Tournaire Expression Paris Watch
Jewelry and watch designer Philippe Tournaire has created some really interesting things. For me, he will be most famous for being the guy who turns architecture into rings. Really. Image a ring with a gold building on it - yup. Tournaire's newest creation combines this concept with a watch, but in a way that is just sort of weird. In fact, as hard as it may have been someone finally make the beautiful city of Paris kinda unattractive.To be fair I do like his basic watch designs. Even they have optional "architecture" around the side of the case. This one however has a thick frame of little carved buildings around the edge. A "revolution" around Paris you might say. Landmark buildings abound, as well as the Eiffel Tower of course. According to BusinessMontres, Tournaire is considering making timepieces like this for other cities. This is starting to remind me of the movie Inception - which I still don't quite understand. That is the other place I recall being able to turn a city around

Master Watch Maker Vianney Halter 'Tells It Like It Is' In Interview
Most watch lovers have a fondness and strict appreciation for watch maker Vianney Halter - who is the man behind Janvier Manufacture, a number of interesting timepieces (including the iconic Antiqua), has set the bar for luxury steampunk timepieces, and is a respected personality in the world of horology. Haute Horlogerie Magazine recently interviews him (link below), and I suggest the short read due to Vianney's actually straight forward and sober responses.Any watch industry journalist knows that while you need to interview the CEO's of major brands in the hope that you might get some advertising income out of them down the line, said brand executives mostly make for pointless discussions. They speak in vagaries, are overly positive, and often only speak in "brand mantra." Independents are?? often much better to speak with, and Mr. Halter makes for a good opinion.Here is probably his best quote from the interview:"[T]his year I've seen some totally out-there products that take buyers

Should I buy?
Just walked in to a watch store and saw this. Asking 20k. It can grab it for 16 with box papers. Is this watch as rare as I think it is or am I delusional and should I pass and pickup a 15400st brand new for the same price?.tourneau/watches/pre-...-VAP00955.html

Last night I attended Inside Basel
It was hosted by Watchtime and sponsored by BMW. The only problem is that AUDEMARS PIGUET didn't show up! It's the only reason I went. I was so disappointed. Watchtime advertised that AP would be there and they no show! I spoke with the event coordinator because I thought maybe I was missing something but I wasn't. They said AP no showed because of an event they we're having in Miami.

Only one yellow gold
I'm hoping to get some thoughts and opinions on this...My collection is full of stainless steel, titanium, platinum, and white gold. I don't have a single piece in yellow gold (or rose gold for that matter, although I don't think rose gold works well with my skin tone). I've caught the bug for something in YG. I don't think I'll end up having multiple watches in YG though. I'm thinking this would be something to fill a gap in the collection, and for when I want that occasional extra pop of yellow gold. I got very close to pulling the trigger on a 116718LN with the black dial. Right now, that's my front runner. Although I just inherited a 16753 (two tone GMT on jubilee), so I thought it might be overkill to have both of those. If you were to only have one yellow gold watch, what would it be?I'll go ahead and rule out a DD, since I have one in platinum, and I just don't think I want another. And, it doesn't necessarily have to be Rolex.Thoughts? Advice?