Win A Trip To Baume & Mercier's Geneva Design Studio, With Watches And Paul Stuart Wardrobe
This year New York clothier Paul Stuart is marking its 75th anniversary, and to celebrate is offering a different sweepstakes each month. For June they've teamed up with Baume & Mercier to offer a trip to Baume & Mercier's Geneva design studio, a pair of Baume & Mercier watches, and a Paul Stuart wardrobe for your Swiss adventure. Click through for all the details and how to register to win. While we do our best here at HODINKEE to give you inside looks at the world's top manufactures, nothing beats experiencing it for yourself. Paul Stuart and Baume & Mercier are offering a trip for two to Geneva which includes a tour of the brand's design studio. The winner of the June sweepstakes will also receive a pair of his-and-hers Baume & Mercier watches (a new Clifton from the look of things) and a $5,000 voucher for a Paul Stuart wardrobe to match.You have until June 30th to enter this edition of Paul Stuart's 75th Anniversary Sweepstakes, and you can

p.9000 running fast
It looks like my new 305 is gaining time. The first 24 hours it seemed to be fine (+2 seconds) but I wasn't really that focused on its timekeeping and I might not have timed it correctly. Then this afternoon I noticed it gaining significantly more time while waiting for my flight to land. At the moment, it looks like it's ~+2 seconds per hour. I am thinking that I should give the movement a few weeks (4 - 6) to see if it is just breaking in (I've read that p.9000s sometimes run fast during their initial break-in). OTOH, 2 seconds an hour is pretty fast...the watch has 2 years of warranty so I am not overly concerned; I am sure Panerai/Shreve will stand behind a brand new watch. Should I be patient and see if the watch corrects or should I just take it in tomorrow and let professionals sort it out? Any idea on how long Panerai will take to get the watch back to me?

There is a new Basel teaser at Rolex.com
But not yet.

Why Coke will be in SS IMHO in Basel 2018!!!
I firmly believe that Coke will be produced in Stainless Steel and will be unveiled this Baselworld. The reason? Here's my thoughts. Rolex ceramic bezels is easier to make in single color and most easy being the Black (default) color. Then to add HALF a circle is next challenge which is easy if other half is black. So, this way making BLNR was not that difficult. It has just half BLUE circle. If you make Coke bezel, that blue will be replaced with Red and instead it will have half RED circle. So, if you can do BLNR, you can easily do Coke(with minor issue of red shade). If you compare these 2 watches, both appears to be from same set with just Blue or Red options. So, I expect both these to be part of Stainless Steel. Pepsi on the other hand is more difficult to make as it involves two colors(Blue/Red) and very few chances of getting it right hence it was available in WG at the start. The watch was fine but it wasn't the huge seller it was expected. So, they are doing the next option,

Submariner Dial
Submariner Dial spotted on a renowned auction site.... as described by the seller.....ROLEX SUBMARINER 5512 METERS FIRST WRIST WATCH DIAL CIRCA 1968.100% GENUINE. THERE IS SOME DISCOLOURATION TO THE DIAL.Nice!???!