Historical Perspectives: A Look At What Hermes Means To Watch Lovers & Why The Apple Watch Herme
Two months ago, Apple followed up the announcement of the Apple Watch with a special edition model in partnership with no less than Hermès. Hermès is, of course, the still-to-this-day family run hyper-luxury lifestyle brand by which all others are measured. It is quite simply one of the great brand stories of the 20th century and beyond, and a rare success story of those who never cut corners being rewarded by the consumer. Further, Hermès is actually an important brand to a watch collector – having partnered with several great Swiss manufactures over the years as a distributor, retailer, co-designer, and more. Even more, several Hermès items, though technically unrelated to horology, have become part of the watch collecting dialog. Today, we'll explore some of the more important contributions of Hermès to horology, and examine where the Apple Watch Hermès fits in, if at all. 1 OF 23 Hermes As A Retailer And Value Driver

Rubber Strap for my SMPC
Hey guys, just bought and fitted this today. Sorry for the quality of the photo, just a quickie to show the strap.I'm very happy with it as it dresses down the Seamaster a tad which goes better with jeans etc plus I can always put the bracelet back on when needed. For those interested, the strap was bought from an Omega Boutique and is the 98000085 reference number, with Omega pin and buckle ref 94512012.

Regarding 3513.50
All,I generally hang out in the vintage rolex section, but I have been asked to research a 3513.50 or 3570.50 by my sister in law as a birthday gift to her husband (my brother). I know nothing about Omega watches and I would like a brief history on these two models......provenance, vintage, production run, etc. According to my SIL, he seems to have searched more on the 3513.50 than the latter. Anything would be helpful, and any advice on searching for one would also be helpful. Pete

AD called about New James Bond Omega?
And offered me the new Limited Edition James Bond Seamaster (I think he said it is black) - I believe. He says that they are hard to get. This is the first that they have received direct from corp offices. Offered a discount as well - I think they need to move some pieces.Has anyone seen this and can tell me about it? I could not figure much out on the Omega Website.Anybody think it would be a good piece to have / collect? Any pics by chance?Thanks,

Everest Rubber for YMII
I'm interested in getting an Everest blue rubber strap for my YMII for summer. I see they make one for the regular YM but not the II. Has anyone here picked another model watch strap that works well with the YMII. I'm not interested in the Rubber B because I don't want to use my bracelet clasp. Thanks Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk