Maitres du Temps Chapter One Round Transparence Watch
Steven Holtzman founded?Maitres du Temps (i.e. Masters of Time) in 2005 to create a brand that enabled some of the most acknowledged individual watchmakers to overcome their own technical and aesthetic limitations and collectively develop timepieces that they never would have conceived on their own. So far, six master watchmakers have worked under the aegis of his initiative designing three different base models - or Chapters, as they like to call them. With the new 'Chapter One Round Transparence' the brand offers a new version of the original by giving us a different perspective on their very first movement.Chapter One - unsurprisingly - is the watch with which it all began for the brand. To learn more about its not-so-basic details, take a look at what Ariel wrote about the piece back in 2008. In essence, Peter Speake-Marin and Christophe Claret collaborated with Roger Dubuis on developing a very unique offering, something that would mean a powerful, yet elegant starting point for M

Learning To Print Tiffany & Co. Dials With Patek Philippe In New York
Patek Philippe has had a close, continuous relationship with Tiffany & Co. since 1851. And back in November, Patek Philippe released the limited edition "Tiffany dial" 5396G annual calendar to celebrate the fifth anniversary of their boutique in Tiffany & Co.'s Fifth Avenue flagship (John Mayer goes into more detail on this collaboration here). Tiffany & Co. is the only co-branding Patek still offers, and this week we had a chance to visit the brand's new New York headquarters to see how these special dials are produced - and we even got to stamp one ourselves. 2 OF 8 Stamping The Dial While the 5369G is a limited edition piece exclusive to the Fifth Avenue Patek Philippe boutique in Tiffany & Co., many Pateks purchased at this location can have "Tiffany & Co." added to the dial. On some models the stamp is added as soon as the watches arrive in New York, while on others (often models which don't have an obvious pl

Does Anyone Ever Hear Their Navitimer Winding?
I have a Navitimer that is about 2 years old, and sometimes... quite often, in fact, if I move a certain way, I can hear it winding. The first time I heard it was in a quiet office. I couldn't tell the sound was coming from my watch. A day or so later, I heard it again. All of a sudden I figured it out -- THAT SOUND IS MY WATCH! Now, when I hear it, I often wonder, Do other people hear my watch winding? It's not the kind of sound you have to press your ear against the watch to hear.Does anyone else experience this? Is something wrong?Thanks!

Seamaster Aqua Terra in 18k - all I can say is wow!!!
Today I had a chance to visit the Omega store that opened a couple of weeks ago in Tyson's Corner (McLean, VA). Great selection of watches with very helpful and kind sales associates. For the first time ever I had a chance to try on and inspect the 18K Aqua Terra with the grey dial. What a watch! Very elegant and classy, simple and to-the-point interface, great legibility and it doesn't scream as loud as a 18K Rolex GMT or Submariner. I was very impressed. Only one slight problem, MSRP is $30,200 and the Omega stores don't like to discount. I mean, if you pick up a 18K GMT for around $20,000 at least you know you'll more or less get your money back, I would be worried about that with the Omega.Regardless, if you ever have a chance to try one on, don't hesitate!

Orlando WWT show
Going to Orlando this morning to attend the WWT watch show on Wednesday and Thursday. Looking forward to some sunny afternoons by the pool wearing the Ploprof.This is a fascinating reference with a dedicated website..ploprof/Site/Home.html