Thierry Stern Takes Over the Presidency of Patek Philippe
Patek Philippe has officially announced that at the end of August, 2009, Thierry Stern took over the presidency of Patek Philippe SA Geneva and was appointed President of the Board of Directors, taking over from his father Philippe Stern. With this move, Patek Philippe confirms its mission as a family run business that is now in the hands of the fourth generation. Born in 1970, Thierry Stern grew up in the world of watchmaking. As of 1990, he embarked on a hands-on training path which took him on regular intervals from production workshops to business management, with time spent working with subsidiaries and retailers in both Germany then the USA. From 1997 to 1998, Thierry was in charge of the Benelux market. In 1998, he was appointed head of the Creation department and quickly took part in group strategic decisions by taking over the position of Vice-President.A Family Business Carried Over From Father to SonFounded in 1839 by Antoine Norbert de Patek who was joined by Jean-Adrien Ph

Jaeger-LeCoultre Geophysic Universal Time Watch
In addition to the Jaeger-LeCoultre Geophysic True Second watch, another new timepiece in the collection for 2015 is this Jaeger-LeCoultre Geophysic Universal Time that adds a world time complication, stunning world map dial, and a larger case size. Jaeger-LeCoultre originally released the first Geophysic watch in 1958 and the cult favorite was something only niche collectors knew about until 2014 when Jaeger-LeCoultre decided to reintroduce the collection as the Geophysic 1958 watches (hands-on here).As I mentioned when introducing the also new for 2015 Geophysic True Second watch, Jaeger-LeCoultre has really hit a stride with the Geophysic collection in terms of desirability that, for me, was absent in the 2014 collection. What's changed? Well, a new movement, case, and dial design, for starters. Then, there are interesting models such as the Jaeger-LeCoultre Geophysic Universal Time which shows just how ambitious Jaeger-LeCoultre is going to be the Geophysic into the future.World ti

Jaeger-LeCoultre Grande Reverso 1931 Rouge Watch
Now isn't that pretty?? This is a special Milan Boutique edition of the newer Jaeger-LeCoultre Grande Reverso Ultra-Thin watch. The version with the limited "heritage" dial that is. According to Jaeger-LeCoultre in the 1930's red (among other bright colors) were very popular for wrist watch dials. This model has a bright red lacquered dial. I don't know whether it is limited and if it is only available at the JLC Milan boutique - but it is a looker. Check out the vintage Reverso ad below as well.Grande Reverso 1931 Rouge : technical specsMovement? mechanical hand-wound movement, Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 822? 21,600 vibrations per hour? 21 jewels? 2.94 mm thick? 134 parts? 45-hour power reserveFunctions? hours, minutesDial? red lacquered? silver-toned hour-markersCase? steel? 46 mm long? 27.5 mm wide? 7.27 mm thick? 1000 Hours Control indication on the caseback? water resistance: 3 barBoutique edition

AP Diver loose end plots
I had a leather horn back put on my AP diver a few weeks ago and I noticed this evening that it feels like there is some play in the end plots. I don't remember that play being there before the strapped was swapped, but I don't have the tool at the house to swap it back. So is it normal to have a little bit of play between the watch and the end plots?

Deepsea d-blue dial font variations.
Over the weekend I've seen two deep blue deepseas that were sold a few months apart from AD's, however there are quite material font differences. I searched and found references to early mk1 black dial font variances, but what about deep blue, is this a known change?