Watch the TAG Heuer “Apollo Project” Live Webcast Here on WatchTime.com
At 1:45 p.m. EDT on Wednesday March 23 (press day at Baselworld 2011), TAG Heuer will announce what they are calling a game-changing new concept and a groundbreaking innovation in very high-frequency chronograph technology. The interactive press conference, to be conducted by CEO Jean-Christophe Babin, will stream live here on , and it will also be available on TAG Heuer’s official Facebook page. Find links to both inside.Jean-Christophe Babin is calling the watch to be unveiled at Baselworld TAG Heuer's most radical, out-of-the-box, totally mind-blowing innovation to date. Click here to visit the special page WatchTime has created for the Webcast. You can access the page in the “WT Events” navigation menu. The date and time again are Wednesday March 23 at 1:45 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time, 18:45 CET. You can also participate in the Webcast by sending questions if you become a TAG Heuer Fan and watch the Webcast on the brand’s official Facebook page. We've had the Ap

Archimede Introduces the Pilot XL Automatik
Following the launch of their 42mm Pilot and 39mm Pilot M, Archimede introduces the Pilot XL with a 45mm brushed stainless steel case. Below the anti-reflective coated sapphire crystal you’ll find a classic Pilot dial with luminous numerals and indexes and large, luminous, blued hands, providing excellent readability, even in low light. The 8mm crown compliments the case and makes winding and time setting a breeze. The case, measuring 10mm thick, is water resistant to 50 meters. The Swiss Eta 2824-2 automatic movement can be viewed through a screw-down mineral crystal display back. A solid case back is also available. The 22mm straps are soft leather with traditional white stitching and two rivets on each side. The Pilot XL on black or brown strap with transparent case back retails for �395.

Dottling Gyrowinder Watch Winder
What do you get when you combine the simple task of winding a mechanical automatic watch with the sci-fi possibility of a 1990's era virtual reality gyroscope harness? You get the Gyrowinder - which is the newest high-end "presentation" watch winder from German Dottling. I call it a presentation watch winder because none of this is strictly necessary to wind a watch. Such high-end toys like this do double duty in winding a watch as well as offering a visually stimulating way of presenting it (usually just to yourself). In a sense, it is functional art that sits on your desk or on some shelf. You know those little swinging metal balls on strings that people used to have on their desks? The Gyrowinder is like a really expensive version of that, which also keeps your timepiece wound.I can see myself coming to the office, getting ready for the day by removing my watch and putting it in the Gyrowinder. Why? Well aside from keeping it wound and off my wrist while typing, I learned from movie

Automatic time
Ok, so I need to know from you experts what kind of time an automatic watch is supposed to keep to be considered state of the art. I've had cheap $10 quartz watches that kept perfect time and all banged up but worked fine for years. I bought a rolex in 2005 and was thinking that the time it would keep would be perfect but it was off by more than a minute every few days. I then bought the Longines Hydroconquest which keeps time within a few seconds every day and then the most recent Omega purchase which is off a few seconds every day as well. I think over the years and then after reviewing this website that these pricey watches although very nice arent able to keep better time than a cheap quartz which kind of leaves me wondering if these purchases were a little bit foolish in the sense of timekeeping anyway. I look forward to more educated comments on this subject.

Very frustrated: My new 5270 has a sticking / loose Day aperture
Two nights ago, the Day aperture got stuck - I noticed it when I awoke in the morning yesterday. It didn't complete its move from FRI to SAT. Having read about recent Patek QC issues, I was aware others have had this problem as of late. I reset the watch and wore it yesterday, and watched it until just after midnight. The Day slowly moved from SAT to SUN, but it never made it as of 12:15am when I went to sleep. I woke to find the Day aperture as shown in the first three pictures below. Needless to say, I was very frustrated. This morning, I have been wearing the watch over next hour or so to see if that would do anything. While wearing it, I noticed the Day moved around slightly, as if it's loose, within the aperture. Depending on how I twist my wrist, the Day moves around. It doesn't happen with gentle, normal movements of the wrist, but rather if I twist it a little aggressively (I stress a little here so some don't think I'm slamming my wrist around). Mind you that is not how I norm