SIHH 2011 Recap: Safe Bet For the Watch World
SIHH 2011 is an event I almost did not attend �� but I am glad that I did. The story of my journey to this year's invite-only International Salon of Haute Horology is however, another story. The expansive halls of world's ��other' most important watch show are a temple of luxury and industry chimes �� you learn a lot by being there and listening, as well as seeing. Together, almost 20 brands that represent all of the Richemont and a few other accompanying high-end watch makers get together to show off their new products for 2011. For those attending, it is an annual pilgrimage, and for those who cannot enter, it is an enviable place to be invited.I'd like to first make a personal statement about being at the event �� I love it. While at home in California I write about watches from the seclusion of my home. I don't have an industry to surround myself with like those who live in Europe. Being at SIHH allows me to live my work. In addition to being in the element that I write about and see

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After a lot of effort and some luck, I received my new 5712/1A from my AD today!!!I had been going back and forth between getting a 5711 or a 5712 (both in steel/blue dial), but went for the 5712 after agonizing over this decision for a long time.By way of background, I have a good friend who already has a 5711 in steel and I would constantly bother him to try it on, inspect it, or just stare at him wearing it to get a feel for it in every light condition. In the end, my thoughts were that it is a gorgeous watch and sublime, but in indoor lighting it takes on a vintage look that I wasn't crazy about. In short, it needed the dial to be alive reflecting light to be in its full glory. Today, after wearing my 5712 for several hours and looking at in in a number of lighting conditions, a few things stuck out to me that I wasn't expecting. First, I actually PREFER the 5712 dial in outdoor lighting because although there is less open space on the dial for the light to play versus the 5711, th

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Hi guys kindly help me choose between the 422,423,372 and cfb travel tec gmt