My First Grail Watch: Magnus Michelsen Of Michelsen Iceland
Welcome back to an original watches-dealer feature, "My First Grail Watch." In this series, we ask prominent people in the watch industry about the first timepiece that they lusted after.watches-dealer (ABTW): Who are you and what is your relationship to the watch industry?Magnus Michelsen (MM): I��m the brother, son, grandson and great-grandson of watchmakers. Although I��m not a watchmaker myself, I've grown up admiring and working with watches. I am the Marketing Director of the Icelandic micro-brand Michelsen, the country��s oldest watch firm.ABTW: What was your first grail watch?MM: I��ve craved for a few watches, most of them relatively simple, like the blinged edition of Rolex GMT-Master II (116759SARU) and some Tags with Calibre S or Calibre 17 movements. My first real grail watch is the A. Lange & S?hne Datograph.ABTW: What did you like so much about the watch?MM: It��s simply a spectacular watch. The movement is so extraordinary beautiful. The brand itself is nothing less than

Garmin Forerunner 405 GPS Watch Finally Gets It Right
Garmin,maker of one of the best products coming out of America (design only, units are made abroad; sorry the US just isn't making too much good stuff these days), has attempted to make a few GPS watches in the past. The idea was pretty well taken; use GPS location technology to calculate things like running speed, distance traveled, etcCombine that with a heart rate monitor, and you have a great activity watch. The problem was that early models, such as the Garmin Forerunner 201 suffered from being impractical, too large, and god-awful ugly.Recently Engadget covered the upcoming release of the new Garmin Forerunner 405 GPS watch, that finally takes the Forerunner line of watches into something you might consider wearing outside the solitude nature. Looks are a combination of Suunto, Casio, and a little bit of Polar. Nothing to wear in a tuxedo, but certainly simple enough that you wont get the gawks people received for wearing the original Garmin Forerunner that looked like you were w

Ferrari Panerai watch models are significantly different from the classic designs
The timepieces were inspired by the materials used for the mechanical parts, the engines and the design of the automobiles' bodywork created by the famous House of Maranello. Ferrari Panerai watch models are significantly different from the classic designs introduced by the brand. In some magic way the Panerai Ferrari wristwatches arouse the same sensations and emotions as a Ferrari car.

ContaTempo Scuderia Introduces Two Mechanical Chronogrphs
ContaTempo Scuderia is a watch brand many of you may be unaware of, but their aggressive, overbuilt, race inspired aesthetic is one that begs to be noticed.The entire line of ContaTempo Scuderia watches share many distinctive characteristics, not least of which is the inclusion of a bullhead case design on all timepieces. This design choice is in keeping with the brand's commitment to creating watches inspired by automobile and motorcycle racing, as pushers positioned at 12 o'clock recall the design of a stop watch.Enrico Margaritelli, a third generation watch maker and previous collaborator with Fossil and Emporio Armani, is the brand's head, and his extensive experience in watch making is apparent in each of the ContaTempo Scuderia pieces. In our time at the ContaTempo booth at Baselworld, we had the chance to go hands on with the brand's entire line of watches, all of which felt very well made and wore comfortably despite their large (46 mm diameter) size. Their designs are balanced

Gmt function
Gmt has reference time, local time, and third time zone. If you utilize the third time zone how do you actually read the reference time? Do you just have to visualize the bezel in neutral position to do so?