Jacob & Co. Billionaire Watch For Flavio Briatore Is $18.3m
The 2015 Jacob & Co. Billionaire Watch is a one-of-a-kind timepiece produced with Italian businessman, fashion label owner, and Formula 1 personality Flavio Briatore. It turns out that the watch was done with him, rather than for him, as an item with his Billionaire brand logo on it. As a manifestation of sheer luxury and excess, timepieces like this often live in a vacuum, with us learning about them, but having only guesses as to the type of people who own and buy them. This is one of the rare instances where the type of person who likes this type of timepiece participated with the brand who made it and publicly exclaimed "yes, I had them make me that watch." Finally, we can start to shed light on the all to common question of "who wears this stuff?" Italian business people like Mr. Briatore are who.Jacob & Co. founder Jacob Arabo is one of the most interesting and controversial characters of the modern watch industry, and to a similar degree, so is Flavio Briatore in his res

Omega SMP Olympic Edition 2010
of all the smp models i've owned, this is my fav.

What if?
Many (albeit not all) of the concerns surrounding the 5270 I've heard lately revolve around the fact that since it is now using an in-house movement, there are overproduction fears. What if they produce the current (3rd) series of the 5270 for 3 years maximum? Would this elevate the watch to the level of the 5970 in a collector's mind?Feedback welcome..

Thierry Stern Interview...Interesting.
Okay, I'm sure this has been around, from a few months ago.Like his comment about boutiques for Patek (no thank you he says).Interesting take on overseas marketspany values.Nice interview..youtube/watch?v=llY_TeFAcvA

I blame this man for the price spike on the Submariner 116610 LV...
I blame this man for the price spike & shortage on the Submariner 116610 LV and also on the Patek Philippe 5712.....lol...No wonder they so popular.....Enjoy.....