A. Lange & Sohne 1815 Rattrapante Perpetual Calendar Watch
SIHH 2013 is in full swing and A. Lange & Sohne is not pulling any punches. ALS has announced the new 1815 Rattrapante Perpetual Calendar, and it looks to be a complete knockout. Featuring a new Lange calibre, the L.101.1, the 1815 Rattrapante Perpetual Calendar combines some of the most sought after complications into one dazzling package that has been designed as a tribute to early A. Lange & Sohne pocket watches.The L.101.1 movement, which consists of 636 separate parts,? incorporates a rattrapante or split-seconds chronograph, a perpetual calendar, moon phase indicator and power reserve display. The L.101.1 is ALS's eighth in-house chronograph movement and sports dual column wheels, 43 jewels and a power reserve of 42 hours. As is the case with perpetual calendars, this ALS will accurately measure the date to 2100, at which point a one-day correction will need to be applied. Thanks to the unique way in which the Gregorian calendar is balanced, every 400 years we omit a tota

Longines Column Wheel Chronograph Watch's Day At The Races
It surprised me to learn that Longines has close to 100 years of history with horse racing. In fact, Longines has a lot of history altogether. Like many historic watch brands still alive today, Longines spent much of its life as a watch movement maker run by engineers. This is an interesting point because, according to long-standing Longines CEO Walter von Kanel (who has been at the brand for over 40 years), a major difference between watch brands of today and those of yesterday is who ran the show.He reminds us that watch brands used to revolve around new movements. The engineers would develop a new movement and then design a watch around it. Today, watch brands are more business/marketing minded and design watches around concepts, market needs, etcIn essence, the reverse of what they used to do. This phase-shift in timepiece production makes total sense given that people buy watches for different reasons these days.Knowing that vintage Longines watches that include their own movement

Introducing: The IWC Pilot's Watch Automatic 36 (The 36mm IWC Pilot's Watch Returns!)
We're getting closer and closer to the main event for the Richemont maisons: SIHH is only 10 days away. IWC has already announced that this is going to be the Year of the Pilot's Watch, and we had a look just recently at the new Big Pilot's Heritage 55 and 48 timepieces, which borrow their aesthetic from the b-uhr (navigation watches) made by IWC in the 1940s. Now, IWC introduces the Pilot's Watch Automatic 36 – a first look at the changes in the pipeline overall for the iconic and beloved Mark series. Let's talk a little bit about the history of pilot's watches at IWC as well. 1 OF 4 IWC Pilot's Watch Automatic in 36mm The history of manufacturing pilot's watches goes back to the introduction by IWC, in 1936, of the so-called "Special Watch For Pilots," which was one of the first purpose-built watches for aviators (there was also, of course, the Weems Seconds-Setting watch, which was developed by P. V. H. Weems in 1927

I'm Feeling Blue
One of my favorites I wouldn't sell in a million years super clasp, great bracelet, substantial case size and that blue dial Breitlingflat.JPGBreitlingside.JPGBreitlingclasp.JPGBreitlingwrist.JPG

Rolex Tolerance =/- accuracy
I just received my DateJust back from a overhaul at Dallas repair facilty, where they had it for 4 weeks. I got it back a few days ago, it looks brand new, better than expected. So today I synced it with the US NAVAL OBSERVATORY MASTER CLOCK at 1100hrs, and now at 2100 hrs the watch has gained 4 seconds already. This can not be normal. The watch gained time before it went in, enough to bother me, but I never sent it back to Rolex. Now I just spent another $750.00. It is going to be in spec. I just do not know what spec is. I heard =/- 1- second per day. Is this true. That would be reasonable and then some. I could live with 2-3 seconds per day. Anyone please help!!!