Pre-SIHH: 3 New Watches from Panerai, Lange, & Jaeger-LeCoultre
Geneva’s SIHH watch fair is only a month away, and the luxury watch brands exhibiting there continue to offer sneak peeks at several of their new timepieces set to debut in 2014. This week we take a look at three new watches from Panerai, Jaeger-LeCoultre, and A. Lange & S?hne.The Panerai Luminor 1950 Left-Handed 3 Days – 47 MM (Ref. PAM00557), with its winding crown and patented crown protection device positioned at 9 0’clock on the left side of the case, recalls some of Panerai’s earliest models created for Italian naval commandos of the 1930s and 1940s. These military divers used to wear several wrist instruments at once, including compasses and depth gauges, and often preferred to wear the watch on their right wrist. The modern version of this vintage Panerai watch has a cusped caseband that distinguishes it from the traditional Luminor 1950 case and, in the historical models, represented the transition between the Radiomir and Luminor case styles. Anoth

Louis Vuitton Acquires La Fabrique du Temps
Louis Vuitton has announced the acquisition of La Fabrique du Temps, a high watchmaking workshop established in Geneva and specializing in the conception and fabrication of high standard movements such as tourbillons and minute repeaters. Founded in 2007, La Fabrique du Temps has worked with Louis Vuitton since its creation. The acquisition will reinforce the watchmaking activity of Louis Vuitton, which opened its first workshop to produce movements in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 2002.According to Louis Vuitton, the integration of La Fabrique du Temps reflects the brand’s desire to uphold the highest quality standards for its watches and to further develop its know-how in the conception and perfection of movements.La Fabrique du Temps will continue to fulfill its commitments to its external clients.

The Future Of Porsche Design Watches And The Timepiece No. 1
Porsche Design Timepiece No. 1 WatchThe picture above is an early drawing of what will be the Porsche Design Timepiece No. 1, the first watch actually officially made by Porsche Design as we understand it. Porsche Design has been involved in watchmaking since 1972, and has worked with a range of different watch companies to produce its watch designs. These have included brands such as Orfina, IWC, and Eterna over the years, but a new era of in-house production will come to Porsche Design soon.Earlier in 2014, Porsche Design ended its longstanding relationship with Swiss Eterna watches to produce timepieces for the Stuttgart-based German company. The precise reason for the termination of the relationship remains unclear?but I theorized that it may have had something to do with Eterna's purchase by the Chinese company China Haidian. After the purchase, Eterna's CEO Patrick Kury also stepped down and it was unclear what the future of both companies would be like.Several months ago I spoke

Do you think the 44mm ROO will Replace the 42mm ROO and why?
there has been some talk around the forum that the all new AP ROO 44mm is going to one day replace the 42mm ROO.i wanted to get everyone's take on this? I personally think the 42mm is a classic and around to stay. AP needs different choices for different clients. If they eliminate the 42mm, then what about those people who prefer smaller sized watches?But then again it still kind of confuses me because we are only talking about 2mm larger here which is not much.. Because the new ceramic rolex submariner is slightly larger than the older counter part.. rolex wanted to beef up the sub a bit so they got rid of the older size.on the other side, rolex still kept the daydate once they launched the daydate II..Im just comparing to other watch houses and trying to see the trend if there is one? Maybe Rolex isn't a good company to compare AP to as rolex watches have never been as large as AP Roo's to begin with. AP Roos have always been known to be larger watchesI guess if I compare it rolex th

New Root Beer GMT IIC ?
Now that Rolex has perfected the Brown Ceramic Bezel on the new Daytona, could we soon see a new Root Beer GMT2 Ceramic?!