Ochs und Junior Watches
One of my heroes in watchmaking is a man named Ludwig Oechslin. He's the genius behind ultra-complicated watches such as the Ulysse Nardin Trilogy Set, the amazing UN Freak in addition to minimal classics such as the MIH watch. Recently, he the younger Beat Weinmann started a new company, Ochs and Junior (Och und Junior) and their watches are breathtakingly different from anything else out there. Let's take a look, and hopefully you'll see why I'm so excited by them.To start with, Ochs and Junior breaks three of the commandments of Swiss watchmaking: The dials lack all branding, the prices are affordable and the advertising non-existent. These are emphatically not "luxury" watches intended to impress; even their casework is done mostly by hand with machining marks deliberately left in place. Hand shapes are as simple as can be, and the unique complications are all based on the tracteur ETA 2824. These are watches for people who love watches, full stop.Looking at the two watches above,

Marvin M109 Watch Offers Handsome Looks, Value, Unavailability In The US
I swear, this watch has no real name, just "model m109.14.43.65." That looks almost like an IP address. Marvin refers to it as part of the M109 collection. So for the purposes of this article, I will just call it the Marvin watch or M109 (even though there are other M109 watches in various colors and styles). They should have called it something cool like the "Squaropolis." Yea, I just made that name up. The company shares the story of many current watch companies: it started a long time ago (1850). Died, then came back via a name purchase. This was about a year ago, and the company was wise enough to have a wide enough range of prices to make them accessible. Their watches are prices from about $400 - $4000, and they offer both men's and women's watches with mechanical or quartz movements.This particular Marvin watch is pretty cool, with a nice design. Actually, the design is mostly Bell & Ross (dial and numeral design), Glycine (compare logos, even though the Marvin and Glycine l

Hooked!
Unloaded 2 watches (Rose Gold Franck Muller Conquistador & Panerai Daylight) and picked up these two..IMG_1832.JPGIMG_0861.JPGCan't believe how awesome AP is and why it me this long to get in the game. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

AP iPhone App
Hey all, Anyone else download the AP app, pretty cool, it provides model lines, movement specs, news, videos, ad locations and real time watch with a minute repeater. Give it a go if you got an Iphone, think it might also be available on android!Regards F

5205 silver dial question?
A question for all 5205-001 (silver dial) owners. Does the dial look silver and shining or rather matt and grey most of the time? The photos show very grey looking dial and I don't see much sparkle in it. Is this the case in reality? I looked at both at my AD and attach the photo here. However, the watch was sealed in plastic and it is hard to tell since plastic is only semi transparent. Thanks a lot for your feed back!