Parmigiani Fleurrier Appoints Marcia Mazzocchi as General Manager of the Americas
Parmigiani Fleurier has announced the appointment of Marcia Mazzocchi as General Manager of the Americas, effective January 3rd, 2011. Ms. Mazzocchi will lead the brand in its efforts to develop a stronger presence in North and South America. Ms. Mazzocchi has an extensive background and knowledge of the luxury watch industry, having recently held the post of U.S. President of the Girard-Perregaux and JeanRichard brands. Ms. Mazzocchi has also served as U.S. President of A. Lange & S?hne, where she played a key role in the growth and development of sales and distribution channels in North, South and Central America as well as the Caribbean market. Before that, Ms. Mazzocchi held the position of West Coast Manager and event marketing for IWC.The appointment of Ms. Mazzocchi coincides with Parmigiani's announcement of the opening of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Parmigiani Fleurier Distribution Americas, based in Miami, FL, in order to take direct control of its U.S. distribution.Parm

Royal Oak Offshore madness
... then again maybe I should just sell half my collection and buy one of these babies...And though this doesn't belong here - my AD had this one - and it was kinda neat looking (but hublot doesn't play in same league as AP yet ;)Current Collection:Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore RubbercladA Lange Sohne Lange 1 PlatinumJaeger LeCoultre AMVOX II DBSIWC Portuguese AutomaticBR 01-94 Phantom XXX/50Rolex Deep Sea Seadweller 2012Rolex Double Red Seadweller 1976Rolex Everrose Gold Daytona (black dial)Patek Philippe SS Nautilus

Would you accept a "brand new" patek 5990 with these scratches?
Geneva hand selected A 5990 for me and it came in. The entire reason for them to hand select one for me was to make sure I had no problems with the watch that I have previously had. But bad news before it even got to me. HSWA said that the watch had some scratches on it. HSWA NY received it, saw some scratches through the plastic sealed bag and opened it to give it some extra QC before sending it to me. Keep in mind, this 4th replacement 5990 I am receiving was hand selected special for me, unlike the others that were just sent to me without any extra QC from Geneva. HSWA NY noticed before taking the watch out of the sealed package that there is one deep scratch by the clasp which I can feel with my nail, its deep... and other lighter scratches around the clasp area. They sent me pictures.HSWA NY sent the watch to me so I could personally inspect it to see if I could live with it. Otherwise I can send it back no questions asked. There is also a very small blemish on the dial that I can

World Time - Limited Edition City Change on Dial from HK to SH
Article about the rumored city change on the world time. It seems that it will only be a limited edition of 50 and HK will still remain on the world time. Only available in Beijing or *surprise* Shanghai.blogs.wsj/scene/2013/03/1...h-worth-72000/I am pretty sure the question is-this-watch-worth-72000? is useless in this forum... my take: good investment and beautiful watch

Outgoing...
Did I say incoming? Make that landed The reasoning behind my selection of this one goes beyond logic, maybe beyond even WIS-logic and into the realms of that small (and at times short-sighted) group, Il Paneristi. In my feeble defense, I made the mistake of accepting an invitation to Firenze not to long ago and the temptation got the best of me...Four numerals, small seconds and last but certainly not least, the Marina Militare label... c/o Ralf und Volker... I'd never buy such a watch w/o seeing it in person so it was fate when my favorite local grey dealer pulled it out to show me. Only one owner, originating from an Austrian AD (I curr. reside in Vienna), properly used, but not abused; my dealer decided not to do anything to it so that the buyer could decide. Considering it's not vintage per say, I'm going to have him send it in to OP for a full service and (minimal) surface polish.My two PAMs will pretty much keep me satisfied for a long time to come*... big and clean vs. complic