LEGO Launches Wrist Watch Collection For Adults
We are proud to be the first to announce a new collection of LEGO brand watches for adults. That's right, LEGO, which has had a large collection of kids watches for years, will soon launch a comprehensive collection of timepieces for men and women in November 2013. These are among the very few plastic watches we would wear. What is fun is that despite being sized (and styled) for adults (at least adults in terms of age), the LEGO watches for adults have as many fully swappable parts as the kids versions have.Officially, these timepieces are referred to as the LEGO Watch System because pieces such as the bracelet links and bezels can be interchanged with each other. The links for the bracelet can be arranged in a series of colors and styles, but we think most people will enjoy them in solid colors (as they come out of the box). Though, it is fun to play. I grew up with LEGO models so this watch collection is sort of a big deal. While inexpensive and cheeky, it is a fun reminder of somet

ArtyA Son Of Sound: The High-End Guitar Watch
In the last year Swiss art watch brand ArtyA has transformed itself from extremely avant garde "creative" watches to something like this guitar head-shaped Son of Sound collection. The brand was once about just creating totally one-of-a-kind watches that combined the work of an artist and watch maker. The "piece unique" moniker was more a result of that production style versus an effort. For example if you take a steel case and "deface" it (as founder Yvan Arpa liked to say) with electricity and machines by hand, no two cases are going to look alike (i.e. "piece unique"). Thematically, ArtyA watches contained everything from fossilized dinosaur feces to human blood and actual butterfly wings.Meeting with Mr. Arpa is always (always) a treat. But the lack of cohesion in his collection or offer of regular models made ArtyA a very difficult brand to cover. Then the Son of a Gun collection?came around and things sort of started to change. ArtyA found a collection that it could really build

Basel News: Introducing The Bell & Ross Red Radar (Live Pics + Video)
Remember the Bell & Ross Compass?? It looked like this.? Just today, we had the chance to see the entire Bell & Ross collection for 2011 and there are some really great looking pieces.? One thing that hasn't changed from B&R is their ability to create an extraordinarily interesting piece from a very basic movement, in most cases the ETA 2892.Just like the Compass and previous Radar, the new Basel 2011 introduction, dubbed the "Red Radar," uses a disc system mounted to a traditional ETA movement to create a completely unique look.? This particular model resmebles a red radar screen (cue the "Hunt of Red October" bleeping sound) via red tinted crystal and clever fading on the time indication discs.Price will be around $5500 and this Red Radar will be a limited edition of 999 pieces.? 1 OF 2 2 OF 2

Patek Exhibition
Had a private breakfast at the Patek exhibition this am. Thierry Stern as well as the president of Patek USA spoke to our group. Got a picture with Thierry and spent a few moments talking about the relative size of the watches. He agreed that the 42mm size is a great size and they won't o larger.I'll post as many pics as I can over the next day or so. It was nice to be able to go in and enjoy the tour prior to them opening the exhibition to the public. Highly recommend it if you have the opportunity.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Stuff ADs say...
Thought I'd start a thread on hilarious or outrageous things people here have been told by ADs, or overheard at them.A couple of mine:- The D500 white dial is going to be discontinued in 2018- There's a price increase coming next month, so buy now (October 2017)- Datejusts are hot sellers, no discount is available- This year's short supply of Rolexes are because it takes a year to make themI was also once told a story of how someone committed to buy a $180,000 Rolex, but only on condition he be supplied with 2 D500s, one black and one white dial. The AD produced the watches, and then the guy was like I don't want to buy the $180,000 one anymore, but I'll take those two!