Philippe Bonay Named Lange N.A. President
A. Lange & S?hne has announced the appointment of Philippe Bonay to the position of President of A. Lange & S?hne, North America, effective April 13, 2009. Mr. Bonay has a strong background and knowledge of the luxury watch industry, having previously held the post of President of Panerai North America where he played a key role in the growth and development of the brand. Mr. Bonay also has broad international experience, having worked in France, Asia and most recently the U.S. Philippe Bonay replaces Marcia Mazzocchi, who has assumed a new role as Director, Special Projects for A. Lange & S?hne. Ms. Mazzocchi was instrumental to the growth of the brand and all those at A. Lange & S?hne are thankful for her dedication and look forward to her continuing success in her new position.

Perrelet Turbine Chrono Watch
For 2013 Perrelet will be adding a chronograph version of the Turbine to the popular watch collection. Originally released several years ago as a sort of test sport watch, the Turbine became quite popular and has since spawned a lot of versions, including the original 43mm wide size and later a Turbine XL 50mm wide size (see a full review here). Given the design of the dial and the moving "turbine" that spins with the motion of your wrist, it didn't seem possible that Perrelet could offer additional complications.So I think it is pretty cool that they managed to incorporate a central chronograph to the Turbine. The issue of course is that on a watch like this you can't have subdials (as they would look silly being blocked by the turbine), so Perrelet developed a special central chronograph that measures 60 minutes. The dial's central seconds hand is for the chronograph, and there is no dedicated seconds hand for the time. Minutes are counted on a moving sapphire crystal disc. Minutes a

Arnie's drawers.
An article in December Watchtime about Arnold Schwarzenegger, the watch collector and his association with AP.I couldn't believe the following images of how he keeps his watches (if the photos taken are true).Bloody disgrace compared to how I look after my watches.

Went for it!
I had been looking at the 5726 as some of you may have noticed from my recent thread, went to the AD today to place the deposit for it and he showed me the 5712G he had hidden away.This was a watch I'd written off as too slim for me and was unsure about the asymmetric dial. However when I put the watch on my wrist the proportions looked great, actually much better than the 5980 I also tried. Not to mention it was in white gold and the lack of AC was not a problem since I already own a 5205. I think the dial is very nice in person, the asymmetry gives it a technical look, and the slate dial is very reactive to light changes and is very interesting. The case is a work of art! I absolutely love I went home and picked up my fianc��e to come and take a look, she told me to definitely go for it. So I did and here we are now a half an hour later back home as the very proud owner of a 5712G and 5205R!I have had them put the 5712 on the composite waterproof strap and I think it just looks so goo

I want one! (Strap pic)
Was strolling through the ABP site and saw this. What do you think?