Bremont America's Cup Collection With Four New Watches
Sponsoring the prestigious boat race America's Cup has proven to be?a big deal for a number of watch brands so far, and as of May earlier in 2015,?Bremont is the first British watchmaker to?be the official timekeeper of the event. Furthermore, Bremont also works with Oracle Team USA, one of the major sailing teams to enter the race. Such an important occasion demands at least a special edition to go with it �C we are seeing much more than that this time around though, as the Bremont America's Cup Collection has been announced today, containing four different �C albeit not entirely new �C references.Two, the Bremont AC I and Bremont AC II, respectively, are dedicated to the America's Cup 2017 event and are more elegant in their styling �C going well with the "official timekeeper" title the brand has acquired. The other two, much sportier in?construction and overall appearance, are the Bremont Oracle I and Bremont Oracle II watches which, as their names indicate, are designed to go with the

Historical Perspectives: Your Complete Guide To The Watches Of United States Presidents
On this President’s Day, we thought we would pull together as comprehensive a list as we can of US presidential watches. We're talking all the way from Washington to Obama, from Timexes to a Patek Philippe. Some loved watches and others simply wore them out of necessity. You might be surprised with what some of our presidents had sitting in their pockets and on their wrists. We hope you enjoy it. George Washington (1st President) President Washington owned a Swiss pocketwatch by an unknown maker (later gifting it to a friend), a Jean-Antoine Lépine pocketwatch, and a James McCabe pocketwatch.Unknown Swiss Quarter Repeater Pocketwatch 2 OF 111 Photo from NAWCC. Washington acquired a gold pocketwatch with a quarter repeater (it can chime the time down to 15 minute increments), presumably in 1775, and it is believed to be of Swiss origin as the case has a Neuchâtel hallmark. On the inside movement cover is the engraving: "1775

Finally joined the AP Club
New black 15400 thanks to David SW. I spent a long time looking for a Grail watch to celebrate the year 2016. It was a significant wedding and work anniversary and I considered a lot of different watches. I thought I wanted a DaytonaC since it was released this year but my AD is giving me the runaround. I considered the 15202 but it was too small/thin (sorry purists).I considered the 15300 but couldn't find one and didn't care for the non color matching date wheel if I didn't get white.I considered the 5711 but still haven't been able to try one on, but luckily I didn't really like the similar sized 5726. Sadly the treatment I got at all the Patek dealers was off-putting. I mean, how important do I have to be to spend $25k on a stainless watch.The closest runner up was the Aquanaut but I didn't like it on the bracelet. The 5167 on rubber may be my next piece but I figured for this much money, the watch ought to be a little flashy.Pics or it didn't happenimage.jpg

Interview with Francois-Henry Bennahmias and TheWatchesTV
Great interview that was just released. .thewatches.tv/en/watchthi...demars-piguet/Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk. Watches are the new currency!

UK Panerai price increase
Unfortunately, this is not one of those doom and gloom 'might be a price increase' threads. It has happened. I was just looking at the UK website and saw that the 233 is now ?10,400, my beloved 533 has increased from ?10,800 to ?11,300 and the 311 has gone from ?14,400 to an eye-watering ?15,300. No real surprises given that Richemont increase their prices annually. Montblanc and Cartier have also increased in the UK. However, and quite interestingly, the 533 is the same price out here as what is was when I first started hunting Panerai back in about June 2016 at S$19,150. The UK has had two Panerai price hikes since. Someone talk me through that one