BEST FROM: watches-dealer & Friends June 21st
How time flies, it's the end of yet another month and time for yet another installment of our bi-weekly roundup of the best watch articles from here and around the internet.In this edition, we find out what our Contributing Editor James Stacey thought of his first ever visit to Baselworld; we visit the Patek Philippe manufacture;?check out a cracked Panerai; and get up-close with what is possibly the world's most affordable tourbillon watch and Grand Seiko's understated but stunning 44GS watch.1. Baselworld 2013 �C Through the Eyes of a First-TimerBaselworld is perhaps the closest a watch enthusiast can get to watch heaven on Earth. Spread across multiple halls the size of football fields and also across multiple levels, it is a sensory overload of watches. Just look at the amount of coverage we did for Baselworld!It's been a couple of weeks since Baselworld ended, but if you are still suffering from Baselworld withdrawal symptoms, why not check out our Contributing Editor James Stacey'

New "Pink Panther" Concept Watch From Virtual Ideas Is New View On Women's Luxury
When you see an item you haven't seen before your mind always experiences the same reaction. A complex measuring of mental association whereby you compare the item in your view with almost everything you've seen before. This is essentially the mental heuristic we use to determine what something is; a bridging of mental associations and experiences. So when we see something new, we can either identify it as having a relationship to something we have seen before, or ponder its style and function as a novel observation.I know the Pink Panther from Virtual Ideas is a watch. I can tell from the way it is designed with a wrist strap and because it has numbers that a watch would have; It also helped knowing that it was designed by a watch designer. Despite knowing the Pink Panther is a watch, it is difficult to correctly place it in the amorphous watch taxonomy that exists in my head. The diamonds and rose gold case say luxury. The complex mechanical movement that would have been used to powe

did breitling and heuer share movements for their auto chronographs?
i was looking through a couple of old playboys from 1969, and i came across two separate ads for breitling and heuer touting their brand-new automatic chronographs. both had the winding crown on the left side of the case. so i was wondering if maybe they shared the same valjoux or eta movement. i've read about the auto/chrono race of the late 60s - i know that zenith and seiko were both trying to beat each other to the punch. but i'm not familiar with either breitling or heuer's participation. can anyone enlighten me?

1946 Datora 785 on catalog pics!
Some pics of the 1946 Datora 785 triple date with catalog pictures from the Breitling Book by Benno Richter, enjoy!

5167 stopping randomly
I've had my 5167 for aprox 6-8 months and ran like a champ for the first 7 months, but over the past month it's stopped running during the middle of the night while on my wrist. I always sleep with a watch on unless it's gold and have never had a problem until now. It's happened 3 times now so feel that I need to figure out what is going on with it. It's close to the end of warranty if not already past. I will check tonight about the warranty. Any clues? I've searched the web but not really much info out there. Any and all help would be great!Thanks all!Alex