Rating Watch Brands’ Digital IQ, From Genius to Feeble
TAG Heuer has been awarded first place in the “Watches” category of the “Digital IQ Index: Ranking the Digital Competence of Luxury Brands”, a survey conducted by the Luxury Lab of New York University’s Stern School of Business. The Digital IQ Index ranks brands as Genius, Gifted, Average, Challenged and Feeble based on their digital competence. Apple finished first overall with a Digital IQ of 170. TAG Heuer finished in 8th position with a Genius-level rating of 141. TAG was the only watch brand to receive a Genius rating. Tiffany and Rolex tied with IQs of 129, placing them in the Gifted group along with Cartier (124). Hublot, Movado and Omega scored in the Average range, while IWC, Audemars Piguet, Patek Philippe, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Vacheron Constantin, and Harry Winston were found to be “Challenged”. Franck Muller and Bulova fell into the Feeble category.The study measured the Digital IQ of 109 luxury brands in 11 categories, across 15 dimen

Unique Cabestan Winch Tourbillon Vertical for Only Watch
Cabestan founder Jean-Fran?ois Ruchonnet teams up with friend and five-time world champion rally driver S��bastien Loeb to present a unique Cabestan Winch Tourbillon Vertical for Only Watch. The back of the watch features Loeb’s signature with an engraving of the legendary Formula 1 circuit in Monaco. The Cabestan has a vertically oriented tourbillon and fussee with chain movement with 1352 components. The watches are produced at a small manufacture with six highly skilled watchmakers in L'Orient, in the Vall��e de Joux. Under the high patronage of His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco, Only Watch 2009 is an exceptional charity auction initiated by Luc Pettavino, President of the Monaco Association against Muscular Dystrophy (AMM). The Only Watch auction will be held on September 24, 2009 in the Principality of Monaco during the Monaco Yacht Show. Patrizzi & Co. will auction unique and first in a series timepieces donated by 34 leading watch brands. The entire proceeds

Be still, my heart! More Omega photos from Basel
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My collection as it now stands . . .
Here they are with the crown (Alpha) on top and the others (Omega) below. Yep, this is it - The Alpha and the Omega!

I finally got it.
Hi, I've been reading this forum for awhile. I don't have a large watch collection but I have a few. Tag Heuer kirium, IWC aquatimer, & a Ulysse Nardin Maxi Marine. Apx 3yrs ago I saw my first Aquanaut and loved it. Someone like me with smaller wrist this timepiece was perfect. I started reading about Patek Philippe and became so impressed with the company that I knew I had to get it. Well, yesterday became the day. I absolutely love it. It fits so perfectly and it feels great on the wrist. I love how light it is compared to the other watches I own. Here is a picture of it on my wrist.