Ringing in the New Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Grande Tradition Minute Repeater
Jaeger-LeCoultre provided watch fans with a special treat last week, when it announced its new minute repeater. The Master Grande Tradition Minute Repeater is a member of the Master Grande Tradition family, so it draws upon a classic heritage of watchmaking. But it’s also something new: this is the first time that Jaeger-LeCoultre has made an automatic minute repeater for the collection. (The previous Master Grande Tradition Minute Repeater was hand wound.)The new Minute Repeater is 39 mm in diameter. Its case is made of rose gold. It measures 12.1 mm thick. It has a two-level, concave bezel which slopes down towards an elegant, grained dial with silver coloring. The hour indexes are simple, applied rose-gold markers; the only numerals to be found on the dial are the small Arabics on the minutes track, all in a standard JLC font. The dagger-like dauphine hands have two facets: one is sandblasted and the other is polished, to pick up the light at all angles. A small seconds counte

Get Political With A Breguet Ref. 3137 Watch Available On James List
I have been fascinated with this Breguet watch model since I wrote an article on Luxist a while ago about how it was seen on the wrist of Russian president Dmitri Medvedev. By the way, the above image is from Antiquroum via this webpage here. You can blame Breuget for not having enough images of their watches floating around the internet. So you probably know that Breuget is the king of "old school" watch brands. The love of Swatch Group kingpin (Chairman) Nicolas Hayek, and founder way back when by the father of modern watch making. Abraham Louis Breguet himself. The brand keeps mulling forth with classic watch creations that refuse to modernize - and that is a good thing.What is good is that Breuget watch prices aren't nuts. Sure you can get a $200,000 Breguet, but you can also get one for under $10,000. Clearly not cheap, but with enough savings many people can get one. This Ref. 3137 watch for example retailed for about $30,000 I believe, but is available for closer to $15,000 thes

Speedmaster Professional Moon watch
Now a proud owner of a new Omega Speedmaster Professional Moon watch. It looks good, feels good and it keeps me smiling. What a watch and great history.

The Patek 5004 Titanium Pi��ce Unique
I was just reading this article on Timezone. Apparently Patek has this unique piece, 5004T, up for auction this September in Monaco.Here is the link to the article and some pics of this beautiful/Sporty watch: Patek 5004TEnjoy.

UK Watch Insurance
I am seeking some advice that can hopefuly be offered in this great forum. After living and working abroad for 9 years I am finally moving back to the UK. I will still be travelling around the world 3 weeks a month though so will require world wide cover. I am looking for specialist watch insurance for my collection, I have spoken to various home insurers and none will accept the watches as a listed item. Can any one recommend a good watch insurance company, or maybe one that does house hold cover, and would accept my watches. My collection on a new basis would be around the 80k GBP mark.Any help would be greatly appreciated.