SIHH 2015: Greubel Forsey GMT Black (Updated with Live Photos and Price)
Greubel Forsey, a brand known for its ambitious, innovative multi-tourbillon watches, introduced its own singular take on the classic world-time watch in 2011. A new execution of the succinctly named Greubel Forsey GMT, with a blackened titanium case, debuted this week at SIHH 2015.The case of the Greubel Forsey GMT Black is made of titanium and treated with vacuum-deposited ADLC (amorphous diamond-like carbon), which gives the timepiece not only its sleek, deep black look but also a surface hardness substantially harder than that of natural titanium. A black treatment is also applied to the mainplate and bridges of the movement, in-house Caliber GF05, making for a more restrained color palette intended to bring out the contrast of the textures and hand-finishes on various parts of the movement.Like its predecessors in gold and platinum cases, the Greubel Forsey GMT Black has a 24-second tourbillon with 25-degree inclination (tourbillons are standard in Greubel Forsey watches), along w

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I think there must be something in the water in Switzerland. How else could you explain the multitude of, well, non-traditional complications getting placed into mechanical watches lately? While I hadn't heard of Da Vindice previously, their latest model certainly made me take notice. They've taken something that I've only previously seen implemented in fully digital outdoors watches (ie, the Casio ProTrek line) and paired it with a, dare I say, whimsical tourbillon implementation.The function in question is a barometer and it is part of the 2014 Da Vindice Tourbillon Barometer timepiece. This is very similar in concept to the Breva Genie 01 watch from 2013 (hands-on here). You know, those things that are susceptible (by design) to changes in atmospheric pressure, and give a rudimentary sort of a local forecast? As a weather-telling device, barometers have always been fascinating to me. Implementing one into a wristwatch may not be the most logical thing to do, but it does make more se

luxurious Baume Mercier Men's 8689 Classima Skeleton Display Watch
A zero-resistant-Sapphire window protects the black dial rich texture, which contains markers of money - your time with accents of Roman numeral six and 09. The dial also includes thin index minutes of money with markers of Arabic numbers at intervals of five minutes and a skeleton window stained under 12 position. Featuring Switzerland-automatic movement, the watch is water-resistant to 99 feet (30 M).

AP Recognized
I just wanted to share what happened to me today. I was attending a special lunch for a chicago luxury magazine. When we were allowed in to eat a gentleman from a prominent luxury men's boutique shouts across our table Hey! I want to sit by the man with the Audemars!. I was wearing my 15300. This took me by surprise as I have never had anyone comment or even acknowledge any of my Rolex's. We chatted about fashion and watches and enjoyed a wonderful lunch. I just thought people might get a kick out of this. Have a great weekend all

Advices on 1st Panerai: automatic or self-winding? 221 vs 233
Hi, I have always been a Rolex guy (stainless subs), mostly because of their simplicity. I am really starting to like the Panerai for the same reason, I love the narrative, I am an avid scuba diver, it seems to be a great fit... but I have no experience with self winding movements. Right now the two models I am looking at, both GMT are the PAM 221 and the 233 which has the self winding movement.Are both 100% Panerai in house movements?Any suggestions. Is one movement better? Also is the 221 a very recent addition to the Panerai line. I was wondering since I have never seen one for sale on the classified?Cheers.