Outrageous Meets Audacious: Yvan Arpa Joins Jacob & Co.
Former Romain Jerome CEO Yvan Arpa has joined New York-based Jacob & Co. as COO. During Arpa’s tenure at Romain Jerome, the brand produced some of the most provocative timepieces of the decade, including one made from pieces of the Titanic, another priced at $300,000 that did not tell the time, and the moon dust-laced “The Truth About Roswell”. Jacob & Co. is best known for large, colorful, jewel-encrusted watches often worn by celebrities and hip-hop stars. Below, RJ’s “The Truth About Roswell” and a classic Jacob & Co. five timezone watch. In 2006, Jacob & Co. ventured into haute horlogerie (courtesy of now-defunct BNB Concept) with the groundbreaking Quenttin watch, which featured a 31 day power reserve and a vertical tourbillon.Jacob & Co. is also known for its colorful namesake founder Jacob Arabo, born Yakov Arabov, better known as Jacob the Jeweler. In June, 2008, Arabo was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and fined

Would an AD sell me an empty watch box? If not where can I get one?
In case I lose my watch box where can I get another one?Here is the green box I am talking about.

Seamaster Question: GMT versus Titanium
Hey guys! Not very familiar with Seamasters and would need your expert advice.I still see some discontinued models around here in Manila. If you were to choose between these two, which would you choose and why? any quirks i should know about (problem with the movement? complaints from owners? etc?)? for the same money, would you recommend other models? the titanium, last time i checked, was around $3,000 USD. The GMT, less i guess. thanks in advance!PS. Reason why i like the titanium is that it's so light (versus same model in stainless steel). but have no idea if this is good or not?

Update
Hi allI have been in and out of love with this timepiece but I am now 100% sure this is the right first Patek for me. The trouble is finding one new in a UK AD - anybody know of one available please?I am conscious of the possibility of a price increase on the horizon so think it would be wise to act fast. Thanks for your help. Anuj

My thoughts on Rolex Supply Issues...
In macroeconomics in college, they teach about supply and demand.As a business, it is your duty to find what is called equilibrium so that your production and demand are such that there is not an over supply which will reduce market value and that you are able to supply enough to meet the market demand so that interest doesn't fade.If one had to choose the best side (lesser of two evils), it is better for a luxury brand to err on the side of reducing supply.You are also taught that if you build something (let's say watches), and those watches cost X amount and your operating costs are Y amount, then if you build one watch, you need to sell that watch for the production cost plus the operating costs plus build in a margin. If you don't do it that way, then you will lose money and your business model will fail.Knowing these things, it is my opinion that due to the recent years reports about Swiss Watch exports trending downward and Richemont and Swatch Group buying back inventory, that