Baselworld 2015 Preview: New Versions of the Girard-Perregaux 1966
Among Girard-Perregaux’s releases at Baselworld this year are new pieces in the 1966 collection for men and women. The new Girard-Perregaux 1966 features a rose-gold case and fine guilloch�� on the dial.Holding the new 1966 up to the light gives quite a view. The loping guilloch�� pattern stems out from the center of the dial in 12 sectors. The dial itself is in silver with a flinqu�� enameling technique applied to it. Applied indexes at 12, 3, 6 and 9 are baton-shaped and painted in a gold to match the case. A date window is at 3 o’clock. The hands are feuille-shaped.The men’s 1966 has an automatic GP03300 movement, which is 25.6 mm wide. It beats at 28,800 vph and it runs in 27 jewels. Its power reserve is estimated at 46 hours.There are sapphire crystals on both the front and back of the case. The rose-gold case has a mildly sloping bezel, leading down to polished lugs. The watch comes on a black alligator strap with overstitching; the pin buckle is also in rose gold.

Watches and F1: Oris and Williams F1
It's strange how sponsorship pairings just click sometimes. Intentional or no, every once in a while, a team and their sponsor will resemble each other beyond the superficialities of brand partnership, and the resulting synergy can produce some truly great successes. A great example of this in the watchmaking world is the 11-year partnership between Oris and Williams Grand Prix Engineering. Both companies, while not necessarily the flashiest or most well-known in their respective sectors, have a reputation for quietly producing some of the most capable, technically advanced machinery in their fields.The reasons for this between the two varies, however. In the case of Oris, while the company produces cutting-edge and innovative mechanical pieces such as the Big Crown ProPilot Altimeter, the first-ever wristwatch with a mechanical altimeter (find out more on that in Mark McArthur Christie's excellent write- up here), the brand has simply never captured the greater public's interest in th

Thinning out the collection
Say I have the following in my collection:5990, 5205g, ROO Navy, ROO Elephant, 1680 red mkIV, 16610LN, PAM 320.I want to cut two. Which ones?(probably to make room for either 5712 or RM055, but not within 5 years)

Has Anyone Brushed Their DJ41 Bracelet?
Has anyone brushed their SS DJ41 bracelet? I'm wondering how the polished case would look with a brushed bracelet.

The new Submariner dial.
IMG_0067.JPGThe words look bolder and crispier. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk