What I Learned Building A Watch With watches-dealer At Frederique Constant
The following article was written by Andrew E. who accompanied watches-dealer Founder Ariel Adams on a trip to Geneva to build a watch with Frederique Constant. This is his account of the experience and you can read Ariel Adams' full account of "What It's Like To Build A Watch" here. We thank Andrew for recounting his experience and sharing his mutual passions for watches:When I first tried to describe what it was like to win the watch lover's trip of a lifetime, I ended up writing a lengthy travelogue that while descriptive, failed to adequately put into words how it felt to win the watches-dealer/Fr��d��rique Constant Holiday 2012 giveaway. How can you write about something so insanely cool for a watch nerd? Even though the experience has come and gone, I still struggle to describe the mixture of elation, incredulity, excitement, and gratefulness that I feel about the whole thing. So in this article, I would like to paint a broad �C and wholly inadequate �C picture of what has happened t

HourTime Show Watch Podcast Episode 79
We joke around about the resurgent watch branded terribly named "Hebe Watches." Their model names are pretty awful as well. I wanna get me a Hebe Crepuscule! We lament over the nice hands on a Zenith Captain Dual Time, then John gets furious about a Jacob & Co. watch. All that and more in episode 79 of the HourTime Show.Listen to the HourTime Show watch podcast episode 79 here. Download the MP3.

Archimede Outdoor watch
The newest watch from German Archimede is the Outdoor. It is an evolution on some past designs and fits a very specific purpose. To understand the Outdoor you need to look back to a watch that I believe was the thematic influence for the Outdoor, the Timex Camper. These are meant to be outdoors friendly timepieces that are easy to read and durable. They are not meant to be much more, and sit in a sort of functional minimalist category.Size is 38.5mm wide in nice looking lugless steel case. It is rather thin at just 10.6mm thick. The case and watch is meant to be light for a steel watch. According to Archimede, the watch is 120 grams on the metal bracelet, and 70 grams on the leather strap. This is for active people don't want a heavy watch and don't want to wear a plastic watch. In a nutshell, this is a German daily beater that won't complain when you beat it up.The case has a sapphire crystal and is water resistant to 200 meters. The black dial has white text for very high contrast. T

Watch Spotting: An Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph On The Wrist Of Danny Willett Duri
England's Danny Willett was already reaching for his Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph when Jordan Spieth missed a short putt for birdie on the 16th hole, all but sealing the race for the 80th Masters. And the carbon watch was on Willett's wrist by the time he was presented with the Green Jacket, the first of his career.Spieth looked to be on course for his second consecutive Masters title, leading the pack from day one and starting strongly on the final round. But the young American crumbled on the back nine, scoring a quadruple-bogey on the 12th and leaving room for an unlikely comeback. Willett, who started the day three shots behind Spieth, fired a 67 to capture the 80th Masters title.Audemars Piguet is strongly linked to the golfing community. The manufacture's CEO, Fran?ois-Henry Bennahmias, once had a promising golf career in front of him, ranking as high as #25 on the French golf tour before pursuing a career in luxury. But he's stayed very close to the professiona

Tried on a Patek today, first time...
Though I am not ready to research and start obsessing about the Patek brand, I was able to try a few on today at an AD, here is the gold one. Very nice watch. The platinum one that they had came with clear caseback, it was a very nice movement. Both watches were priced too high for me, but it sure was fun to put the rolls-royce of watches on my wrist however brief...