Thompson Tells Watch-World War Stories at WatchTime New York Event
Veteran watch journalist Joe Thompson, editor-in-chief of WatchTime, entertained attendees at the WatchTime New York show last weekend with stories about his 38 years covering the watch industry.In a presentation called On My Watch: Four Decades Covering the Watch World, Thompson said that he was fortunate to get to cover three revolutions: the quartz-watch revolution of the 1970s, the fashion-watch revolution that started with the Swatch watch in the 1980s, and, most importantly, the mechanical-watch counter-revolution, or renaissance, in the 1990s.Thompson began his presentation by declaring, The mechanical watch is doomed! After a pause, he went on: If you were a young watch reporter in the late 1970s, you didn't know much, but you did know one thing. You knew that the trusty tick-tock, which had had a good 400-year run, was doomed. You knew that because everybody in the industry told you so. Thompson said that for someone like him, the WTNY show, so full of mechanical watches

My First Grail Watch: Kari Voutilainen
Welcome back to an original watches-dealer feature, "My First Grail Watch." In this series, we ask prominent people in the watch industry about the first timepiece that they lusted after. Today, we're speaking with Kari Voutilainen, a watchmaker who owns his exclusive brand, Kari Voutilainen.watches-dealer (ABTW): Who are you, and what is your relationship to the watch industry?Kari Voutilainen: I am first and foremost a watchmaker. I also have a watch company in which we are making our own in-house movements, as well as dials and hands. My production is extremely exclusive and I will keep it this way. My relation is good with watch industry - actually we are part of it - but we are very independent. This is because we don't have suppliers - we do everything by ourselves.ABTW: When did your fascination with watches start?Kari Voutilainen: When I was a child, we had a family friend who had a watch shop, and was also a watchmaker.ABTW: A great way to be introduced to a wide variety of wa

Anthony Joshua
Big man AJ shining out in Dubai He is the Heavyweight Champion of the World, still lives in a 2 bedroom flat with his mum in London. He's becoming a bit of a WIS I've seen him wearing The AP in the above pic Rose gold Royal Oak chronoRose gold Skydweller Steel AP tourbillion Everose Day Date Rose gold Nautilus Building quite a collection

Basel watches traveling to Omega boutiques
Just received a phone call from a sales associate at an Omega Boutique and I was informed all of the watches displayed at Basel 2014 will be traveling around the boutiques in Europe and USA this summer. The 300m, Mark II, Tresor, ect...will be under one roof. For those of you in the Midwest USA, the watches will be in Oakbrook IL on July 29th and July 30th. It's my understanding the watches will be in the stores during normal business hours and one does not need an invitation to attend, although invitations will most likely be sent to individuals that have made previous purchases. I was also told that the watches, while stored in displays cases, will be available for people to try on. Perfect excuses for us WIS to organize a gtg around our respective Omega Boutiques. Keep an eye out for a Chicago gtg in the gtg forum.

Need a watch ID
Any info on this watch? From the early sixties.