BEST FROM: watches-dealer & Friends January 30, 2015
It is January, the beginning of a new?year, and that can only mean one thing for us watch enthusiasts:?SIHH! It is hard to find an overarching theme for this year's show, but there seems to be something for everybody. There are lots of new high-end watches, such as the A. Lange & S?hne Zeitwerk Minute Repeater and the Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Grande Tradition Grande Complication. But there are also an equal number of more affordable pieces, especially from Montblanc, such as the Meisterstuck Heritage Chronometrie and Heritage Spirit Orbis Terrarum. Join us as we take a look at some of the interesting pieces that debuted at this year's SIHH.SIHH aside, another thing that was on the mind of many is the sudden removal of the cap of the Swiss Franc's value against the Euro. This took everyone by surprise and led to a surge in the value of the Swiss Franc �C which should, theoretically, hurt exports. Considering the general haziness and uncertainty surrounding the industry, it remains to

Longio 1000m Diving Tourbillon Watch
Remember the Chinese watch maker Longio? I talked about them here when discussing their first tourbillon watches. I applauded the Hong Kong based watch maker for having the courage to thrust itself in the tourbillon watch market that is dominated by European watch companies that have the process down pretty well. China's strength is in ingenuity and keeping costs low. The highly sought after tourbillon complication could be had from Longio at a fraction of what the European makers charge. Not that Chinese tourbillon watches are a replacement for the Europeans, but it is was certainly a knock on the door of the stalwart giants.Now comes Longio's second tourbillon watch, the yet to be properly named 1000m Diving Tourbillon. Diver tourbillon watches aren't new, but this combination of 1000m water resistant case, sporty looks, and cost of about $8,000 simply cannot be found in any European watch for double, triple, or even quadruple the cost. In fact most European diving tourbillon watches

Audemars Piguet - Master Watchmaker since 1875
Finally got the book i've been waiting for all summerJust looked in it for a couple of minutes, 336 pages of great history and fantastic photosEnjoy

A space age way to look at the time...
Yesterday, I walked into Feldmar's, a truly great AD in Los Angeles. Browsing the Breitling display case, I spotted a handsome Navitimer...Not just any Navitimer, but a limited edition Cosmonaute, a tribute to the 50th anniversary of the 1962 Mercury mission in which Astronaut Scott Carpenter orbited the earth three times aboard the Aurora 7 capsule. During that historic flight, he wore a manual wound Breitling Navitimer, but with a 24 hour display.The 2012 Cosmonaute is a also manual winding watch, with Breitling's own B02 movement and a 24 hour display. The Aurora 7 insignia is engraved on the case back. This particular Cosmonaute had the black leather strap with the deployment clasp. Very handy and extremely comfortable.Around 1973, as a little boy, I stood at my father's side in a New York City Jewelry store on the Upper West Side while he purchased an Omega Speedmaster Professional. My father showed me the engraving on that manual winding watch's caseback---which proclaimed

Which Rolex would you take on a Zombie Apocalypse?
Watching Z-Nation on Netflix the other night, it led me to seriously consider which watch I would take if I could take 1 with me for survival and I thought this would be a funny poll to post. For me its the daytona for timing.