BEST FROM: watches-dealer & Friends July 3, 2015
As you might have guessed from the featured image of this post as well as the image above, I'm a huge fan of A. Lange & S?hne's Datograph. In-house chronograph movements are nothing to shout about these days, but rewind the clock to 16 years ago, and they were rare. In fact, the caliber L951.1 in the first generation Datograph was the first all-new chronograph movement in years.The second generation model presented in 2012 is, to me, much more practical to wear. The power reserve has been significantly increased from a paltry 36 or so hours to a much more reasonable 60 hours. The case is bigger too, at 41mm, but the dial has been nicely filled up with new baton markers and the power reserve indicator at 6 o'clock. And if you think the dial is pretty, brace yourself when you flip it over: the caliber L951.6 is a masterpiece. And new this year is the long awaited rose gold model with a black dial, and I think it looks absolutely super.The A. Lange & S?hne Datograph aside, we are

BEST FROM: watches-dealer & Friends June 20, 2014
For most of us, our fathers have had a big influence on our lives and our tastes in watches, and in a special Father's Day article, we explore this relationship as part of this month's round-up. That aside, we also go hands on with new watches from Panerai, Omega, Rolex, and Tissot. For vintage watch lovers, we uncover a rare Breguet dive watch from the 60s and also check out a guide to buying vintage Rolex watches. Finally, for all the history lovers, we trace the beginnings of the Swatch Group and also find out how Glassh??te became the heart of German watchmaking.1. Panerai Luminor Submersible Left-Handed Titanio PAM569 Watch Hands-OnFor 2014, Panerai introduced a couple of new "destro" watches, meaning that the crown is on the left. One of them is the new Luminor Submersible Titanio PAM569. I like this watch for a couple of reasons, but mostly because it combines the best elements from previous Luminor Submersible watches. The hobnail dial and ecru lume look great and, quite fittin

Specifications of the Baume Mercier Hampton MOA08685 XL men's watch
Automatic movement of quality Switzerland; Functions without a battery; Automatically powers with the movement of your arm. Swiss automatic movement, the depth of 50 m water resistant Resistant to water to 165 feet (50 M)

new omega railmaster
Just got what i think is a great deal from an AD here in dallas! It's the 2802.52.37 railmaster 42.2mm with the brown strap. The msrp is around $2900.00...I was able to pick it up for $1695.00. I've been eyeing one of these for a while and just stumbled on a great deal!

Unplanned INCOMING ----
Visited my AD today with a friend who was looking purchase his first rolex, I wanted to introduce him to my sales dude. After he finished his presentation and my buddy was making his decision. My sales dude (over 10 year relationship) said to me, I gotta show you something, I brought it in just for you... and the rest is history.