星期四 [ 2010-5-27 15:50:16 | replicawatch ]   Watchmakers Havent they learne [h3] Watchmakers: Havent they learned anything?[/h3]AA Watchmakers: Havent they learned anything?A 4 January 2010Pierre MaillardAAAWith the economic decline we cannot help but observe a distressing fact: the financial community has not learned any lessons from this devastating crisis. Of course it has been forced to accept a few weak regulations imposed with polite smiles by various governments but it has also quickly learned how to easily get around these new requirements.AHaving learned nothing the world of finance increasingly disconnected from the real world (stock markets go up right along with rising unemployment numbers!) is doing business as usual as if nothing had ever happened hermes replica handbag. And even worse: another bubble is expanding blown up with bursts of a new type of toxic asset Gucci Fake Watch. It is no longer sub prime mortgages but high risk life insurance that is now under threat! The onward march of cynicism appears unstoppable.AAre watchmakers any more virtuous than the financiers? Have they learned any indispensable lessons from the crisis? We seriously doubt it Luxury Watches. Want an example? Look at the awards distributed during the last Grand Prix dHorlogerie in Geneva. Frankly this event made us feel that the world of timekeeping like a private club perched high on an inaccessible branch loves to congratulate itself and distribute its honours with absolutely no regard for what is happening on the ground in the real world.ATake the award for the Mens Watch category for example. We might very well imagine that it would involve a watch with three hands solid and wearable under all conditions. Well not so fast. The three nominees were: the Jules Audemars Escapement by Audemars Piguet (at a suggested retail price of CHF 316500); the Master Grande Tradition Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar by Jaeger-LeCoultre (expect to pay around CHF 128000 CHF for this one) and the Nicolas Rieussec Open Date by Montblanc (this will only set you back a modest CHF 36400) Fake Watches. Guess which watch won? The most expensive one. All three are amazing timekeepersfar be it from me to disparage thembut all three watches are not just complicated but extremely complicated and exclusive as it gets(Cartier Watches Fake Watch). So what are they doing competing in the Mens Watch category?AOut of curiosity we decided to calculate the average price of the 20 watches nominated in all the categories of this competition. The result: About CHF 236800. Only one watch came in under five figuresthe Carrera Calibre S Laptimer by TAG Heuer a chronograph measuring 1/100th of a second which sells for around CHF 2500(Accutron Watches). This was the only reasonably priced watch in the entire lot Graham Watches Replica Watches. We might add that it was also one of the most innovativeyet it didnt win a thing. AWhat can we deduce from this? What signal is the Swiss watch industry sending to the rest of the world? Maybe it is a little like the financiers: they close their eyes and continue like before just until the next bubble until the next Dubai. AIsnt it ironic then that the FHs latest official statistics show that the steepest decline in export value comes from the most expensive watches? A little more clear-sightedness would certainly have been better. If it had rewarded the affordable watches the Swiss watch industry could have shown that it is not simply a ghetto for more and more luxury but that it understands how to meet more measured aspirations. Perhaps it will be obliged to take this into consideration next year Paris Hilton Replica Watches. Maybe just maybe it will descend from its luxury nest to rub shoulders with reality.AAPhoto: Bling-Bling Skywriting by David Shankbone New York City 2007AAASource: replica watches December-January 2010 Magazine IssueA DA Other articles: http://www.pet2.cc/blog.php?user=replicafashion&blogentry_id=7479 http://www.go0515.cn/Blog/View/?37 浏览(120) | 回复(0) |