Paul Picot Announces Online Photo Contest
Famed photographer Helmut Newton first worked with Paul Picot in the early 90s. To celebrate Newton’s legacy, Paul Picot is sponsoring an online photo contest. The brand is issuing a call to art aficionados to celebrate Newton’s work by interpreting one of his famous pieces with a fresh and innovative approach. Read on for full details…Paul Picot has selected an original Helmut Newton image, and entrants are to reinterpret the image in their own way. The scope is broad and open to the imagination. The contest is open to everyone.To view the original Helmut Newton image, and to learn more about the contest, visit paulpicot.ch. In the menu in the upper left, click “Newton Photo Contest”. Note that the original Newton image selected by Paul Picot is tame by French standards, but some may find it a bit racy (if you know Newton’s work, this will not surprise you.)Additional contest information and guidelines:? Paul Picot began accepting entries June 15 an

Two unique Speedmaster stories
Happy Speedy Tuesday,Some of you may know of me... My name is Nick - AKA boxandpapers on Instagram. Back in January I launched watchpatina - a website featuring people and their relationship with watches. To date 38 interviews have been conducted - all with original photography of the owners' watches. We've spoken with all levels of watch enthusiasts, including well-known dealers and top collectors, among others... Here's 2 posts about Omega (Speedmasters ). Enjoy reading, let us know any feedback you have! Title links to article... give one a Click!Rob's Mission: Land an Ed White Speedy <-- Click hereIMG_3983.jpgPush(er) Present: Chase's Omega Speedmaster <-- Click hereIMG_1821.jpg

Patek Saturday
Was hanging around the house today with some time to kill, and realized I had six of my PP out of the safe deposit box at the same time (and realized I better get some back to the bank Monday morning).... so I thought why not a group pic?025 by , on Flickr027 by , on Flickr028 by , on Flickr

5146 caseback height
Hi,I am far away from a PP dealer, so not able to see models 'live' as easy as some of you. Could I get owners of the 5146 to take some side shots, and comment on how high the watch sits on the wrist - perhaps compared to other pp models or other brands? ThanksSent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

When is "No Price Increase" a Price Increase?
Rolex so far has not increased prices in the US. One can buy any watch at the price it was last year and the year before from an AD (not from a GD). All you have to do is buy from the AD who doesn't have the model which is desired but can supply it if multiple watches are purchased or can supply a PM version of the watch but not the SS standard. The ADs may make the same percentage but make a greater total profit on each watch sold or each sale. The manufacturer realizes a higher profit on each watch it sells (PM vs SS). But no price increase. Yup. I'm buying two tone GMT at a considerably higher price than the Red and Blue staple because in this case I like the watch but also because in this case there will never be an available version of the SS model for me. It is a price increase on the order of $5000. QED.