Controlled Chaos: Harry Winston’s Opus XI
For a couple of seconds every hour, the dial looks like a mess, but then all is made clear. Meet the Harry Winston Opus XI. Click here to read WatchTime writer Martina Richter’s in-depth report on the watch for our July-August issue, along with a video of how its ultra-complicated movement works.The circles, spins and flips of carnival rides were what inspired Denis Giguet in his design of the Opus XI, unveiled last year as part of Harry Winston's Opus series featuring offbeat watches conceived by various independent watchmakers. Every hour, on the hour, in the span of 2 or 3 seconds, the hour display �C a system comprised of a multitude of wheels, pinions, arbors, bearings and tiles �C disintegrates into utter chaos and then returns to order for the remainder of the hour.This chaos originates from a completely normal watch movement with manual winding, a 48-hour power reserve, and a frequency of 21,600 vph. The movement has a very large balance, which is visible in a cylindrical

BEST FROM: watches-dealer & Friends November 8, 2013
Kicking off the second-last month of year, we review a couple of watches with interesting materials for cases - the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Ceramic diver and the Archimedes Pilot 42 Bronze. Next, we check out the top 10 most technically important electronic watches in history, find out why you should not look down on quartz watches, and learn more about the legendary?Fr��d��ric Piguet Caliber 1180.1. Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Diver Ceramic Watch ReviewCeramic is arguably one of the most popular exotic materials for watches right now. Rolex has long embraced this material for their watches - the latest Submariner and GMT Master watches feature ceramic bezels - while other brands like Panerai and IWC both have watches with ceramic cases. Audemars Piguet is no stranger to this material, but this year they launched an all ceramic dive watch. Check out our full review here.Source: watches-dealer2. Top Ten Technically Important Electronic WatchesIt can be argued that mech

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Dropped my 15300 into AD 3 weeks ago to have the B1 service water resistance carried out. I got the call last week to say all complete and ready for me to collect. On Saturday I popped into the AD to pick up my beauty and was surprised when the AD handed my watch over to me that it had no plastic protection on and was not in a AP service box(thought this was the norm after any service). Anyway before leaving the store I checked the service book to make sure the B1 sticker had been completed and dated well it had not and this kinda got me thinking has the service actually been carried out. The sales assistant assured me although the service manager was not working Saturday they would give me a call on the Monday. Well all weekend I been wondering if the service had been carried out and so I made my mind up I would give London AP service a call first thing Monday. So called AP this morning I didn't tell them what my thoughts were I just asked if they could tell me if B1 test had been ca

Breitling Chronomate 44
who here owns the Chronomate 44 GMT. and how do you like it? i Own a older model Chronomate Evo and have not had any problem with it but i hear the new B01 movement are not very reliable. wonder what your thoughts are, and if you have any wrist pictures.

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I've had my Milgauss z blue for a few days now and really love the watch. Haven't been able to post pictures on the site... so I'll ask a stupid question: is there an easy way to get a picture from my iPhone pics to the forum?Thanks!