Ulysse Nardin Imperial Blue Offers Westminster Chimes and Flying Tourbillon
Ulysse Nardin has a notable history in chiming watches, from its Gold Medal-winning minute-repeater chronograph at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair to modern timepieces such as last year’s Stranger. At Baselworld 2014, Ulysse Nardin introduced its latest haut-de-gamme chiming watch, the Imperial Blue.The Ulysse Nardin Imperial Blue boasts not only a Grand Sonnerie Westminster Carillon �� which rings out four notes (“Mi-Do-Re-Sol”) for each passing hour and chimes the hours, quarter hours and minutes on demand �� but also a flying tourbillon with an eye-catching, blue sapphire bridge.A Grand Sonnerie function, which dates back to around 1300, is a rarity in a modern wristwatch, with only about a half-dozen manufacturers producing them, including Ulysse Nardin. It differs from a minute repeater in that the latter only chimes the time when it is activated by the wearer, whereas the former will also sound the time each quarter hour on its own.Among the technical challeng

Historical Perspectives: Just Because: An Original Zenith A386 El Primero Chronograph And The Awesome Striking Tenth, Next To Each Other
The watch on the left is the awesome Zenith El Primero Striking Tenth chronograph, a watch we reviewed in detail here and absolutely loved (sidenote, if you've never seen one of these in action, you have to watch the video here).? The watch at right looks a lot like the 2010 Striking Tenth, doesn't it? It should, because it's the reference from which it was birthed.?You see, the Striking Tenth borrowed its tri-color dial from the original El Primero chronograph from 1969 - reference A386.? This early automatic chronograph (some would say it's the first self-winding chronograph, some would say the first high-beat self-winding chronograph, and others, the first self-winding integrated chronograph) is something of a cult classic, as Zenith themselves say no more than 2000 examples were ever produced.? The tri-color dial of the A386 has since become Zenith's trademark dial configuration, but did you know there is more than just aesthetics behind its design? The story goes that rey was chos

Enable me, AP Roo Navy
So I am getting out of gold watches, will have funds for some nicer stainless or strap watches that are non gold......Show me your Navy, would love to see some on bracelet as well....

Omega Service Centres in the UK
Morning all! Any thoughts on where to send a Cosmic 2000 for service and light restoration in the UK please?Thanks

Replacement Patek box interior - where to buy?
My wife's anual calendar Patek box which is a late 2000s rosewood box I believe. The interior on the piece that holds the watch which is easily removed had a lot of discolouration on it, like purple or brown blotches. We assumed it must be humidity related. Anyway, she wants to part exchange the watch and we are concerned we will be low balled by the store just because of the discolour on the practically worthless element of the box, probably worth about $5 to build. Everything else on the box and watch is mint with papers, but would like this to be mint too so she can get the best value on a part ex