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Is Slowing Demand For Watches In Asia Finally Causing Job Cuts At Swiss Manufactures?
While the?luxury watch fair Watches & Wonders is running at full throttle in Hong Kong, one needs to take a step back to understand how markets in China and other places around the world are affecting the watch market and causing it to adapt and evolve. Even in Hong Kong, strong?pro-democracy protests have been under way, in what some refer to as "the worst unrest since the territory's 1997 handover from Britain," according to Reuters. At the same time, news released from TAG?Heuer (the largest watch company in the LVMH luxury conglomerate) announced earlier this week it is cutting jobs in its watch manufacturing facilities. We believe that this news is strongly linked to the?slowing demand from?the "Asian watch capital," and China overall.According to official Swiss statistics, Hong Kong alone accounted for?nearly 20% of all Swiss watch exports in value, more than the USA and Germany combined ¨C and with that in mind, it is easy to see why this has been urging TAG Heuer to undertak

Introducing The Blancpain Villeret Grand Date, A Favorite Upgrades To Two Windows
If one thing is certain about SIHH, it’s that it foreshadows Basel. And storming out of the gate for Pre-Basel 2015 is Blancpain’s new Villeret Grand Date. This watch is notable for a few reasons. There is a clever simplicity in applying the Aqualung’s (spotted here on Vladimir Putin’s wrist) signature date window to the Villeret. But, regardless of how clever and simple it may seem, applying such a window has the potential to go horribly wrong. Thankfully, Blancpain seems to have gotten it right.Earlier in the year, we celebrated Blancpain’s New NYC Boutique. In said article you’ll find a wristshot of the current Villeret with the date at 3 o’clock. While that design works, the Grand Date at 6 o’clock takes the design in a different direction. Notice that the opaline/crème-like shaded dial spans the date window as well. The printing of the date is bold, curvaceous, accentuated and now symmetrical to the Blancpain logo up top. &nbs

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Winner of the Debaufre Ocean-1 Watch!!!!
Hello!I am very pleased to announce that by popular member vote, there is a winner of the Debaufre contest to win a free Ocean-1 watch!All participants did excellent and are congratulated. The winner is:SYMTECH!!

AP Diver VS Omega PloProf...
So guys, help me out....I recently sold my AP 15300, felt I needed something more substantial and sporty on my wrist...I always really loved the Diver and it was a close call between it and the 15300 but a good deal on a 15300 came along and I went for it...But some things nagged me about the 15300, I regret that I did not get a blue dial (I had the black dial), and it felt a bit too fragile for my taste, so it basically became a dress piece and I can not justify to have that much money in a watch that do not get the wristtime it deserves...So, I have been on the hunt for a Diver for some weeks, almost bought one but the seller decided to keep it (understandable) and also waiting for another seller to contact me and if the price is right I most likely get it...But but but.....since I had some trouble getting one (pre-loved) I also started thinking of another big sporty Diver that I always loved but never owned, that is the Omega PloProf...The advantage of getting the PloProf is that it