Three Watch Brands That Surprised Us at Baselworld 2015
While nearly every watch brand exhibiting at Baselworld puts forth at least one notable headliner piece each year, those of us who cover the industry often find many of the new offerings to be somewhat on the predictable side. Occasionally, we’ll see something truly unexpected, like Patek Philippe’s Calatrava Travel Time, or Bulgari’s “connected” luxury watch, the Diagono Magnesium, both introduced at this year’s fair. And sometimes, some of the smaller or more under-the-radar brands will come up with something memorable that few would have predicted �� mainly because few were probably thinking about them at all. Here are three pleasant surprises from WatchTime’s Baselworld 2015 tour.Herm��s introduced a perpetual calendar watch in its new Slim d’Herm��s collection.Despite its recent strides in luxury watchmaking �� including its development of a very clever and distinctive complication for its Arceau le Temps Suspendu watch �� Herm��s is not g

Patek: Service, Production, Values and the Company
It seems to me that there are quite a few threads in them with themes about where Patek stands today with respect to;- production quality and qc- service quality and times- the products- what collectors feel about direction of the company under Thierry- the PP seal- volumes of manufacture- investment/residuals/depreciation... and so on and so on.I resolutely feel that all these themes are interrelated and for this reason I wanted to start a consolidated thread on this forum where we could all give our two cents about the state of the company.I don't believe that this has been done yet hence my attempt at this thread and with that being said, I I'll go first.I'll start by saying that I will not consider ANY other watch manufacturer for any product over $25,000. No chance. I consider Patek today the pre-eminent watch maker with an unmatched brand and in the vast majority of cases, an unmatched product.But I have a problem and this problem is OVERPRODUCTION. I believe that PP are produ

Patek Called Again
They wanted to know if we would be needing anymore 5167's?Well I told them I would ask.So what do you say?Does anybopdy else want one?

When was the platinum dial YM discountinued?
Just curious.....

What are we wearing to get ready for Christmas and gift opening?
Old school sd4K baby!