Christophe Claret 21 Blackjack
Christophe Claret has released teaser images of his next new creation, called 21 Blackjack, which will officially debut next month during Baselworld. Coming on the heels of the Adagio’s launch last month in Geneva, 2011 is shaping up to be an annus mirabilis for the master from Le Soleil D'Or. Find wallpaper and pricing inside. The 21 Blackjack combines traditional timekeeping functions (hours and minutes) with three mechanically-animated games of chance: Blackjack (with a striking mechanism), roulette, and a dice game. Precisely how these games function remains in the shadows for the moment. We know that the dial contains a total of 5 windows: two for the bank activated by a push-button at 10 o'clock, and three for the player activated by a push-button at 8 o'clock. The hours and minutes are displayed quite traditionally by center-mounted metal and ruby or metal and ceramic hands.The 45mm case is available in four versions: grey titanium, black PVD-treated titanium, black PVD-tr

Rolex USA Appoints Stewart Wicht President and CEO
Rolex Watch U.S.A. announced yesterday that Stewart Wicht has been appointed president and CEO. Wicht succeeds Allen Brill who died last month following a brief battle with lung cancer. Wicht joined Rolex S.A. in 1975. His past experience in the company’s commercial department includes responsibilities for the U.S. and other key markets. He currently heads the company’s intellectual property department in Geneva. Wicht will assume his new position next month.

Re : AP Ceramic Pieces being discontinued?
I have just heard from my AD that AP is discontinuing / stopping production of AP Ceramic pieces such as the AP Ceramic Diver and AP ROO 44mm. Any one else received news about this? As some of you might know, AP outsource the actual production / fabrication of the ceramic pieces to 3rd party as ceramic is very hard to machine. The added time and cost esp to make them to AP's specification and finishing makes it not worthwhile as it will mean selling ceramic pieces at a price level near equivalent to RG pieces to break even. That's what I heard anyway.

Speedmaster Alaska on a red strap
As it says in the title. A hirsch leatherubber jobbie that's water resistant to 100m.That's a lot more than the watch.

Best of both worlds...
Have a good weekend guys