Friday, Oct 24 2008
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Rare Universal Geneve Super Diver Watch From When Quartz Was Cool
Back in the 1980's and through the mid 1990's, it was all about luxury quartz watches. Brands would proudly adorn the "Quartz" identifier on their watches. At the time, Quartz was seen as a successor to mechanical watches for its obvious advantages in terms of accuracy, …
Silver Longines One-Button Chronograph with Ribbon Strap
5a8 As far as Longines goes, this is about as cool as it gets (except for maybe this or this, I guess). What we have here is a one-button chronograph, which we don't see too many of these days, and it is absolutely massive. 40mm to be exact, which leads us to believe this …
Sad news to report, the loss of an innovator...
Sad news to report on the loss of an innovator...I received a query in my email early this morning asking about dealers for Ventura watches. I immediately went to Ventura's watch site and found it was no longer active. So I sent an email to recent Ventura V-Matic Loga …
Love at first sight
I received Patek's magazine last week. As always I flicked through it without much interest with the intention to make the boooring modern art articles as painless as possible. As with all the other Patek magazines this one would end up in a special basket in my living …
Why the Jumbo...
If you ever wondered why the (5,000€) diference between the "Jumbo" and the 15300. Here is a very interesting point of view. Without going into the details of the insides he explains the "mystique" about the Jumbo quite well. He comes to say that once on your wrist you only …
Supply or Demand?
Don't know if it's because Rolex has finally caught up with the manufacturing of the green sapphire glass or if the economy has caught up with Rolex. More and more green Milgauss are being readily available at no premium and at a discount in some markets. This is the …
OffShore "SURVIVOR"
As expected... several sites all over have been posting teasers to crank-up hits. Sorry, I don't play this game.Af 58a ter receiving a whole bundle of pictures from (I kid you not!) nine different sources this morning, the cat's out of the bag.I hope you guys welcome the …
Legendary Vacheron Constantin Chronograph
Earlier today we brought you the most recent, most technologically advanced Vacheron Constantin ever made in the Quai de L'Ile. Now we are going to talk about a Vacheron that is over 60 years old, one that is considered one the finest watches they ever made. Circa 1942, …
