Jaeger-LeCoultre Offers Watchmaking Lessons On Your iPhone
Jaeger-LeCoultre has launched a new iPhone application that aims to share fine watchmaking with the general public. Rather than simply present their collection, the app invites you to look at iconic models from a whole new angle: the perspective of an amateur watchmaker. The application lets you explore the various stages in creating a watch, and a comprehensive horological dictionary compliments the six introductory lessons. The classes enable users to practice watchmaking techniques directly on their iPhone screen: assembling a chronograph mechanism, decorating and jeweling a movement, polishing, engraving and gem-setting a case. For the latter class, the aim is to gem-set a Reverso Neva, making no mistakes and in record time, by skilfully sliding the diamonds onto the watch case. The watch classes are displayed at a rate of one new class every two weeks. There is a contest with a drawing and a lucky learner who answered all of the competition questions will receive a guided tour of

Chopard L.U.C. XP Ultra-Slim Watch: Thin Wall Clock Looks On Your Wrist
Slim watches are very chic right now. The diminutive profile on your wrist keeps the watch barley noticeable by the wearer. As fas as slim watches go, anything under 8mm tall on your wrist is considered very thin for a mechanical watch. Quartz watch slimness on the other handwell that is another story.The Chopard L.U.C. XP Ultra-Slim has a lot going for it. The "flat on your wrist" watch houses a splendid, just over 3mm high, Chopard in-house L.U.C. automatic movement with a power reserve of 70 hours. Such a long power reserve in this thin watch is achieved through having two (basically flattened) barrels. The 3.3mm of the movement is very slim for an automatic movement because of the added space the rotor requires over a manually wound movement. The watch itself is only 6.8mm high, and about 39.5mm wide. Next, the L.U.C. XP has that beautifully "size-less" look to it. Meaning that you could blow it up to the size of a wall, or evening building clock, and it would look good. Here you c

Bring a Loupe: A 1940s Panerai (Made By Rolex), A Jet-Set 1950s Patek, Two Hot Heuers, And More
This week's Bring A Loupe will bring you a very early diver from Panerai – the type that many would in fact call a "Rolex" – and two dreamy watches from Patek: a GMT complication from the 1950's (yes, that was a thing) and a steel Calatrava. Those won't come alone; we also found a very early Heuer Autavia, a vintage Gallet chronograph and an amazing modern Lange. This is your Bring A Loupe for September 11, 2015, and you're gonna like it a lot. A 1940s Panerai (Or Is It A Rolex?) Reference 3646 Type C For The German Frogmen 1 OF 9 This piece offers a travel through time when Panerai was making only a handful of diver watches for the Italian and German armies – of course with the contribution from Rolex for the case and movement. In the 1940's the German had given instructions to produce an anonymous dial for its combat divers and to me, this is military watches at their best! Yet, more than 70 years later the design s

Any first hand experience with the ROO Blue Diver
Anyone own or at least have some firsthand experience with the blue Diver? I'm looking at options since the CE is too difficult to find and I'm curious on how it looks in person.

Re : Patek 5396G thoughts
Contemplating my next potential purchase and this PP is a potential candidate. Any thoughts? Or it will be redundant as I already have the 5205R? I think while both are annual calendars, they feel and wear quite different. I don't have a WG watch at the moment. Another Nautilus will be a great pair but somehow all the current Nautilus is off for me one way or another. Here's a pic ( not mine ).