SIHH 2015 Preview: IWC Portofino Hand-Wound Pure Classic
The Schaffhausen-based manufacture IWC will introduce a new addition to its elegant Portofino collection at SIHH 2015 in January. The IWC Portofino Hand-Wound Pure Classic has a simple, understated display and a long-running in-house caliber.The IWC Portofino family has a quiet dial layout, and the Pure Classic shows it at its most legible and direct. The dial features simple, gold-plated hour markers with Roman numerals at 12 and 6. A minutes scale runs along the outside of the dial. The hour and minutes hands are also plated in rose gold, and the dial itself is silver plated. Above it, the sapphire crystal is nonreflective and has an arched edge.Although the dial does not reveal it, the Pure Classic has an impressive power reserve of 192 hours. If you’re looking for the power-reserve indicator, you must turn the watch over: you can watch the full eight days tick down via a display seen through the sapphire crystal caseback. Also visible through the back are the two large bridge

Hands-On: With The Blancpain Tourbillon Carrousel, A Combination Of Two Rotating Complications (Live Pics & Pricing)
This year is the 60th anniversary of Blancpain's legendary Fifty Fathoms dive watch collection, but at Basel World we caught sight of something completely different from the brand. The Collection Le Brassus Tourbillon Carrousel takes the aesthetic of the Villeret collection and adds two rotating escapements, a tourbillon at 12 o'clock and a carrousel at 6 o'clock. Not only is the watch captivating to look at, but it also gets more and more fascinating as you begin to notice all the little things that make it exceptional. 2 OF 25 Closer Look At The Blancpain Tourbillon Carrousel First off, it's important to understand what exactly separates a tourbillon from a carrousel, since they can look very similar to the naked eye. A tourbillon uses one source of power to both move the balance wheel and rotate the cage, while a carrousel uses two sources of power, one for the escapement itself and a second to regulate the rotation of the enclosure. These are two

Serial Numbers List?
Hi Fellas,Was wondering; is there a public data base, or list of some sort that exists, so you can check the serial number of an AP watch?For Example; I'm looking to buy a RO Diver I series and want to reference the serial, or case number?Thanks in advance for your timeCheers

What ref should I buy
HiI am currently considering adding a Patek but am unsure as to which one to go for (for reference I currently have a speedmaster, 116710ln and a 5513 sub from early 70s). Until recently I was planning to get a AP15300 White dial and in a couple of years add a Patek classic complications model in gold (likely 5146) but I am now also considering the following options - 5167 and Patek 5146 - 5711 and Patek 5146My main considerations are- whilst 5167 is nice it's a lot for a watch on rubber and at list the difference to 5711 is not that significant but it may be nice as something different (more sporty - nautilus is to me something in between sport and dress watch) assuming I am anyways getting a 5146 or similar and have a couple of steel Rolexes - is 5711/5167 overpriced/overrated in general even at list and better to get a ap15300 plus 5146 as was my original thought ( I don't want the 15202 as no seconds hand, tried it on recently)Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Tried to type 1680 red but...
my index finger of my left hand was on the g... so guess what I typed...1680 trfInteresting coincidence. Try it out if you dare.