Oris Divers Date Watch - Solid Choice
You know what Oris makes a lot of? Diver's watches. The brand just makes a ton of these things. So many models, lots of weird iterations on the theme, after a while I just sort of stopped paying attention to their new models. I mean they came out with a regulator style diving watch. Why? I mean you really need to like regulator watches to be into one of those. There are small seconds, GMTs, all sorts of chronographs, and just a number of other interesting models. In my mind, no one else has as big a variety of mechanical diving watches as Oris. So sifting through all of them I wanted to look for the basic diver that they made that was good ol' dive watch goodness. I came up with the simply named Oris Divers Date watch.Oris watches are sometimes hit and miss for me. This one I really like though. It is really a tool that is OK to wear for any occasion. The Divers Date (I am not sure why there is no apostrophe in "divers") has a great looking curvy case that is 44mm wide in steel. Actual

Nivrel 5 Minute Repeater Skeletonized Gold Watch Available On James List
If you look at all the details in this Nivrel watch, you'll understand why I like it - especially as compared to many of the other minute repeater watches out there. In a nut shell, you have a base ETA Swiss movement that is highly decorated in a highly polished gold case. The dial is beautifully skeletonized, and the watch has a 5 minute repeater complication. So many nice features for the price of about $23,000 - which is far below that which you'd find from a?? Swiss made watch as Nivrel is German.Nivrel has a lot of 5 minute repeater watches, it is one of their core specialties. A 5 minute repeater is a minute repeater that tells time back to you acoustically to the closest 5 minute minute interval. For example, if the time was 10:41, the minute repeater would probably play back the tones for "10:40." The minute repeater works via a series of hammers and gongs in the movement which is provided by a special Dubois Depraz module (which I believe is specially made for Nivrel) that aff

Photo Report: Inside The New IWC Boutique In London
The new London IWC boutique on Bond Street opened its doors just before Christmas last year, and is the first ever location in the UK for the manufacture from Schaffhausen. The 90-square-meter, two-level boutique is also the first to use a new design concept from IWC – a concept where all boutiques around the globe will eventually share the same displays and furniture, but mixed with elements capturing the essence of the city it's in. 1 OF 53 The outcome is a lovely Art Deco mix of stainless steel, polished wood, and marble. The impressive level of detail put into everything, as well as the vast range of watches in stock, makes the boutique well worth a visit for any watch lover. 2 OF 533 OF 53 Walking up the stairs to the first floor, you will find a lounge area where customers can browse the available watches in a very relaxed environment. Also available is a full time on-site watchmaker ready to handle any service requirements. The first floor f

Bring a Loupe: Some Quick Thoughts On The Collectibilty of (Special) F.P. Journe Watches, As Demonst
F.P. Journe is one of the few modern watch manufactures that many serious collectors have any love for. Their watches are thoughtful, beautiful, wearable, and rare. Don't believe me, read this. That said, Journe watches have never exactly been auction house darlings – with modern pieces typically selling for a fraction of their current retail prices. That, of course, is no way to measure the success of a watch, but resale value is something that many collectors simply can't ignore – if you put money into something, you want to know you can get money out of it. This week, however, a few F.P. Journe pieces sold at auction well above what one might expect, and we are beginning to see that like special pieces from Lange, special Journe watches can also do quite well on the public market. A Unique Tourbillon Souverain Sells For 650,000 CHF 1 OF 7 The first watch we will examine sold Tuesday night in a charity auction benefiting Action Innocence. This

New 44mm novelty
Tried on in Tokyo they have the ceramic and Ti models in Both very nice But didn't take a picture of the all ceramic