IBG 2014: Highlight Watches from 3 Boutique Watch Brands
WatchTime’s 2014 “Inside Basel.Geneva” event tour wraps up this week in San Francisco (October 2). West coach watch aficionados who attend this final IBG show of the year will have the opportunity to see and try on many new watches, including several standout models from respected indie watch brands F.P. Journe, Greubel Forsey and Parmigiani Fleurier.Watchmaker and brand founder Francois-Paul Journe created the F.P. Journe Chronom��tre Optimum to be “the essence of precision.” The watch, available in 40-mm and 42-mm cases in platinum or 18k rose gold, brings together, for the first time in a single timepiece, a number of notable inventions in its solid gold movement. These include a double barrel in parallel with two springs to ensure the stability of the driving force; a patented constant-force remontoire (the first to be made in titanium) to balance the driving force to the escapement and ensure the isochronism of the balance; and a high-performance bi-ax

Hamilton Pan Europ
Hamilton is offering a revisited and gently nostalgic interpretation of the Pan Europ, the brand's first automatic chronograph launched in 1971 and equipped with the famous Caliber 11. With its sturdy, slightly square case, red hands and blue dial and bezel, the new Pan Europ radiates tradition. The 1,971-piece limited edition is equipped with a Swiss high-grade automatic chronograph movement, the H31 caliber.The image below may be enlarged with a click.TECHNICAL INFORMATIONMovement Automatic, H31 calibre, 60-hour power reserveFunctions Hours, minutes, seconds, date, chronograph and tachometric scaleCaseStainless steel, 45 mmSapphire crystalWater-resistant to 100 m / 10 ATMDialBlueColored nickel handsBlue unidirectional rotating bezelCounters at 9 and 3 o'clockDate window at 6 o'clockStrapCrocodile pattern chestnut brown leather

Zenith El Primero Foudroyante Chronograph 1/1O Second Watch
The first new Zenith watch of 2010 that I saw bored me to sleep at night. It wasn't a bad watch, but it just didn't do anything for me except remind of all the other watches that look like it. Now I learn about another new for 2010 timepiece that I actually do like (though it is not very practical). It isn't the neatest watch in the world, but it does take a very uncommon complication and places it into 1970s retro sport watch (why? Don't ask whyWhat? You know better than the Swiss?). Jaeger-LeCoultre released a watch with the same complication this year, but in a more classy traditional style watch. The complication is a foudroyante, and Zenith is specially equipped to make one. A foudroyante (also known as a "jumping seconds" watch) is a watch with a chronograph that is able to measure fractions of a second, done via a dedicated dial. The Jaeger-LeCoultre watch does more things as a watch, but doesn't have as fancy a foudroyante being able to measure only 1/6th of a second. Using its

BASELWORLD 2009 - NEW Reference - 5074P
5074P-001 Men'sGrand ComplicationsAcclaimed by collectors for the reverberant and pure sound of its cathedral gongs, the extra large Ref. 5074 minute repeater launched in 2001 makes a fresh debut in a new platinum version with a shiny black dial.Technical data * Minute repeater and perpetual calendar * Mechanical self-winding movement * Caliber R 27 Q * Chime with two “cathedral” gongs activated by a slide piece in the case * Day, date, month, leap year by hands * Moon phases and a.m./p.m. indication * Interchangeable full back and sapphire-crystal case back * Case is humidity and dust protected only (not water resistant) * Case diameter: 42 mm * Ebony-black lacquered dial, applied gold Arabic numerals * PlatinumCaliber: * Minute repeater * Perpetual calendar: Day, date, month, leap year by hands * Moon phases and am/pm indicator * Overall diameter: 28 mm * Height: 6.9 mm * 39 jewels, 12 bridges * Balance: Gyromax * V

Is it OK to wear a Calatrava with these shoes?
Today I was sitting next to someone on the train who was wearing a PP Calatrava 5196 platinum and he was wearing these shoes. I found it odd.Is it OK to wear a Calatrava with these shoes?