Zenith Launches Limited-Edition El Primero Chronograph at 2015 Paris Tour Auto
Last week, I had the opportunity to join Zenith in Paris for the launch of the 2015 Tour Auto Optic 2000 classic car rally, which marked both the Swiss brand’s inaugural year as the Tour’s official timekeeper and the debut of the El Primero Chronomaster 1969 Tour Auto Edition timepiece. Scroll down for more on the event and the limited-edition watch.Zenith, founded in Le Locle, Switzerland in 1865 by George Favre-Jacot, commemorates its 150th anniversary this year, and the sponsorship of the Tour Auto, one of the most important events on the international classic-car-racing calendar, is but one of a number of initiatives the brand has taken to increase awareness of its many milestones and accomplishments. Watch aficionados and watch historians are undoubtedly familiar with some of these. Its founder Favre-Jacot, at the tender age of 22, was the first watch entrepreneur to bring all the stages of watch production under one roof, a revolutionary concept in an era when these a

Dominique Loiseau Dead: Master Watchmaker Leaves Strong Legacy
Sad news today as Swiss/French watchmaker Mr. Dominique Loiseau has passed away, Gregory Pons at Business Montres reports. He was just 64 years old. Still relatively unknown to many people, Loiseau was one of the venerable geniuses of modern watchmaking, able not only to restore incredible and complex works from the past, but invent the word's most complicated watches of today.I first encountered Dominique a couple of years ago at Baselworld upon the announcement of his new eponymous brand "Loiseau." His debut watch was the 1f4 that we offered a hands-on look here. The plan was to produce just two a year, and the 1f4 was to be the most complicated watch in the world. The double-sided uber-watch was a mere taste of the man's accomplishments. More recently, it was announced that he signed on with Girard-Perregaux for a series of unspecified projects related to the introduction of new mechanical watch technologies (and of course products). I knew there was trouble though when Girard-Perre

HourTime Show Watch Podcast Help Desk 1
In addition to the regular HourTime show format, we are experimenting with a new Help Desk show. The idea is that you can call, chat, or e-mail in with your questions. Using the POWER OF THE INTERNET - lol - you can be a part of the show. The idea of the Help Desk is to address what you have on your mind, as well as to make the show more interactive. The first show is a bit rough, but we are going to be making it better and better. For more details on how to call in or contact us with questions for the next show, see the link below and stay tuned.Listen to the HourTime watch podcast Help Desk episode 1 here.

Would you trade a LMPO Limited for Dark Side of the Moon?
A colleague of mine who recently acquired a Dark Side of the Moon isn't sure if he wants to keep it. He asked me if I would be interested in trading my LMPO limited straight up for his Dark Side... i think they are both unique pieces... would you make that trade?Sent from my SM-G920P using Tapatalk

What's so great about "Co-axial?"
Sounds like a marketing gimmick to me.