PIAGET Altiplano Marqueterie de nacre et bois
The Piaget rose with its hundred bright pink and softly scented "peony" petals is an endless source of inspiration for the brand. Once again, it is unfurling its fuchsia flower on the dial of an Altiplano. To create the bloom, the artist Rose Saneuil selected different materials (white mother-of-pearl, grained plane and pale pink maple, candy and scarlet sycamore), cut them up then assembled them, piece by piece, from the chapter ring to the heart of the dial. It took 25 hours and 96 wooden and mother-of-pearl pieces to make the dial. That means it took around 450 hours for this Boulle School graduate to make the 18 Altiplano Marqueterie de nacre et bois watches. The petals lie beneath two silver baton-shape hour and minute hands brought to life by the ultra-slim manual wind 430P calibre inside the 38mm diamond and white gold case. Price: 70,500 CHF. Sharmila Bertinpiaget

A History of Tissot
What do a 140 year old Russian Czar and Racer Danica Patrick have in common?These days Tissot is known for its sponsorship of racers like NASCAR's Danica Patrick, and for its unique, high-tech / high touch (couldn't resist) T-Touch watches. But the brand has a history as storied as any of its contemporaries, being founded at the half-way point of the 19th Century, selling watches throughout pre-WWI Czarist Russia, and being half of the 1930 merger with Omega which formed the Pre-Swatch Group SSIH.That merger and its 50+ year aftermath is probably what saved Tissot's bacon, and enabled it to remain the current and innovative brand we know today.Early HistoryChs Tissot & Fils was founded in Le Locle, in the Jura region of Switzerland in 1853 by the locally born & bred father-son duo of Charles-F��licien Tissot and Charles-��mile Tissot. As with most Swiss watch companies founded in that era, Tissot began life as a comptoir, an assembler of parts procured from individual makers in t

Stainless steel stain question
Hi Guys,I washed my watch with wrist clean and after I noticed this light colored area any help is appreciated Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Dsotm
I bought my new Rolex 114060 from my local AD this afternoon, a watch I've wanted for quite a while now so real happy with it on my wrist. The AD is also an Omega AD and they had the DSOTM on prominent display so I asked to see it and try it on. What a beautiful watch! It looks large in the display cabinet but wears a lot smaller. It felt instantly comfy on my wrist and my wife commented that she likes it more than my Sub ND. I've now officially added this to my watch 'Iwant one' list. The RRP was ?7590 but they don't seem to hold their price as well as Rolex as I've seen NIB dsotm's for as little as ?6000. Even at ?6K they are out of my financial league at the moment but who knows what the future holds eh, one day........ one day.

Speedmaster - See through casebacks
Having read with interest, the enthusiasm members have for their Speedy Pros with official and after-market display case-backs, particularly the 3572.50s I would be most grateful for answers to a couple of questions.Does wearing a watch with a crystal caseback feel different to a SS caseback? For example is it slippery in humid weather?After your initial purchase, how long was it before you ceased undoing the bracelet and gazing in awe at the movement - days, weeks, months or years?Thank you for your time.