RGM Marks 20 Years With Third In-House Caliber
RGM, the pioneering Pennsylvania-based watch brand founded in 1992 by Roland G. Murphy, turns 20 years old in 2012. Murphy commemorated the anniversary in the manner he knows best: by developing his brand’s third in-house mechanical movement, called Caliber 20, and outfitting it in a new watch that RGM introduced at January’s Geneva Time Exhibition.Caliber 20 joins its predecessors, RGM’s groundbreaking Caliber 801 in 2008 and the MM2 Pennsylvania Tourbillon movement in 2010, in the exclusive fraternity of “Made in the U.S.A.” watch movements manufactured entirely at Murphy’s small atelier in Pennsylvania’s Lancaster County, a traditional center of watchmaking since the 1800s.Fittingly, the watch’s movement incorporates a distinctly American technological touch, one nearly lost to antiquity: the so-called “motor barrel” system. An American invention, the motor barrel (illustration below the watch photos) was designed to reduce

Watches Have Always Been Palettes For Art: Mr. Jones Face Timers
I've often said that watch dials are an excellent place to display art. I've said that in regard to watches with beautifully engraved or painted dials, and I've said this about timepieces that strive to indicate the time in a creative and artistic manner. Often times, watches which are inherently artistic are rather expensive, but that doesn't always need to be the case. The new Face Timers collection from UK's Mr. Jones Watches is rather reasonably priced, but also quite limited. Each of the five Mr. Jones Face Timers models are limited to just 20 pieces and were created by five different artists.Mr. Jones Watches is among the "weirdest" watch makers around, and you can't help but love them for their sometimes beautiful, sometimes pointless, sometimes repulsive, and always interesting sense of creativity and design. The Mr. Jones Face Timers watches are said to have been inspired by the Mr. Jones Watch The Last Laugh as a base timepiece. This interesting watch displayed a skull on the

The names of the Suryia and the Amaterasu are Japanese
The names of the Suryia and the Amaterasu are Japanese. Frederic Jouvenot gave watches Japanese names in honour of the Japanese people and their bravery during the hard times they endured now and have in advance. Tags: collection, divinity, Frederic Jouvenot, helios, solar, watch, watches

What is current MSRP on James Cameron?
And I assume a discount is hard to come by with a dealer?I have a Rolex dealer that tells me they can get me one. Still on the fence as I have small wrist for this big watch.Thank you.

The first scratch is the deepest...
Anyone recommend a way to gently polish out scratches on a gold clasp without being too harsh?I knew it would happen at some point but I'm absolutely gutted I caught my 5 day old bluesy clasp on the rivet on my jeans pocket!!!Any advice welcomed.Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk