3 Concept Smartwatches That Could Be From Popular Swiss Luxury Brands
The number one complaint the Swiss watch industry has had toward the most current crop of smartwatches is that they aren't attractive by European design standards - and that even applies to the Apple Watch. Jean-Claude Biver went so far as to suggest that, given his standards, the Apple Watch looks as though it was designed by a student. So if the best breed of smartwatch yet (even though it hasn't even been released at this time) doesn't pass Swiss watch industry muster, what would a smartwatch design by Switzerland's old guard look like?One thing we know all too well is that the Swiss watch industry is all about tradition. It can be safely assumed that a smart watch that looks into the future, may very well also look into the past. So for this edition of Watch What-If, we propose three possible Swiss smartwatches from popular taste-making brands. Here, we have conceptually connected digital timepieces from Jaeger-LeCoultre, Panerai, and Franck Muller by our artist Niklas Bergenstjern

Abused
Check out the bezel between 5-6 o'clock.. Mangled. Daily beater. J.

Omega Speedmaster Professional 50th Anniversary LE
Yesterday evening I received a call from my AD informing me of the arrival of the Omega Speedmaster 50th Anniversary LE. I paid him a visit, took a look at the watch, out came my wallet, and now I am a proud owner of this admirable timepiece from Omega with a distinguished history.This is the all steel version with the traditional 1861 movement. I chose this because the 1861 movement is descended from the original Speedy movement which actually went into outer space. The other pricier versions had the new 3201 co-axial manual wind movement which is totally unrelated to the original Speedy Pro. Also I did not like the sapphire sandwich case of the other versions.I'll be posting more pics later at the watch gallery section.

production number per category ( a sensible calculation)
Quit ofter do some of us ask how many ref XXX or ref YYY are made per year.The answer is that we don't know but we can try to make an educated guess.One thing we know is that Patek makes about 50.000 watches per year and that the biggest part , a bit over 30% I once read in an interview with Mr Stern, are the Twenty-4 for womanSimple watches like the Calatrava are for sure the second biggest groupSo this is a calculation I made, feel free to argueTwenty-4 ( a bit more than 30%) so let's assume about 17.000 piecesCalatrava (more or less 20%) 11.000 watchesGondolo 5000Nautilus , my guess �� 4000 per year ( to make is simple 1000 per complication so 1000 chrono's in all materials, 1000 simple 5711 in all materials, 1000 5712 and 1000 annual calendars)Annual calendar ( all references all materials) 3500Worldtime ( all references) 3500Chronographs 2400 in total ( ref 5960 in all materials about 1200, 5170 about 700 and 5270 about 500)Golden Elipse ( not very popular) also 1000 in all sizes

Nice candy at Tiffany....
Saw these great pieces at Tiffany today... 6000G has a Tiffany dial.ImageUploadedByTapatalk1338074975.235231.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1338075039.066642.jpg