Basel Preview: Corum Admiral��s Cup Minute Repeater Tourbillon 45
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Admiral’s Cup, Corum is launching the Admiral's Cup Minute Repeater Tourbillon 45. The movement, caliber CO 010, took 12 of Corum’s best watchmakers 2 years to develop. Corum wanted to avoid the traditional slide to wind the repeater, fearing that on a sporty watch, it might catch on something and damage the mechanism. The solution was to wind the repeater via the bezel. The repeater components were conceived and developed to guarantee the precision and beauty of the tone by considering its power (expressed in decibels), its precision (note correctness), its richness (expressed in number of partials), and its reverberation (duration of each note). The minutes-rack, placed at the heart of the ringing mechanism, is inverted compared to traditional minute repeaters in order to bring strength and precision to each note. It has also been enlarged to permit a wider lift angle to each tooth, extending the time between notes. The racks hitti

Baselworld 2013: Swatch Sistem51- Only 100 Swiss Francs for a Mechanical Watch!
Today sees the launch of the Swatch Sistem51 and the fire burns bright once more.Swatch watches were one of the guilty pleasures of my youth. When the Swatch craze took over the world in the early 90's, I was there in the thick of it. I remember going to Swatch boutiques looking for the "Bora Bora", the headline watch of the Scuba 200 series, and even starting a collection of the Swatch quartz chronographs when they first came out. Then, when the Midge Ure song "Breathe" came out, I was singing along like no tomorrow, making sure that I had a carefully selected Swatch on my wrist when it happened.There was something very cool about the attitude that Swatch embodied, and as a young boy whose only other option was a Casio or Seiko, everything by Swatch was instantly?elevated?to something special.?Of course, I grew up and Swatch was resolutely forgotten in?favor?of more sober watches in more traditional?colors. The?bright and sometimes gaudy designs of Swatch were put away.My early love f

Audemars Piguet SIHH 2012 Novelties!!
The new 41mm Royal Oak, Must say i kinda like it better in these pics then the others i've seenJumbo with the traditional blue dial with AP logo on 6 o'clock as the original 1972 model and also smaller pattern40th anniversary skeletonised RO that we all seen by now.And two more Royal Oaks with TourbillonAnd now the Offshore's....New Diver in Carbon case with ceramic bezel.Not my cup of the with the IWC Aquatimer color combo....YetNew 44mm Offshore in PlatinumJules Audemars Tourbillon with AP escapement in RG

Speedmaster MK II case back question
Is there a clear (sapphire) case back that's made for this watch or is there one that's a lower profile? I like this watch except that it's a bit thick. I was wondering if a narrower case back could be installed to reduce the overall thickness.I searched online and on this forum, but no luck.thanks!

I need to to decide to purchasing this DateJust II 18K Fluted Bezel With Rhodium Arab
Hi guys, I have been reading tons of threads on this forum about the Rolex DateJust II 116334 18K Fluted Bezel With Rhodium Arabic Dial. This will be my first Rolex and I would like to use it for the business casual outfit. Since the watch was discontinued, do your experts think that the value will go down over time? I was offered to buy the 2011 watch at $6500 with box and papers, what do you think about that?I would appreciate for your time to read this and your expert advises.