Grieb & Benzinger Presents Unique “Blue Whirlwind” Tourbillon Minute Repeater
The German watch firm Grieb & Benzinger, known for its one-of-a-kind skeletonized watches with intricate guilloch�� embellishments, has released its latest, called Blue Whirlwind, a skeletonized tourbillon minute repeater based on a rare Patek Philippe caliber.At the heart of Grieb & Benzinger’s Blue Whirlwind is Patek Philippe’s Caliber RTO 27 PS, a rare, manual-winding movement with a tourbillon and minute repeater mechanism, which was famously used in the stainless-steel Patek Philippe Ref. 3939 donated to the 2011 Only Watch Auction. That watch was the top-selling lot in the entire auction, selling for 1.4 million euros. Here, this complicated movement has undergone more than 15 months of skeletonization and other painstakingly precise horological work. All the skeletonization and guilloch�� treatment on the movement �� with 336 components, it is one of the world’s most complicated �� was done by hand. (Click on the photos for larger images.)The fine guilloch��

Watch What-If: Rolex Sea-Dweller 4000
In this edition of watches-dealer's "Watch What-If," designer Niklas Bergenstjerna takes a look at the 2014 Rolex Sea-Dweller 4000 dive watch (hands-on here), and imagines what it would be like for this icon-inspired diver to have been inspired by other natural frontiers. In a sense, the concept is "what if the Sea-Dweller 4000" was not a dive watch at all, but rather inspired by water, land, air, and space? Of course, at heart, the design of the Rolex Sea-Dweller is all about diving, so this is a mere artistic taste of what it might look like rendered as though it were inspired by something else.Above is what Bergenstjerna calls the "Rolex Sea-Dweller 4000 Land," inspired by just that. In his words it is "a watch sprung from the deep woods. It has surfaces from the trees with earth tone colors. What about exploring the wild wearing a gold watch with a cork dial? Sure, why not! The Rolex Sea-Dweller 4000 Land is the ultimate 'gold-digger' watch!"The next one is inspired by the sky, nam

Trade-in PAM 111 for AP Diver?
Hi,I'm relatively new to AP, having acquired a silver dialled 15400ST earlier this year. However, the AP bug has caught up with me again and I am now keen on picking up the 15703 stainless steel diver. However, one watch from the rest of my collection, a Sea-Dweller 11660, JLC Master Control & Panerai PAM 111 has to go to help finance this purchase. I am keeping the Master Control and Sea-Dweller for sentimental reasons and still enjoying the 15400 so the PAM 111 seems the natural choice to let go.Would you say the 15703ST is a vastly superior watch to the PAM 111 or should I just stick with my current collection?

Really jonesing for the 42mm Planet Ocean
so much so that I am thinking about an Explorer II/Planet Ocean combo instead of the Sea-Dweller.

Movement / Time set question
I have a couple of watches with the 3135, 3186, and just added a couple with the 3235. The 3135 and 3186 advance the time with a forward turn on the crown. The 3235 advances time with a rearward turn. I was always under the impression that the forward turn to advance the time was something of a Rolex signature. With the exception of my chronos, I believe even the Tudors have that function / feature. Can anyone give me some insight on the change?E-