Hands-on with the Smiths/Timefactors PRS-36
Reverso, shmeverso. ?Forget limited editor Jaegers with fake agency logos. ?If he could, Don Draper would have strapped this Timefactors' new Smiths PRS-36 to his wrist as he handed Jean his whisky and walked into his next pitch. ?Slide the ��36 out of its zipped, padded case and this watch looks to have come straight from the era of single-breasted suits, narrow ties and three Martini lunches.Making a modern watch with vintage style but without vintage schtick is a challenge, and it's one Timefactors has managed rather well. ?For a start, there's none of the modern ��let's take a classic design, ram steroids down its neck and and put a strap on it!' stuff going on (take note, Tudor). ?The 316L marine-grade stainless case is a distinctly understated 37mm. ?It's less of a shrinking violet on the wrist though – it actually feels as though it wears slightly larger than a 40mm Breitling Aerospace. ?That's mostly down the way the cushion case shoulders step down to the lugs. ?It'll stil

Introducing The Rotonde de Cartier Earth And Moon, A Tourbillon With On-Demand Moonphase Display (Live Pics, Details, & Pricing)
Over the last few years, Cartier's Fine Watchmaking department has been consistently pushing out some of the most creative and technically impressive haute horology around. Just a few weeks ago we showed you the new Astrocalendaire and today we've got another stunner for you. The Rotonde de Cartier Earth and Moon uses its tourbillon and a moving Lapis Lazuli disc to display the phase of the moon on demand and there is a second timezone display as well. The Earth and Moon is as much a mechanical sculpture as it is a timekeeper and here we've got all the details.The Earth and Moon is not a subtle watch – far from it. The platinum case comes in at 47mm across and 16.65mm thick, with robust arching lugs. The dial is bright blue lapis lazuli with a white gold Roman numeral grid over the top that also features a map of the earth at the center. The bright blued steel sword hands match the dial nicely and below all of this is a tourbillon. The finishing on the dial and case,

Chronomat on its way out
I hear the former flagship watch, the Chronomat is being discontinued along with possibly the Super Avenger. They are pushing the in house movements which is fine but the new watch designs are pretty ugly in my opinion. I have no idea what Breitling are doing anymore.

ranchero
the dial is refinished... what about the hands?

What an Omega FS
Has anyone else seen this, what a beauty https://.rolexforums/showthread.php?t=230917