Patek Philippe Celebrates its 175th Anniversary
May 1, 2014, marks an important milestone in the Swiss watch industry. It is 175 years ago to the day that Patek Philippe �� perhaps the world’s most prestigious Swiss watch brand, and the last family-owned watch company in Geneva �� was founded.In a letter released to the press, Patek Philippe president Thierry Stern states:“Today, May 1, 2014, I am happy to announce the 175th anniversary of Patek Philippe, and the imminent launch of a special timeline at patek to showcase our history – the longest uninterrupted history of any watch brand. The timeline will be continuously enriched throughout the year, with fascinating stories from our past and present.“We believe that one of the secrets of our success has been our independence (we are the last family-owned watch manufacture in Geneva). Over the years, this freedom has allowed us to be truly creative, innovative, and pioneering – as demonstrated in our impressive repertoire of patents, our unique designs, a

Rotonde de Cartier Mystery Watch Versus The Levitas
The term "mystery" (whether in English or French) as applied to a clock or watch means that some part of its mechanism or operation is hidden from the user. In this case it means that you can't immediately see how the hands are attached. Two watches in 2013 battle it out for your less than mystery dollars.It might be fair to say that the real distinction of a "mystery" watch innovator goes to Swiss brand Quinting. Those guys make some wildly interesting electronic quartz watches that for years have used transparent sapphire crystals to mount hands in order to create an "invisible setting" effect. They have cool stuff like chronographs and other interesting watches that apply this principle. While neat, I think Quinting still struggles a bit given their high price and quartz movement interior. That isn't to say that aren't pretty fantastic. On the mechanical watch front, you have some new mystery watch options from Konstantin Chaykin, and now Cartier.I'd say that Cartier was one of the

Fc 44
Second AP in about a month's time...I will be staying off the forum for a bit now...Thanks again MB23 (Mike) and texex91 (Paul) for his enabling skills.

Does anyone know much about these Speedies
Seen one of these a while back and tried to find out some info. The case model is 144.022, 1971 ish with a moon landing case back and an 861 movement. I fired a note to watchco in OZ ages ago as they did have some NOS dial/ Bezels for this model.They said it was made in rather limited numbers but beyond that were not that helpful, anyone seen these before and know much about them?.Thank you in advanceDave

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What does it means?I see many Rolexex for sale with the title LC100, what this means?