Awards Presented in Patek Philippe Artisanship and Precision Competition
On April 14 and 15 this year, 18 students from six Swiss watchmaking schools took part in the second Patek Philippe Artisanship and Precision Competition. The winners were honored on May 28, 2011, during a celebration at the Patek Philippe Museum in the presence of Patek Philippe President Thierry Stern as well as Robert Anguenot and Daniel Rochat. The competition affirms Patek Philippe’s intention to build solid, long-lasting partnerships with Swiss watchmaking schools. The idea behind the competition originates from a joint initiative involving staff members of the Patek Philippe departments for watch manufacturing, international customer support, human resources, sales & marketing, and administration as well as of the Patek Philippe Museum.A Competition to Discover New Watchmaking TalentThe competition is part of a training initiative and its theme reflects Patek Philippe’s fundamental values of artisanship and precision, as reflected in the requirements of the Patek

JEANRICHARD Nocturnal Adventures Watches For 2014
You have to hand it to JEANRICHARD. ?When most brands introduce a variant of existing models, there's not much to tell the models apart other than a suffix on the model reference number. ?With their three newest watches, they've come up with a name for the, well, sub-collection: ?Nocturnal Adventures.This new group of watches features two variants of their Terrascope, and one of the 1681. ?What makes these watches different from their predecessors is the fact that they are predominantly black - black dials, black cases, black straps. ?This is also, of course, where the first part of the name from the group comes from; the second part just being that JEANRICHARD intends their watches to be ready for sport adventures.We'll start with the Terrascope models, as these are likely the most familiar style from JR for many. ?These share the same 44mm case and overall styling that we've come to know and love from the Terrascope line. ?Where they branch off is with their finishing.The first one (

5136 vs 3940
Are there differences between the 5136 vs the 3940 other than the bracelet?

Happy Chinese New Year Paneristis!
Happy Chinese New Year to everyone!

Something is brewing 116710LN
Reading all the SS Professional line shortages there hasn't been much talk on the black gmt 116710LN. However it seems to me even in shorter supply then the BLNR, Sea Dweller, and Subs. I recently was in 4 cities in Italy and out of the 8 AD's I visited non of them had a GMT LN, not suprising but what was surprising was what they had to say. Each of them had bigger wait lists for the black GMT then they did for Subs. They also said they had been getting a few subs in here and there but no GMT LN. All my local AD's are the same, they actually had a Sub Date they just got in in the case a few days ago. One of my out of state AD's got in a few Subs the other day along with a Sea Dweller that I picked up, but no LN's. Also when I was in Vegas for CES same talk about LN's from AD's there. Pretty interesting. I'm thinking some type of change is coming. I know we never know and it's all speculation but something must be brewin with the 116710LN.