Watch Wallpaper: Limited-Edition Sports Chronographs
Limited editions aren’t just the prerogative of tourbillons, minute repeaters and other high-complication watches. Sports chronographs also come in special limited series, like the ones in this photo feature from the WatchTime archives, with original photos by Nik Sch?lzel. Now all these stunning shots are available as wallpaper for your desktop. Just click the photos for larger images.   Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Alinghi Team (1,300 pieces in carbon case)Glash��tte Original Senator Rattrapante (100 pieces)Graham Chronofighter Oversize Overlord Mark III (500 pieces)IWC Aquatimer Chronograph Cousteau Divers (2,500 pieces)Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Compressor Diving Chronograph (1,500 pieces in titanium case)Omega Speedmaster 50th Anniversary Patch (5,957 pieces)TAG Heuer Monaco Vintage (4,000 pieces)Receive all the news, features and reviews from WatchTime for free! Sign up to our free weekly newsletter and get all the news delivered to your inbox.

A. Lange & S?hne Opens Hong Kong Boutique
After the launch of A. Lange & S?hne shops in Dresden, Shanghai, Tokyo and Seoul, the brand from Saxony has opened its fifth boutique, in Hong Kong. Lange’s goal for the boutique is to bring the precision, quality and ambiance of traditional German watchmaking to its customers in an intimate and in-depth manner. A. Lange & S?hne was founded by Dresden watchmaker Ferdinand A. Lange in 1845. Lange crafted pocket watches of exceptional quality that are today coveted by collectors. However, the family business was expropriated in the aftermath of World War II. Four decades later, after the wall came down, Walter Lange, the great-grandson of Ferdinand A. Lange, resumed the work of his forefathers, and today the brand has regained its place among the leading manufacturers of precision timepieces. Lange produces fewer than 5000 pieces each year, and since its rebirth, it has presented 40 in-house developed manufacture movements that have won numerous international awards. Like

Antiquorum to Offer Unique Patek Minute Repeater Retailed by Cartier
On March 10, Antiquorum Auctioneers will offer a range of important modern and vintage timepieces at its U.S. headquarters on Madison Avenue in New York City. The sale will include a unique yellow-gold Patek Philippe ref. 2419 minute-repeating wristwatch retailed by Cartier in 1950. This timepiece is accompanied by a Cartier certificate of authenticity. The Patek minute repeater is estimated at $300,000 to $500,000.The wristwatch is offered in pristine condition and its originality is confirmed by the Patek Philippe extract of the archives which states that the watch was manufactured in 1946 as a minute-repeating wristwatch with a specially made movement. Additionally, the wristwatch is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Cartier that confirms that the wristwatch was retailed by Cartier New York.The watch was consigned by the family of the original owner, a prominent New York businessman. It was custom ordered at a Patek Philippe exhibition held by Cartier in New York, wi

Been thinking lately...
I have a 311 that will be arriving this Wednesday. It has taken me several months to pay for the watch because my business has been tough over the summer, now that it's finally picking up again I can afford to pay it off and actually wear the watch. I've been thinking lately that since I have a fairly high end Pam in my 233 that I might flip the brand new 311 and get a 351 and 113 instead. Granted I've yet to see the 311 on the wrist but not sure I need to be wearing a $20k+ watch when I could have two more Pams and still have money in my pocket. What do you all think? Keep it or flip and buy two others?

16622 & 116509
Does any WIS who has the early 16622 YM (platinum dial & bezel), also lust after the silver dial panda 116509 on a WG bracelet?They are both fairly monotone but rich in other ways.Personally, I feel the addition of a black cerachrom bezel in the future will lessen the impact.Regards