The White Watch is no exception¡± says Morten Linde.While the strap mechanism remains the same, the white calfskin chosen for the new model has a reduced width which allows the

Zenith Mega Port Royal Tourbillon Watch: Expensive Answer To Question No One Asked
Say, why don't they have a jumbo sized square tourbillon watch with cage bars on the crystal? Oh, well Zenith does, and this odd homage to goth time-telling befuddles my sense of association. On the one hand, you have the underpinnings of a high-quality Zenith Port Royal watch. This handsome tank watch is a modern interpretation of the classic rectangular watch look. On the other handyou have a black titanium cage.Do you recall the 1980's when those rubber watch protectors were popular? You know, on Swatch watches and others. Yea, wasn't that cool? Little rubber straps that curled over the face of the watch (only partially obstructing the view) that came in tons of (neon) colors. I sure was styling back then, I even wore several of them on my wrist at once!Well the point of protecting the crystal of watch apparently has been lost, until now, when Zenith reintroduced the cage look. So the perception of watch protection is back, and in a big (and ugly) way. Look at those ridiculous bars

Historical Perspectives: A Look At Baselworld 1946
With Baselworld 2015 about to begin, we thought it would be worthwhile to take a step back in time to Baselworld 1946 (though it wasn't even called Baselworld at that time – but you get the idea). Where did we get all these photos? eBay. Naturally. When we saw this series of photos of booths from the 1946 fair that was distributed to watch and clock retailers around the world listed on eBay, we knew we had to buy them to share with you. Some of the manufacturers you see here will be familiar to you, while others are more obscure and probably only familiar to expert vintage watch hunters.If I could go into a time machine and take the watches from one case, it would be the case shown in the top image of the Patek Philippe booth. It appears there are a few complicated Pateks in it (presumably at least one reference 1518), both pocket watches and wristwatches.I didn't think of Zenith as a clockmaker, but it appears that clocks were the main objects they were showing in Basel