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Meet the People: A Dozen of the Wealthiest Swiss Watch “Families” Today, and How I Know Them

Some of the wealthiest Swiss watch families and individuals are worth billions.

  Sure, Forbes has its billionaire lists and its highest-paid athletes/CEOS/celebs lists, but they don’t have the list that is currently out and circulating of the richest people in the Swiss watch industry. The wealthiest Swiss watch families include names we are all too familiar with, including Rupert, Hayek, Stern and Scheufele. Here we bring…

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Eterna KonTiki Bronze Manufacture, Tribute to KonTiki Expedition, Watch Review, Prices

Eterna KonTiki Bronze Manufacture watch honoring the 70th anniversary of the famed KonTiki expedition.

This year marks the 70th anniversary of  scientist and explorer Thor Heyerdahl’s legendary KonTiki expedition across the Pacific  in hand-made crafts. To celebrate, Eterna marks the occasion with a limited edition timepiece, KonTiki Bronze Manufacture. The 1947 KonTiki expedition was an undertaking to prove that ancient civilizations could indeed traverse the Pacific Ocean in hand made crafts. The…

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