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Face Value.(Baselworld 2009 and luxuries)(Conference notes)
Once upon a time, before there was time, the market for wristwatches was sluggish. Today, almost fourteen billion years later, in a universe dense with cell phones, iPods, microwave ovens, and other objects displaying the current hour, minute, and second, the need for personal instruments dedicated solely to timekeeping is similarly close to nil. Accordingly, sales of luxury wristwatches fell by thirty per cent in the past year, and I don't think I know anyone under thirty who admits to habitually strapping on a watch.
And then there's Baselworld! Held over eight spring days for the past thirty-seven years in the stolid town of Basel, in northwestern Switzerland, ...
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