Miki Eleta Timeburner Watch Inspired By Motorcycle Engine
Clock and mechanical artist, Mr. Miki Eleta, is a person we very much admire and whose work has really inspired and amazed us. We last discussed Miki Eleta when his work was featured at the MB&F MAD Gallery in Geneva, and as a surprise for 2015, he has introduced his first watches. The Miki Eleta Timeburner is a new type of exotic timepiece, with a movement dial, and heavily inspired by engines - namely motorcycle engines. At launch, there will be three versions of the Timeburner watch and even though it is a limited production timepiece I don't believe it will be stratospherically priced.Miki Eleta worked with AHCI member Marc Jenni on the production of the movement for the Timeburner. The movement works off of a base Swiss ETA 6497 manually wound movement, which has a special system on it that uses a piston rod-style hand to indicate the minutes along a sort of linear scale to the left of the dial. The right side of the dial has a disc which indicates the hour. It is, of course,

Blancpain Villeret 2014 Watch With Enamel Dial And 8 Days Of Power
As a pre-Baselworld 2014 announcement Blancpain will release a lovely new dress watch simply called the Villeret that we feel fits into that rare category of a daily-wear formal timepiece. Watches that work as regular daily wear watches must successfully combine versatile style, convenience, comfort, and of course utility. Most of these timepieces tend to be sport watches, and dress watches such as the Rolex Datejust or President that are good for daily wear are a bit less common. So why is the attractive 2014 Villeret a good choice for daily use?First of all, the watch starts with a new for 2014 Blancpain movement called the Caliber 1335. This builds on top of the caliber 1315, which Blancpain uses in most of its three-hand movement-based timepieces. We recently presented a hands-on review of the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms that uses a caliber 1315, which is an automatic with five days of power reserve. Blancpain hasn't offered a ton of details about the 1335 yet, but from what I can tell

help on my first omega
I like the simplicity and understatement of the vintage seamasters....any thoughts?I currently wear a rolex sub.

Patek Philippe versus Breguet
All,I am weighing the purchase of a Patek Philippe 5396R or 5712R (fitted with Calibers 324 and 240) against a Breguet Classique 7337 (fitted with Caliber 502). I would very much welcome feedback on the relative quality, reliability and level of finishing of Breguet's movements against those of Patek Philippe, particularly with reference to the cited Calibers to the extent possible.Thank you in advance!

Terry Betteridge in Men's Journal
Curious if anyone else saw the article on Terry Betteridge and his Connecticut shop in the December 2017 Men's Journal?He's got some great anecdotes about Rolex in it.