"Look at the high-end watch: totally mechanical, same as it was more than half a millennium ago, " Mr. Mille continues.
While not universally true by any means, high-end watch brands do often produce limited edition watches in honor of their valued brand ambassadors.
That may have not have been news to Richard Mille fans, but it was a huge deal to millions of tennis fans with no exposure to the world of high-end watch making.
Ariel Adams (also a Forbes.com contributor) wrote a month ago on A Blog To Watch about what an iWatch will be like, from the point of view of the high-end watch industry.
He has an admirable track record of combining the traditional watch industry with the modern world, and most recently is the CEO behind the innovative and very successful new high-end watch brand HYT.
The high-end luxury watch is an evolving concept that has experienced a golden age over the last decade or so.
As a result, here's how to tell when the Apple craze is about to end: Watch how much profit it can wring out of every dollar of sales.
To that end, a successful watch introduction could ultimately be favorable for the stock.
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Of course, Mr Kerry also said he had the character to lead and trumpeted his military heroism, and Mr Bush crowed about successes such as Libya's decision on his watch to end its banned weapons programmes.
For hours on end, we would watch takeoffs and landings from his office, and while he pointed out technical specifications of the aircraft, I fantasized about one day visiting places far, far away from Newark, New Jersey.
Hana Microelectronics has moved successfully from being a motherboard producer to doing a variety of high-end component manufacturing, from watch movements to electronics for telephones.
The mid-century lounge staple and epitome of smooth easy listening is now the featured tune of a new high-end luxury timepiece by Swiss watch maker Ulysse Nardin.
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Which leaves only Rolex, an unstoppable force that holds 25% of the high-end market with basically one watch, the Oyster, while keeping the company's inner workings almost completely hidden behind a gold-clad fortress in Geneva (see "As Tight as an Oyster").
You can watch from beginning to end or skip around on the timeline.
Once the inflows end, the key metric to watch is whether the trading float of shares grows or shrinks.
Another key area to watch, which could end up being bigger for Facebook than the sale of physical goods, is loyalty and offers.
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Most of the scouts that came to inspect Texas players such as safety Kenny Vacarro and defensive end Alex Okafor, stayed to watch Young throw.
Left out by him was the straight-to-video disaster Man About Town, the execrable Surviving Christmas, and then even when he re-teamed with a major talent in Kevin Smith, the end result was the painful to watch Jersey Girl.
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While on the energy watch, here's one end-of-week observation about one of Scotland's better-performing corporates, Aggreko.
Boutique retailers that insist on being in every mall end up being over-extended and quickly watch their same store sales take a dive.
Tiffany issued a statement at about 11:30 a.m. disputing the claims of Swatch Group saying that the watch company failed to uphold its end of the agreement.
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Bush, you'll recall, even glanced at his watch, wondering when the nightmare would end.
" "To get the most of 'Parade's End, ' you have to concentrate while you watch it, and think about it and maybe watch it again.
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