Showing at WatchTime IBG 2014: Arnold & Son DSTB Limited Edition
WatchTime and noted watch collector and expert Jeff Kingston have teamed up again for the 2014 edition of the popular Inside Basel.Geneva series of collector events, kicking off September 5 in Chicago. Among the core sponsoring watch brands is the recently revamped Arnold & Son brand, which will showcase its limited-edition Arnold & Son DSTB (Dial Side True Beat) at the events.Part of Arnold & Son’s Instrument Collection, the DTSB was created as a tribute to 250th anniversary of the brand, which traces its history back to the pioneering English watchmaker John Arnold (1736-1799). Arnold and his son were pioneers in the making of highly precise marine chronometers, essential timekeeping tools for that seafaring era that helped determine one’s longitude at sea.The Arnold & Son DSTB, a limited edition of only 50 pieces, has its entire “true-beat” seconds mechanism �� the hands, lever, wheels, and rose-gold-plated bridges �� mounted entirely on the d

Servicing a RO by an independant watchmaker?
I am consiering a RO but concerned about the relatively expensive servicing if done by AP. I have a local watchmaker service my Rolex over the years and have always been satisfied. Are there many RO owners who have their local watchmaker perform routine servicing?

A space age way to look at the time...
Yesterday, I walked into Feldmar's, a truly great AD in Los Angeles. Browsing the Breitling display case, I spotted a handsome Navitimer...Not just any Navitimer, but a limited edition Cosmonaute, a tribute to the 50th anniversary of the 1962 Mercury mission in which Astronaut Scott Carpenter orbited the earth three times aboard the Aurora 7 capsule. During that historic flight, he wore a manual wound Breitling Navitimer, but with a 24 hour display.The 2012 Cosmonaute is a also manual winding watch, with Breitling's own B02 movement and a 24 hour display. The Aurora 7 insignia is engraved on the case back. This particular Cosmonaute had the black leather strap with the deployment clasp. Very handy and extremely comfortable.Around 1973, as a little boy, I stood at my father's side in a New York City Jewelry store on the Upper West Side while he purchased an Omega Speedmaster Professional. My father showed me the engraving on that manual winding watch's caseback---which proclaimed

Panerai 380
TRF friends, Im looking into purchasing my first panerai and since i dont know too much of the brand i figure i start with the PAM 380. Any thoughts on this watch or should i get a PAM 631/632 instead? Let me know! Currently in my collection i have a Rolex Batman, Hulk, SS Blue Skydweller, SD43, and an AP Diver. Let me know if it fits the collections, thanks!

PAM at the Rolex 24 at Daytona
The PAM 674 from inside the pits at the Rolex 24 at Daytona with team Lexus Racing.