Dominique Loiseau Dead: Master Watchmaker Leaves Strong Legacy
Sad news today as Swiss/French watchmaker Mr. Dominique Loiseau has passed away, Gregory Pons at Business Montres reports. He was just 64 years old. Still relatively unknown to many people, Loiseau was one of the venerable geniuses of modern watchmaking, able not only to restore incredible and complex works from the past, but invent the word's most complicated watches of today.I first encountered Dominique a couple of years ago at Baselworld upon the announcement of his new eponymous brand "Loiseau." His debut watch was the 1f4 that we offered a hands-on look here. The plan was to produce just two a year, and the 1f4 was to be the most complicated watch in the world. The double-sided uber-watch was a mere taste of the man's accomplishments. More recently, it was announced that he signed on with Girard-Perregaux for a series of unspecified projects related to the introduction of new mechanical watch technologies (and of course products). I knew there was trouble though when Girard-Perre

AP newbie question
Never really looked into AP too much but always admired the various material divers mainly the ceramic but here's a question are AP like Rolex when it comes to modifications and sourcing parts?I only ask as I'd imagine a SS diver with ceramic bezel would look great!

Shot of my new Navitimer
Finally got a chance to bring the whole set out and take some shots. I really need better lighting. But here they are anyway. Enjoy.Special thanks to AlexCollector for making this all possible. A true gentleman and one of the best on TRF. I highly recommend.

Watch Shopping in Barbados
Anyone had any experience there? Heading there in a couple of weeks.

It just arrived...
And the adventure begins...Tried it on...Loved it ...Thought about it...Bought it...Let's see what happens...More to come as the adventure unfolds...