Michael Friedman Appointed Horological Director of Antiquorum USA
Antiquorum has announced that Michael Friedman has been appointed Horological Director of Antiquorum USA. Mr. Friedman will oversee all U.S. auctions and private sales from Antiquorum’s U.S. headquarters on Madison Avenue in Manhattan. Michael takes over the position from Charles Tearle who was named Head of Antiquorum’s Asian division in August of last year. Friedman’s career in watches and clocks began in 1996 at the Willard House & Clock Museum where he held the position of Assistant Curator and also apprenticed to conservator David Gow. In 1997, he joined The National Watch & Clock Museum as Curator where he co-developed 15,000 square feet of new exhibition space devoted to the history of time measurement. In 1999, Michael was named Vice President and Department Head of Watches for Christie’s in New York. After successfully growing sales and bringing many new collectors to Christie’s, he founded MLF Horology in 2003 which provides consulting an

Picked up the black calf and ceramic/Ti deployment for the dsotm.
Finally picked up the black leather calf with white stitching and Ceramic/Ti buckle. It fits great and more balanced on the wrist then the nylon band. Also the deployment buckle makes it much easier to take the watch on and off.image.jpg

Omega PO chrono vs Tag Grand Carrera 17RS
I am seriously thinking about buying an Omega PO chronograph, the version with the black dial, orange numbers and rubber black strap (reference 2910.51.82). The alternative option is the Tag Heuer Grand Carrera 17RS with black dial (you can see both watches side by side on the attached photo).I was thinking maybe you could help me choose between them. Appearance-wise, it seems to me that the omega is more classic and more sporty, while the tag is more original (different than most watches you would see) and more classy. The Tag has a transparent case-back which is a nice touch, though not really important. The omega is slightly bigger.The omega is more water-proof (600m vs 100m) but then again I am not a diver so it does not make any difference for me. On the other hand I like to keep my watch on all the time, even when I take a bath or when I go for swimming, so if I go with the tag, I would probably have to buy a replica leather strap (as I understand the original one is rather expen

I love my Patek
I wore it all day and barely new it was there (with the exception of looking at every 12 seconds). This is giving my 116619 a run for its money!

SS BLRO Fantasy!!!
I visited one of the ADs today which I frequent. This one I've known their sales guy for a few years and he's been pretty straight with me. He's been told he can't sell any of these watches. None, nada. They won't be being shipped. Same with the Brown and Black in TT. This is to Longs in the Boston area. He's had about 50 requests on the day of the announcements. He said they were also advised on the introduction of the SS SkyD that they'd be released in limited quantities and would be a very hot item.We discussed the current sales climate with Rolex and his response was that Rolex does as they please and since they aren't a for profit company they are really only currently interested in increasing the Rolex mystique.