Christophe Claret Allegro Minute Repeater Two Time Zone Watch
The flagship new watch by Christophe Claret for 2015 is the Allegro - the Swiss watch maker's newest musical watch that combines a cathedral-style minute repeater with a second time zone indicator and a big date window. Is this the traveler-friendly minute repeater watch you've been waiting for? Once again with a "smiling dial," Claret proposes a unique combination of complications for niche high-end watch collectors who will most appreciate some of Claret's handiwork.When we last left off with Christophe Claret minute repeaters, I took a hands-on look at the Christophe Claret Soprano watch in 2013. The Soprano contains a movement with a minute repeater as well as a tourbillon - producing a beautiful and full minute repeater melody as it tells the time via chimes. The Christophe Claret Allegro isn't just a Soprano without the tourbillon and some extra complications. What you should notice first is that the movement has been flipped over, with "Charles X" bridges inspired by those on th

HYT Watch Teaser - Who Are The Hydro Mechanical Horologists?
New high-end watch brand HYT is coming in 2012. I don't much except that the watch(es) will somehow incorporate liquid - green, possibly luminescent, liquid. One of the brand's principles is Vincent Perriard. Formerly CEO of Concord and then TechnoMarine. Perriard has been working quietly on HYT for a while now. In my opinion Perriard thrives when two things are in order. First, that he has a lot of creative freedom (I still think that TechnoMarine should have run his "Ocean Addict" ad campaign), and second, when he is able to work on a product that isn't limited by too many budget constraints.So who or what are the Hydro Mechanical Horologists? The world will find out soon, and I will keep you updated. For the time being enjoy the fun teaser video. Oh, and now I have been able to add an image of the watch caseback.UPDATE: I have now updated this article on HYT watches with images of the watch movement and information on what it does. The HYT watch will incorporate the world's first me

Audemars Piguet 2009 Corporate Watch Making Film
Ignore the first 30-60 seconds of this film, it gets really cool after that. I love watching stuff like this because it actually does a very good job at showing you how watches are made at houses like Audemars Piguet. Yes, you need to know what to look for, but pay attention to the tools and techniques used to polish and decorate the movements. This process literally takes up most of the time in watch movement assembly. While the film is supposed to take place in the 19th century (even though some of the stuff looks really modern), the same process is used today to make high-end luxury watch movements. Take the hand-spun machine that spins the movement plate around, today it is just done with machines but that are more often than not still controlled by a human operator. There are no automatic decoration or finishing processes for this level of watch making - just good ol' manual processes to give it that unique human touch.Enough of my intro, check the clip of this "corporate movie" a

Earlier PO GMT all black with rubber strap
OK whose got one of these? model 232.32.44.22.01.001My AD has 2 left, orig list was $7,700 hes willing to take $5,900. Brand new. Co-axial. Believe these originally came out in 2014 or so. Still shows on Omega website with pic and specsments? This price seems too good to pass up. Have one on hold.I think its pretty cool. Lacquered black dial, black liq met bezel. Only orange marking is the GMT word on face. Black, nice rubber strap.

How 3 became 1
This is my first post in the PP discussion forum. Until very recently I had a humble little 3 watch collection of vintage rolexes (1016, 5513 and 1680). By chance I was talking with a dealer i'd dealt with and asked him to keep me in mind if he had any nice vintage pieces coming in. Anything else he asked? No nothing, unless of course you happen to get in my holy grail watch. What's that he said? A Nautilus I replied, but quickly followed that up with I know how rare they are particularly on the 2nd hand market.Much to my surprise he sent me back a photo of a 5711. He said he had been holding onto it for 9 months as he didn't want to sell it to just anyone - but someone who would appreciate it for what it is. Turns out, I was the 1st person since then who had asked if he had one. I cannot explain why he would not have not put it on his site earlier. All I can say is I am extremely glad he didn't.In the days of collections growing I guess I am going against the grain with my all eggs in