Tourneau’s Howard Levitt to Step Down as CEO
Tourneau, LLC has announced that Howard R. Levitt has decided to step down as Chief Executive Officer at the end of 2009. Mr. Levitt will continue to serve on the company's Board, and he will continue as CEO until a new leader is selected. The company's Board, with the participation of Mr. Levitt, will identify his successor in the coming months. Robert J. Wexler, Tourneau's Chairman of the Board, said, We would like to thank Howard for the significant contributions he has made to Tourneau over the last 18 years. He has been instrumental in the company's growth and we look forward to his continued participation on the Board. Howard Levitt said, I have thoroughly enjoyed the challenge of growing the company into a leader in fine watch retailing. We have a great team in place and the company is well positioned for the future. Established in 1900, Tourneau distributes and retails many leading brands, including Rolex, Patek Philippe, Cartier, Omega, Breitling, Tag Heuer, Audemars Piguet,

Rolex Watches Appoints Jean-Frederic Dufour As New CEO
watches-dealer?received?a note from Rolex today on the appointment of a new brand CEO. The news release from Rolex was a scant, one line document on official letterhead that explained Jean-Frederic Dufour would be appointed as the CEO of Rolex SA in Geneva. Mr. Dufour would be replacing Gian Riccardo Marini.Many in the watch industry are familiar with Jean-Frederic Dufour as the CEO of Zenith watches, a position he will now be leaving. Zenith is part of LVMH, and after a successful time there since 2009, he is making the ultimate trip up the ladder to being in a top leadership position at Rolex.Mr. Dufour is a known friend and proteg�� of the famed Jean-Claude Biver, former CEO of Hublot, who continues to retain a position of influence at the brand and who now has a more senior role guiding the watch brand divisions of LVMH (which also includes Zenith and TAG Heuer, among others). Mr. Biver greatly assisted Mr. Dufour when he started at Zenith and most agree that their combined work has

Snoopy Speedy watches the shuttle launch....
I think I have wanted to see the shuttle launch since it first started flying. I have a good friend and we've been talking about it for the past 10 years and realized we'd better get going as there were only 4 remaining before the shuttle is retired later this year.We watched the predawn launch from a friends house about 20 miles south of Cape Caneveral. IT WAS AWESOME! Now we've decided we have to go back to the next launch in July (3rd to last) too.After the launch, we went out to the Kennedy Space center. Some pics from that day wearing, what else? My Speedmaster Professional Snoopy.Sorry some of the pics are less than sharp...they were all taken with my IPhone! Hope you enjoy!--Paul Snoopy checks out the Rocket Farm of Redstones, Atlas, Gemini, Titans etc..One of the few remaining unused Lunar Landers in front of the Apollo 13 mission patch...The Snoopy statue inside the Apollo missions complex...Believe this is the command module from Apollo 14 or 15...this thing has actuall

A visit to DavidSW this morning....
resulted in this:Only a few hours on the wrist, but so far I find it to be extremely comfortable and legible. It's a stunning piece and it's hard to stop looking at it. To those of you who offered insight on the 5712 in my previous thread, I thank you.

Vacheron Constantin vs Patek Philippe
Recently, I've done some research into other brands. I was wondering what Rolex lovers generally think of these two. I've never personally been drawn into Patek's designs, but I love Vacheron. I know that VC's do not hold their values as much as Rolex and PP. Thoughts?