We're no experts when it comes to financial matters, but many of our friends have raised concerns regarding the prices of new watches in the light of the recent removal of the national currency cap by the Swiss National Bank. As you've probably seen, read and heard, this caused the value of the Swiss franc to rise by almost 30%. How will this reflect on watch prices? [caption id="attachment_3777" align="aligncenter" width="584"]IWC Aquatimer Galapagos Islands IW3795-02 IWC Aquatimer Galapagos Islands IW3795-02[/caption]   As all Swiss made watches are paid for, either by us our by their distributors, in CHF, price increases seem unavoidable. Most brands we spoke to indicated they'd be coming out with news (or updated price lists in the next week. In short - are you thinking of buying a new watch? Now might be the time!