Friday, May 15 2009
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Tiffany Quartz Mens Watch Conversion
For Christmas in 2008, I decided to get my Fiance (Girlfriend at the time) a Tiffany watch, but wasn’t really into the newer styles that Tiffany had made for ladies. I wanted a classic style, and did not want to pay typical exorbitant Tiffany pricing, so I searched online. …
Ratpack Watches of Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. up for Auction
Antiquorum’s summer sale of “ Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Pocket Watch & Clocks” on June 11th auction will include timepieces from twentieth century icons President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr and Steve McQueen in addition to an …
Seiko Vintage Analog Quartz Table
Posted by: Gary Fredricks (garfre) Have you ever wondered whether Seiko produced a Silverwave with a twin quartz movement? The table below informs us that the answer is yes (caliber 9441). After becoming interested in Seiko vintage analog quartz watches produced in the …
La Machine A Ecrire Le Temps: 1200 Parts & $341,000 To Write The Time In Pencil
Jaquet Droz is an oft-misunderstood brand within the Swatch group. They are easily the most progressive in the family with a host of interesting designs using using a variety of differently sized circles. We are not here to talk about their watches though. Rather, we are …
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Survivor Chronograph Watch Available On James List
This is either the weirdest or coolest Audemars Piguet watch around depends on your point of view. This is the $50,000 plus Royal Oak Offshore Survivor - a watch meant to look like it can survive the next 5 or so world wars - being worn by the heroes of battle. Conversely, …
Robert Lighton’s great bargains!
Besides his work as interior and furniture designer, Robert Lighton also created a few wrist watches by the names of Hudson, Empire, San Remo, Algonquin and a few more. Mechanical watches with stainless steel, sterling silver or gold cases, most of them with an ETA …
The New Sotirio Bvlgari Collection
Bulgari recently introduced a new col fef lection of timepieces, named after their founder, Sotirio Bvlgari. The new collection comes in three versions; an annual calendar, perpetual calendar and tourbillon. Traditional and modern design elements blend together for a very …
The Pita Windmills (Molinos) Prototype from AHCI Watchmaker Aniceto Jiménez Pita of Barcelona
I'm honored to be the first watch blog to share the brand new prototype from Pita Barcelona. The Pita Molinos (Windmills) project presents a watch with no hands and no crown. Floating hour and minute gear wheels rotate around the dial to indicate the time. Shown above, the …
New Release: Tissot Quadrato Valjoux
fef Tissot recently unveiled (at Baselworld 2009) a new version of their square watch line, the Quadrato Valjoux. The case is made of 316L stainless steel and comes with either a stainless steel bracelet with folding buckle or a black leather strap (pictured). It is water …
