5 Citizen Eco-Drive Watches from Recent Baselworld Shows
Japan’s Citizen Watch Co. introduced a number of watches at recent Baselworld shows, many powered by the brand’s renowned Eco-Drive solar technology, which absorbs power for the movement from sunlight. Here are five Citizen Eco-Drive watches (prices included) that are in stores now.The Citizen Eco-Drive Dress (Ref. BU2016-00A) has a two-tone stainless steel/rose gold case measuring 44 mm in diameter. The silver dial has applied rose-gold-toned indices. The watch, which contains Citizen’s Eco-Drive Caliber 8729, has an analog day and date display and both 12-hour and 24-hour time indication. The Eco-Drive Dress comes on a black alligator strap and retails for $325.The Citizen Eco-Drive Avion (Ref. AW1361-01E) is a military aviator-style timepiece with a 45-mm stainless steel case, black dial, and black leather strap with white contrast stitching. The date at 3 o’clock and pointer at 12 o’clock are reminiscent of vintage pilots’ watches. The watch indi

Alpina Startimer Classic Collection
Alpina Gen��ve is launching the new Startimer Classic Collection with designs inspired by original Alpina Pilot watch designs from the 1920s and 30s. In this new collection the functional Startimer Pilot look takes on a traditional, vintage look. Find wallpaper and prices inside. The Startimer Classic Collection is available with two different calibers; a three-hand automatic version with date (cal. AL-525) in a stainless steel case and available with either blackened steel indexes or rose-gold plated indexes. The second version is the Chrono-Automatic (cal. AL-860) with two chrono-counters, in a stainless steel case and available with either blackened steel indexes or rose-gold plated indexes. The Chrono-Automatic is also available in a special vintage variation with a telemeter indicator on the dial.The Startimer classic auto is priced at $995 and the Startimer Classic Chrono-Automatic retails for $2,450. The images below may be enlarged with a click.

Gilt Michael Bastian Smartwatch Engineered By Hewlett-Packard?
The?vast?potential?of?the smartwatch market is apparently now bringing some complete outsiders to this 21st century branch?of watchmaking. One of these early adopters is?Giltwatches-dealer, a major, US-based online shopping site?that just announced it is teaming up with designer Michael Bastian and tech-giant Hewlett-Packard to design and engineer what will officially �C and somewhat weirdly �C be called the Michael Bastian Smartwatch.As most of the news about smartwatches does at this point, the Michael Bastian Smartwatch promises us the world and some more �C but whether or not it will deliver is something we will only see at the end of the year. Gilt opted to announce their first watch with just two rather secretive images, which makes believing their high hopes all the more difficult.?Before getting to the rather?optimistic?list of features and promises of Gilt's first?smartwatch, however, let's take a step back to see what?are the reasons for us?to remain highly realistic when it com

Patek 5135 Gondolo Calendario
Do any members own this watch or have any first hand experience with one? I may have an opportunity to acquire one, but don't know much about it.

One for Dress...
One for less!I'm done for a while.