Baume & Mercier Clifton Chronograph Watches For 2014
When a brand such as Baume & Mercier says they're digging into their archives for new watches, you can't be quite sure what you might see. As one of the seven oldest watch brands, they've got quite an assortment of inspiration to draw from. This latest batch of vintage-inspired pieces will expand the Clifton collection that we saw introduced earlier this year.Drawing from what's labeled as the "golden era" of the 1950s, these new automatic Clifton chronographs will be formally introduced at SIHH in January. Intrinsically, the three are mechanically the same - 43mm stainless steel case, ETA 7750 movement (decorated and visible through the case back), sapphire crystals, and a 50m WR rating, to mention some of the highlights. Where the three models differentiate themselves then, is in the styling.The Clifton 10129 (pictured up top) is marked as being the most vintage-looking of the collection, with gold tone hands and indices on a silver sunburst dial paired with a brown alligator str

Bring a Loupe: A Heuer That Tracks The Tides, An IWC With A Compass, A Patek With Removable Lugs, An
This week's Bring A Loupe will focus on quirky watches, and explain the special something that makes each stand out from the standard production of the brand. Among the beautiful oddities featured, you will discover an interesting Patek with removable lugs and an IWC that hides a compass. This is your Bring A Loupe for November 13, 2015. The IWC Compass Reference 3510A, True Tool Watch With A Twist 1 OF 11 The Compass model was launched in 1978 as a collaboration between Porsche Design and IWC; it offered a very astute way to combine a compass and an automatic movement. Detailed R&D – yielding six patents – was necessary to properly shield the movement from the compass' magnetism and allow a swift opening of the top part to reveal the compass underneath. As a result, the watch is obviously thick – 12 mm – but the 39 mm case size partly makes up for that. In addition, it is divinely light, having been manufactured in both aluminu

Incoming : Just got my first . . .
We'll I always thought I was never going to buy oneBut suddenly it attacked me while working behind my MBA and the hunt started asap So I just bought this Chronomat Ref 81950A with a grey dialAll my other watches have a black dial so this is a complete changement . . . She is on her way to me and hopefully I will get her pretty soonHAGOne

Nice lume shot of my Omega
Looked down and the lume was shining bright on my Olympic version of the Seamaster Omega from Vancouver. She was shining strong tonight! Enjoy my friends!Aloha from Kauai, Tom

5196 j vs r
My question is for those familiar with both and relates to the dial: is it more silvery/white on the 5196j and more grey on the 5196r? That's my impression and am now torn between preferring rose gold and what appears to be a more attractive dial color (to me anyways) on the yellow gold model. What material are these dials made of.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk