Magrette Limited Edition Kupe's Voyage Watch Giveaway
Being a brand new owner of this exact watch, I can say this this is a giveaway worth entering. Magrette is New Zealand's only watch maker and certainly does the nation proud. I will be presenting a full review of the Magrette Kupe's Voyage watch, but until then you can enter to win one yourself. Founder Dion McAsey is what I call a "master of presentation." He knows how to give you a special warm feeling when you not only see the watch, but in how you experience the theme and story of the timepiece, as well as the actual presentation box and packaging. The giveaway is for the very last of the 10 limited edition watches.The Kupe's Voyage watch is part of a limited edition of just 10 watches - this is ultra exclusive, and you can be the proud owner just by entering. The watch is based on the base Magrette Regattare watch, but with the beautiful engraved bezel. What I love about Magrette watches is their use of Auckland area craftspeople to give the watch a special character not found in

News out of AP at SIHH
What do you guys think about the news that came out of AP at SIHH about discontinuing the Jules Audemars line and creating an entire new line to replace next year? Any guesses on what category it would be in or any insight to what you think it may be? If this news is old, I apologize , it was new to me and I am excited to see what the future holds.

New AP in the house!
I purchased a diver last year and having always wanted a ROO, I got rid of a piece or two that was getting no wear and started looking around. I had a Safari for a short time a couple years ago. Beautiful watch but at the time not for me. Anyway when AP released the new 44's last year I was immediately drawn to them . At first glance the SS was my choice. Having not tried them on do to no AD in my town, and lack of stock when I was able to stop in AD's while traveling, I became convinced through looking at pics only that the forged carbon was the one I would get. It had the cool factor for sure. A few weeks ago I was in Vegas and a couple of the ADs had the forged carbon in stock. I tried it on a few times. Liked it but didn't love it. The third AD had both the SS and the FC in stock, and as soon as I put the SS on I knew that was the watch. It just popped on all levels. The contrasts and level of detail on this piece is absolutely amazing. I came home and went about the business of fi

In the big scheme of things what's the point of 5960/1A
I simply do not understand this watch or its purpose in fact it makes me quite angry - Patek grand complications have a certain status amongst the watch collecting community. They are aspirational watches, you have to be privileged and in a certain point / position in life to own one and are pinnacles of design purity. The SS 5960 in terms of Patek purity of design misses that mark by a long shot ( the hand design, the hour markers, the thick goggled calendar windows and that mirror surface bracelet are a collection of mismatches - it is a watch made for the masses that really in terms of design purity is very poor. A watch should be as good as it possibly can be and sadly for this piece this is not the case, you may argue certain design features look appealing but as a whole it is not the best it could have been, and that is what I expect from Patek THEIR BEST.I see so many brands dilute their propositions to appeal to broader customers, while this is all good and fine - for Patek I t

How long to wait
Well today I've ordered a GMT BLNR been told that the list isn't very long how long that is no idea. I live in the UK so let's have guesses on how long it will be?