New from RGM Watch Company: Pro Aviator and ��Baseball in Enamel��
This month RGM Watch Co. is launching two very different watches: the Pro Aviator pilots' watch, and a limited edition Baseball watch with a grand feu enamel dial, inspired by a rare, vintage Waltham pocket watch. Grand feu means “great fire” in French, and it took RGM founder Roland Murphy three years to locate an artisan to bring his dream to life.The RGM Pennsylvania Series 801 Baseball in Enamel timepiece is inspired by a rare 1892 American Waltham Watch Co. pocket watch with a special baseball-themed enamel dial. RGM Watch Company founder Roland Murphy discovered the Waltham while touring the National Watch and Clock Museum a few years ago, and he became intrigued by the idea of combining American watchmaking history with America's pastime, baseball.RGM’s enamel dial pays homage to the original Waltham, shown below.Murphy's primary challenge was to locate an artist to create the intricate grand feu dial. There are only a handful of master enamellers in the worl

Announcing The First Ever HODINKEE Collectors Summit, Coming To New York City This December
We love watches. We love watch collecting. We also love watch collectors, and in fact most of the team at HODINKEE are indeed serious collectors in their own right. The collecting community is a small but ever growing group of global timepiece nuts that bond over a preternatural love for these wonderful little machines. And the entire purpose of this humble little platform on which you find yourself is really to bring the most detailed and in-depth knowledge from the great thought leaders in horology around the world, to you, at home. And that is why today we are beyond excited to announce something to merge you – members of a burgeoning global family of watch lovers – with them, the tastemakers and power-players. This December 11th and 12th, we will be holding the very first HODINKEE Collectors Summit. This, my friends, you will not want to miss. 1 OF 4 Okay, So What Is It?The idea behind the HODINKEE Collectors Summit (HCS) is about sharing knowledge between

Breaking News: The Swatch Group Announces Stephen Urquhart��s Decision To Retire, And Names Omega��s New President
Major news out of Biel, Switzerland, this morning: The Swatch Group has announced the appointment of a new president at Omega, following Stephen Urquhart's decision to retire.Mr. Urquhart, 69, had been Omega's president and CEO since 1999, and was an important member of the Swatch Group Extended Group Management Board. He retires in June, but will continue to work closely with Omega as a consultant on special projects. His decision comes during a crucial time for Omega, just weeks after Baselworld and months before the Summer Olympics in Rio, its single largest communications operation of the year.Replacing him at the top on June 1 will be Raynald Aeschlimann. Mr. Aeschlimann has been a member of the Extended Group Management Board since 2013, and currently serves as the Vice President and International Director of Sales at Omega.In a separate communiqu��, the Swatch Group announced the departure of another member of the Extended Group Management Board. Responsible for the group's legal

Omega Speedmaster Professional INBOUND!!!!
I got a new one with the black leather strap with deployment clasp. It also has the NATO strap and a Velcro NASA type strap. I'm so excited I couldn't sleep last night. It should arrive tomorrow ! I don't know what else to type.

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