Foundation Stone Ceremony for Jaquet Droz
On September 9, 2009, Nicolas G. Hayek, Chairman of the Swatch Group, Nick Hayek, CEO of the Swatch Group, and Manuel Emch, President of Montres Jaquet Droz, laid the foundation stone of the new Jaquet Droz Manufacture located in the small, green valley of Le Cr��t-du-Locle in the Neuchatel Mountains. The new building will be about 27,000 square feet in size, and the first employees will begin to arrive next summer. The inauguration is scheduled for October 10, 2010. This site will allow Jaquet Droz to regroup all of its activities under one roof, and the facility offers significant growth potential. The new Manufacture will serve as a showcase for the brand, eventually accommodating almost 100 employees.

Baselworld 2013: Casio's Newest G-Shock Gravity Defier Aviator Watches
It's Baselworld, the time of genuinely fascinating new watch releases and Casio does not want to disappoint. New models in the Gravity Defier series have been announced: they are heavily loaded with technology and are built to resist such centrifugal forces only fighter pilots could submit them to.First, we have the flagship, analog, GW-A1100, now featuring an advanced compass function and other enhancements. The analog-digital GA-1000 is an addition also featured at Basel, also based on an aviator concept. It has improved overall and with night-legibility, is not shy of features.Click any of these images to see details in larger images.Let's start with the top-of-the-line GW-A1100, the new flagship of the G-Shock Gravity Defier series. As you can see on the image above, it has an all analog face, but that doesn't mean a loss of functions. On the contrary. For starters, the watch now incorporates a digital compass, just what was missing in its predecessor. The way it works is simple en

AP Family
In anticipation of a RG and Ti Schumacher photo comparison, I am posting a quick pic of my AP family while they are all in one place outside the bank security box for a couple of hours:

After a couple of hours . . .
fiddling with spring bars (curved and straight), the FOIS is again dressed for the heat and humidity of the Georgia summer:I wish Omega would make end pieces for the ref. 1125 bracelet that would line up with the lug holes of the FOIS. That would make for a simple fix.

Rolex website
Was there 20 ceramic Daytonas always shown on there website or is this new