Antoine Martin Slow Runner Watch Has Largest Escapement
For 2013, Martin Braun's watch brand Antoine Martin will release their third major timepiece collection with the Slow Runner. Martin explained the concept of the Slow Runner to me last year by telling me that he was producing a simple watch with a huge slowly moving balance wheel. He sure wasn't kidding. If you've ever seen the balance wheel of old clocks operating, you know that there is a sort of hypnotic quality to seeing them move back and forth at a one hertz speed. Martin has successfully produced that experience for a wrist watch.Antoine Martin likes to point out that the Slow Runner is a "true" one hertz operating movement. What does that mean? Another popular watch that is of a similar vein is the Dutch Gronefeld One Hertz watch. That watch indeed had a second hand moving at one hertz, but the escapement was faster. They used extra gearing to slow it down so that the seconds hand ticked. The Antoine Martin Slow Runner has an escapement assembly that actually does operate at on

HourTime Show Watch Podcast Episode 71
We discuss the necessary topic of how to spot a fake watch, and video game watch partnerships and the Romain Jerome Space Invader limited edition timepiece. Along with more.Listen to the HourTime Show watch podcast episode 71 here. Download the MP3.

Introducing The Bell & Ross WW1-92 Heritage
Adding to Basel's WW1 collection, we caught wind of a new heritage inspired piece from Bell & Ross.? Dubbed the WW1-92 Heritage, the piece is 45mm in diameter, uses a grey pvd coated steel case, and that now trademark heritage inspired strap.?(via Acquire) Related Content: Click here for live pictures of the other pieces in the Bell & Ross Heritage line

Audemars Day-Date Moonphase Ref. 25589BA
Hi Guys,Recently new to the hobby and fell in love with this watch:HTML Code:

Broken Ceramic Bezel
Took my neighbor to the beach to look around in the AD. He ended up leaving with a TT Sunburst Blusey Sub. What a Beauity. While there, the owner told us a customer brought in a watch with a Cracked Ceramic Bezel. The first one he has ever seen. He sent it off to the RSC in Ormand Beach. Wish we could have seen a few Pics.