My First Grail Watch: Peter Roberts
Welcome back to an original watches-dealer interview series, "My First Grail Watch." In this series, we ask prominent people in the watch industry about the first timepiece that they lusted after. Today, we're speaking with Peter Roberts, who is, well, is hard to pin down in a single sentence, in terms of his relation to the watch industry. He's been in it for four and a half decades, going through many brands in a many capacities. He's also taught horology (teaching some other names well-known to us), writes on watches, and recently created a new version of a watch he first built back in 1970. Since I couldn't pin down his relationship cleanly, let's let the man himself tell us.watches-dealer (ABTW): Who are you and what is your relationship to the watch industry?Peter Roberts (PR): I have been in the industry for 45 years. I have worked for many watch companies over the years including Rolex in Geneva and as Technical Director and Director of Watchmaking for two brands. I taught Horo

Ulysse Nardin Chairman Smart Phone: Hybrid Phone + Watch
Really, it is about time we started to see something like this. First of all, forget that this is going to be a very expensive fashion phone, despite whatever technical achievements it may make. The argument still stands that mobile phone technology is progressing faster than is prudent to make any one large investment in a phone. Alternatively, making a large investment in a watch is safer, because it will still be technologically relevant in a few years - a mobile phone will not be. So unless Ulysse Nardin has a plan around that, this product is still only going to be for a niche market. What really excites me however is a glimpse at an idea I have been preaching for a while now - use of a rotor to generate electrical energy for a mobile (always moving) device.Lets step back and recall the first luxury phone, the Vertu. Still going strong I hear, Vertu's market was supplemented by the Tag Heuer Meridiist line of luxury phones. I don't have data to comment on how well that phone is do

new po
Interested in getting a new 2201.50.00. What are your guys thoughts and what can i expect to pay for one new? Thanks

Have you seen the new Aqua Terra?
This is rapidly becoming my favourite Omega. Great looking watch - very similar in look to the Datejust, but just a fraction bigger - and has one of the nicest finished movements inside it I've ever seen. They're using a very similar movement to the one found in the De Ville Hour Vision, and has their Si14 balance spring in. Very nice watch, very well made, and quite a lot cheaper than a Datejust: £2600 compared to the £3300 of an entry level DJ.

Meters
If Rolex gave you $2 back for 1 Meter on a SD43 would you sacrifice any ? And if so how many ?