Richard Mille Forms Polo Team
Richard Mille enters the world of polo with the introduction of the first Richard Mille Polo Team. The team's four players are Argentinean Pablo MacDonough, who ranked number one on the 2010 World Polo Tour; fellow Argentinean Alejandro Muzzio; Prince Bahar from Brunei; and the UK-born Max Routledge. The team made its debut at Cowdray Park Polo Club and is now preparing for a season that includes some of the most prestigious international high-goal tournaments. In the UK, the Richard Mille Team will compete for The Harcourt Developments Queen's Cup at Guards Polo Club from May 17th to June 12th, followed by the Veuve Clicquot Gold Cup at Cowdray Park Polo Club June 21st to July 17th. In Spain, the team will vie for the Gold, Silver and Bronze cup at Santa Maria Polo Club in Sotogrande, July 27th to August 29th.This new venture allows Richard Mille further opportunities to test new watchmaking solutions under difficult real-world conditions. As with Felipe Massa, Rafael Nadal and Bubba

Jaeger-LeCoultre Online Auction Benefits UNESCO World Heritage Site
Jaeger-LeCoultre presents its second online auction, taking place from March 18, 2010, to benefit the UNESCO World Heritage Center. This year, the Manufacture is offering an iconic and unique timepiece: one of the two vintage 1958 Geophysic Chronometers Model E168 tested by professional climber Stephane Schaffter and his team during their recent Geophysic Expedition to the Himalayas. The online auction will start on March 18th, 2010 at 12.00 C.E.T. and ends on March 24th, 2010 at 12.00 C.E.T. Join the bidding for a worthy cause, visit auction.jaeger-lecoultre from March 10th.About the WatchGeophysic Chronometer Model E168 production was limited to just 1290 pieces. Since the 1950s, it has become one of the most iconic pieces in the history of the Grande Maison, and was the inspiration behind the latest breakthrough, the Master Compressor Extreme LAB2 introduced at the SIHH 2010 in Geneva. The watch up for auction is an authentic Model E168, sourced from Jaeger-LeCoultre, casing number

Another Record Year for COSC in 2008
After setting records in 2006 and 2007, the Contr?le officiel suisse des chronom��tres (COSC) once again issued a record number of attestations in 2008 with 1,599,588, an increase of +8.6% over the 2007 results. The number of timepieces submitted rose by 10.6% to 1,676,515. Of these, 1,536,950 were awarded to mechanical movements and 62,638 went to quartz calibers, with the large majority of the latter (56,224) going to Breitling products. In terms of manufacturers, there was no change in the leading trio which has stayed the same in recent years: Rolex received 769,850 certificates, followed by Omega with 377,514 and Breitling with 234,021.The remaining manufacturers to receive at least 1000 certificates are:Panerai (46,446)TAG Heuer (35,429)Chopard (22,977)Mido (10,870)Ulysse Nardin (10,249)Enicar (8,861)Ebel (8,823)Corum (8,801)Chanel (8,407)Bulgari (8,067)Rado (5,807)Ball Watch (4,312)Tissot (3,767)Titoni (3,513)Movado (3,446)Carl F. Bucherer (2,262)Concord (2,224)Porsche Design (2,

The new Steel & Gold Nautilus 5980
Saw this at my ADNot something I would buy because I don't like bicolor watches. Don't like that steel& gold sub neitherbut irl it did not look bad :-)

Good, Friday, fun.
Your watch and your bedside alarm?I don't think we need to see the myriad Apple devices, do we?