Hublot Announces New U.S. and Latin America President
Hublot has announced the appointment of Beatrice de Quervain Blanchard as U.S. President. De Quervain Blanchard will join Hublot CEO Jean-Claude Biver and Managing Director Ricardo Guadalupe to oversee the U.S. expansion strategy. At Hublot, de Quervain Blanchard will focus on gaining market share through a diverse marketing program that will include the opening of new boutique stores, a strong wholesale network and newsworthy communications initiatives. Born in Switzerland, de Quervain Blanchard studied economics at the University of Zurich and attended Sup de Luxe in Paris to gain additional luxury goods experience. In 1993 she started her career in the Swiss watch industry by working with Jean-Claude Biver at Omega, where she worked her way through the various stages of Product and Marketing to oversee the U.S. Marketing Division. In 1999 she joined Chopard as its first Marketing Director and was instrumental in gaining brand awareness in the brand's watch and jewelry divisions. In

Inside The Manufacture: With Jaeger-LeCoultre In Switzerland, Pt. 1: The Very First Tourbillons Of J
The tourbillon hasn't exactly become ubiquitous, but there's an argument to be made that it may be, just a bit, a victim of its own success. To put it more exactly, the tourbillon may be a victim of the success of modern precision manufacturing methods, which have made it possible to produce tourbillon wristwatches that can be priced almost unbelievably inexpensively, relative to the prices the complication used to command. However, if there is one almost universally valid truism in mechanical horology nowadays, it's that it's not so much what you do as how you do it, and how Jaeger-LeCoultre did tourbillons – and continues to do them – is a microcosm of the evolution of the tourbillon, and the hopes we might have for its future. On last week's visit to the Jaeger-LeCoultre manufacture in Le Sentier, we got a chance to look deeper than usual into what the tourbillon meant, and could mean in years to come. 1 OF 6 Jaeger-LeCoultre's colle

BASELWORLD 2011 - New Model - Patek Philippe 5164 A
(Info and images - Patek Philippe SA)5164A-001Men's AquanautDescriptionA grand debut for the Aquanaut: the casually contemporary collection is joined by a new Travel Timemodel with two hour hands for two time zones – local time and home time – and the convenience of the new self-winding caliber 324 S C FUS movement. The dial sports two day/night indicators and an analog date.Technical dataWatch: * Caliber 324 S C FUS * Mechanical self-winding movement * Aquanaut Travel Time * Dual time zone mechanism indicating local and home time * Local and "home" day/night indication in apertures * Local date by hand * Sweep seconds hand * Black embossed dial, gold applied numerals, and luminescent hour markers * "Tropical" composite strap * Aquanaut fold-over clasp * Screw-down crown * Sapphire-crystal case back * Water resistant to 120 m * Steel * Case diameter (10-4 o'clock): 40.8 mmCaliber: * Self-winding * Dual time zone mechanism i

It is with sincere excitement....
It is with sincere excitement and pleasure to share that I am awaiting to receive a piece that I have looked at with admiration since I was a kid.I gave the ok to our good friend, DavidSW to send a 15400 and am hoping to receive it on Wednesday.It's going to be a longer holiday weekend (for me) and I look forward to posting some shots as soon as it arrives. *** Thank you to all whom have answered my questions, shared your pictures and wisdom. Life is about paying it forward and this is an excellent community of members. For now...

Watch auction
Any other brand beside Rolex being in a watch auction?