Zenith Academy Georges Favre-Jacot Celebrates the Brand’s 150th Anniversary
In 1865, 22-year-old Georges Favre-Jacot founded his watch manufacture in Le Locle, giving birth to the watch brand we know today as Zenith. To mark Zenith's 150th anniversary in 2014, the brand launched the Academy Georges Favre-Jacot, a limited-edition timepiece featuring a rare and ancient complication.A special occasion deserves a special timepiece, and Zenith delivers. The Zenith Academy Georges Favre-Jacot houses a very special interpretation of the brand's famous high-frequency, hand-wound El Primero movement. The opening in the upper dial reveals a fus��e and chain transmission, with the barrel between 10 and 11 o'clock and the fus��e and chain located between 1 and 2 o'clock.The opening in the Zenith Academy Georges Favre-Jacot dial reveals the fus��e and chain mechanism.This mechanism alleviates the loss of balance wheel amplitude that results as the mainspring winds down, which reduces the force produced by the barrel. Throughout the 50-hour power reserve, the mainspring transm

Rolex Begins Using Silicon "Syloxi" Hairsprings In Caliber 2236
Rolex has been one of the most interesting brands to reveal new things here at Baselworld 2014 - but only if you look really closely. Sure the new Sea-Dweller and "Pepsi bezel" GMT-Master II are lovely looking, but in my opinion the most interesting items of news are found in the minor details which are part of the new watches. For instance, almost hidden as part of a ladies watch is a new piece of Rolex technology known as Syloxi �C which is essentially a silicon (silicium) hairspring.Yes, that is right: for 2014, Rolex has begun to use silicon hairsprings, a technology that they have been working on for over a decade, but have only now decided to incorporate into a watch. It was only several years ago, in the year 2000, that Rolex introduced their "paramagnetic" Parachrom hairspring that is an exotic alloy of metals. As of 2014 the Syloxi silicon hairsprings will not replace Parachrom hairsprings, but will rather sit side by side them in a different range of? watches.Rolex seems to su

FedEx Guy dropped by today ... and left me a Panada
YAY ITS SO AWESOME TO CUDDLE!!!No seriously tho ... dont you just want to play with it?!

Omega PO Diamond edition
Hi guys,saw this watch the first time about a month ago, and I really like it. Saw it IRL and it looks very good, the local AD is bringing one in for me to try on.But I'm reluctant to buying it new, it will be such a loss of cash when I decide to flip it, so wondering if any of you have seen it pre-owned somewhere...222.18.46.20.01.001Thanks, nejo

When did the 5980 get a silicon balance spring?
Does anyone know when the balance spring changed from Breguet to Spiromax? I've got a very late 2013 5980/1a and wondered whether this would have the silicon balance spring?