Jacob & Co. Astronomia Tourbillon Watch
For 2014, Jacob & Co. returns with a rather amazing watch creation sure to impress everyone from traditional watch lovers to the public at large. Watch the video below of the new Astronomia Tourbillon and it is easy understand why "wow" is a typical response to this complex and very interesting horological creation. When and whether the Astronomia will actually be produced is another question, but even if the timepiece remains a digital video I would be happy at the creation of the mere concept.Jacob & Co. was one of the first watch makers to understand the power of "insane watch," that being a mechanical watch of epic complication meant solely to wow and impress in a manner akin to the tone and content of many rap music videos. These are designed to be "ultra-luxury lifestyle" watches for people who buy new yachts when they are bored and surfing eBay on their phone while waiting for their personal bankers to exit the toilet of the yacht they are currently sitting in. The only

Ocean 7 LM-2: From the Archives of James Helms
Titanium is a great material to work with in many different applications. It’s strong, light and has a great color as well. It’s a perfect material for watches.? The OCEAN7 LM-2 uses titanium for it’s casing and achieves a fantastic looking result.??Everything on the LM-2 is in the right place and although it is a large watch it feels balanced, because of the sizing and proportions throughout. And it achieves all of this while saving weight due to its titanium construction.?Case & DialThe case is wide (45mm), containing all of the functions and readouts inside and behind the domed sapphire.? Not having an exterior bezel is actually handy due to the fact that you are less likely to hit, scuff, or knock it out of place.Due to the large diameter case, the height is more proportional.? Its taller than most at 17mm, but is not as noticeable.? Usually this construction would be quite heavy, but due to the use of titanium it’s much more manageable.The dial is very

Hands-On: The Piaget Emperador Coussin XL 700P (Live Pics, Pricing, And A Bit More On Quartz/Mech Hybrids)
There are always a few major surprises at any major watch show, and the Salon this year had a big one. That was the presentation by Piaget of the Emperador Coussin XL 700P, a hybrid quartz-mechanical watch, which we first presented to you as part of our pre-SIHH coverage last December, and which was created, says Piaget, in celebration of its first in-house quartz movement from 1976. Having seen it, at last, “in the metal” at the Salon, we think we can address the questions many of you have, including how it works, and for those of you who are interested in quartz/mechanical hybrids, the question, “is it a Spring Drive?” The answer is both yes – and no. 1 OF 9 The good folks at Piaget must be mighty tired of hearing the words “Spring Drive” by now, although questions about parallel technology are fair. The 700P is indeed very close in most respects to the Seiko Spring Drive.  Although there are some differences in execution,

Weight of the AP Royal Oak 15202?
Does anyone know the weight of this particular piece? Been searching for quite a while but I have not found anything and would really appreciate if someone knew.https://i.imgur/1SPLXVk.jpg

Jumbo hard to find
I was curious I always here people having a hard time finding a pp nautilus 5711 but I always see one when I'm in a ad but I had a hard time finding my jumbo 15202 which do you think they make less of and which do you think is a harder find