My First Grail Watch: Bart Gr?nefeld
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. Today, we are speaking with Bart Gr?nefeld, the elder of the two brothers at the helm of their eponymous company, Gr?nefeld Watches. It's interesting to learn that, while he is responsible for some amazing high-end pieces these days, he started off just like many of us, with a simple LCD watch.watches-dealer (ABTW): Who are you, and what is your relationship to the watch industry?Bart Gr?nefeld: I'm Bart Gr?nefeld. 45 years young and the older brother of Tim Gr?nefeld. I don't feel very connected with the watch industry. I feel more connected to the watch artisans that make a few watches a year. Some of them are brands, but most of them make only a few watches per year. Most of them are very good friends.ABTW: When did your fascination with watches start?Bart Gr?nefeld: At a very young age, I was fasc

Hands-on with the Mido Baroncelli Heritage
For years, Swatch Group focused Mido's efforts primarily on Latin America and Asia, two regions where the brand has done exceptionally well. Unfortunately, the brand doesn’t share the same awareness in the States, which I've always found strange given the size of Tissot's (also a Swatch Group brand) American presence. That’s about to change. We learned this year that Swatch Group is now making a concentrated effort to push the brand in America. For lovers of well-priced, solidly-made wristwatches, this is exciting news.Last month we introduced the Baroncelli Heritage, a vintage-inspired extension of Mido's mainstay Baroncelli range. Handsome, classically styled with enough of a twist, and surprisingly tempered in size, the Baroncelli Heritage looked like an obvious win for the brand. And though Mido's marketing team focused primarily on the thinness of the watch (an impressive 6.95mm), I was more taken with its aesthetics. For Baselworld, Mido released an additional two var

how do you normally clean your stainless steel watch
Hi All, How do you normally clean your stainless steel watch? water, just a microfiber towel or sunglasses microfiber? to avoid marks

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I was in San Francisco today looking at watches, saw some great Rolex at Tourneau, failed completely at checking out a Royal Oak, and even though I wasn't sold on Patek at all after looking at them on the net I ended up trying on an Aquanaut.Holy crap it is simply amazing. The sales guy tried a hard sell using rarity, financing, layaway, anything to sell it then. I normally buy from their Palo Alto AD so I called my salesperson and asked about rarity and how difficult it is to get one in. She said they don't get them in much and if I wanted it she could send it down from the main office and I could compare to the bracelet version. A quick deposit later and well... Despite never thinking I'd get a Patek I'm going to buy one next Saturday.Now as for the watch itself, the net does no justice to how it looks and feels on the wrist. I was wearing my beloved Hulk and when I put on the Patek my Hulk felt like a big clunky hunk of metal (sorry Hulk). I just love the Aquanaut and I think

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https://imgur/gallery/GWwggHi All,After many months of lurking on these forums and lusting after a vintage datejust, I finally made the purchase. This is a 1979 SS DJ that came from the incredible dbhak22. I could not be happier with this piece and I look forward to posting more pictures in the future! Pleased to meet you all,Matthew