Jean Dunand Palace Watch
It is cool, it is crazy, it is almost $420,000. "Piece Unique" watch maker Jean Dunand presents the Palace watch. A pretty incredible looking timepiece. In addition to my article over at Haute Living (see link bel0w), I have for you what I believe are the very first live photographs of the watch, that I was able to take. Enjoy itI certainly did.Read my Jean Dunand Palace watch article at Haute Living here.

A. Lange & Sohne Grande Lange 1 Luminous Watch
It is the heat of the night, and you are having an expensive watch wearing worthy good time. You go to look are your luxury timepiece in the dim lighting on the patio of that bar you like, and low and behold those lustrous gold holds show no luster in the dark. Time to rethink your evening timepiece selection, or you could instead seek out the relatively few high-luxury watches with luminant applied to them. While not a big deal for a Seiko, a lume covered German A. Lange & Sohne is a rarity. Here is their newest one, called the Grande Lange 1 Luminous. Larger Grande Lange 1 case (as opposed to the smaller standard Lange 1). Black dial, and just the right shade of retro green for the richly applied lume that makes up the hour markers and is all over the hands. A cool sporty Lange watch. Though, to actually refer to it as a sport watch, your idea of sports involves playing?? lawn croquet at night.Read more about the Grande Lange 1 Luminous watch in my article about it over at Haute

Keep or sale
I have a Rolex 14060M that I love, simple and clean. I also have an Omega 2254.50. Both watches are black divers and to me look very similar. The Omega is at the spa right now at a cost of $400. Should I keep the watch now that it will be like new or sell it to fund another watch. Would I get any more for the watch with the recent service from Nesbit Service Center, which comes with a 2 yr warranty.ThanksJohn

Speedmaster Pro Apollo XI 40th Anniversary
Evening all,Had a chance to try this on today, and it's not a bad looking watch - the red-tipped chrono seconds hand was a nice touch, and the mission patch on the subdial is good too - sterling silver, not printed on like the Moon to Mars editions. Comes in a mahoosive box, the usual limited edition gubbins, and a 42mm silver commemorative medallion. But, at ��3500, I think it's a little on the pricey side, especially as it's not all that limited - 7969 will be made. To sum up, I like the looks of it, but not the price. Anyone else had a chance to see one in the flesh?

Trade in for a dress watch
So, lately my watch collection has become very slanted toward “tool watches”, especially with a 50 fathoms mil-spec on the way. I really don’t have something to wear for dressier occasions and I’ve fallen out of love with my IWC. I’m not a giant DJ or DD fan. And I prefer to keep it under 40mm.I was thinking of trading in my IWC Portuguese and FOIS (plus cash) for one of the below:1. YM 116621 brown dial2. Vacheron patrimomy traditionnelle3. H. moser center seconds with a funky blue dial.4. Lange Saxonia ultra-thin 37mm I know a YM isn’t technically a “dress watch”, but I feel with TT and a slim design, it can wear as a dressy watch.