Handcrafted Time ’09 Exhibition This Week in Bern
A special exhibition of handcrafted, complicated timepieces is being held this week at the Time Gallery, Brunngasse 58, 3011 Bern, Switzerland. Twelve well-known watchmakers and brands will display their timepieces: Vianney Halter, Miki Eleta, Pita Barcelona, Thomas Prescher, Romain Gauthier, Svend Andersen, Louis Moinet, Angular Momentum, Cabestan, Hautlence,and Mathias Fuchs. The exhibit is open Thursday June 18 from 8-11 p.m., Friday June 19 from 1-8 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday June 20 and 21 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. For additional information call +41 (0)31 311 8300 or e-mail info@angularmomentum.

Win A Trip To Baume & Mercier's Geneva Design Studio, With Watches And Paul Stuart Wardrobe To Match
This year New York clothier Paul Stuart is marking its 75th anniversary, and to celebrate is offering a different sweepstakes each month. For June they've teamed up with Baume & Mercier to offer a trip to Baume & Mercier's Geneva design studio, a pair of Baume & Mercier watches, and a Paul Stuart wardrobe for your Swiss adventure. Click through for all the details and how to register to win. While we do our best here at HODINKEE to give you inside looks at the world's top manufactures, nothing beats experiencing it for yourself. Paul Stuart and Baume & Mercier are offering a trip for two to Geneva which includes a tour of the brand's design studio. The winner of the June sweepstakes will also receive a pair of his-and-hers Baume & Mercier watches (a new Clifton from the look of things) and a $5,000 voucher for a Paul Stuart wardrobe to match.You have until June 30th to enter this edition of Paul Stuart's 75th Anniversary Sweepstakes, and you can

Picture thread. AP spotting
There is a long ongoing photo thread on the general Rolex forum with celebrities or other famous/well known people wearing Audemars Piguet so I thought it was time for that thread over here as well! :-)Kicking it off with a photo I just saw over at paneristi, one of the regulars is a photographer and this is from a magazine cover shoot with Dr Sanjay Gupta. The good doctor obviously has great taste as he is wearing a Panda. [Photo cred: Brad Trent, on the left in the photo]

How hard is it to get a Ceramic Diver?
Hi,I am looking at getting a Ceramic diver.... What do you guys think?Would you prefer an AP ROO Novelty in steel or the Ceramic diver?When I look around the various forums and call in at ADs etc. I see the ROO Nov SS is easily available but I have yet to see a Ceramic diver listed anywhere....Is the diver limited and will it hold better value? Plus it seems more unique than the SOO SSAppreciate your thoughts and comments...

Blue Speedmaster chrono....
Just wondering, is the blue similiar to the blue in the Rolex white gold Sub?