Watchmakers go back to basics as ‘extravagance’ ends (Channel NewsAsia)

BASEL, Switzerland : Luxury watchmakers are going back to basics with classic designs, as industry players at the world’s biggest watch fair in Switzerland warned Wednesday that the “years of extravagance” were over.

Basel watch and jewelry fair to open amid fragile recovery – Summary (EARTHtimes.org)

Basel, Switzerland – Makers of luxury watches and jewelry were hoping Wednesday to put a painful year behind them, as the annual Baselworld trade show prepared to open amid a fragile economic recovery and changing tastes…

Watchmakers go back to basics as ‘extravagance’ ends (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Luxury watchmakers are going back to basics with classic designs, as industry players at the world’s biggest watch fair in Switzerland warned Wednesday that the “years of extravagance” were over.

Watchmakers back to basics as ‘extravagance’ ends (Malaysian Mirror)

BASEL, Switzerland -Luxury watchmakers are going back to basics with classic designs, as industry players at the world’s biggest watch fair warned Wednesday that the “years of extravagance” were over.

Watchmakers back to basics as ‘extravagance’ ends (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Luxury watchmakers are going back to basics with classic designs, as industry players at the world’s biggest watch fair warned Wednesday that the “years of extravagance” were over.

Luxury watchmakers warn of end to years of extravagance (Channel NewsAsia)

BASEL, Switzerland – After a difficult 2009, luxury watchmakers and jewellers said Wednesday there was a glint of recovery in the sector but warned that the “years of extravagance are over.”

Olympic Capsules: Vonn crashes, Mancuso way behind in giant slalom (The Brownsville Herald)

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Lindsey Vonn’s Vancouver Olympics have gone from gold and bronze to black and blue. Vonn crashed in the giant slalom Wednesday, adding a banged-up right pinkie, a sore left hip and battered chin to the deeply bruised right shin she’s been lugging around.