Jennifer Hudson and Gucci Introduce New Grammy Museum Watch at L.A. Event
On February 11, on the eve of the 2012 Grammy Awards, Gucci Timepieces presented the third in its limited-edition Grammy collection of limited-production watches at a special event at the Grammy museum in Los Angeles �� an event that also featured a live performance by Oscar and Grammy winner (and Gucci fan) Jennifer Hudson.The watch, called the I-Gucci Museum Timepiece, joins its predecessors, the I-Gucci Grammy in yellow-gold PVD and the I-Gucci Latin Grammy in rose-gold PVD, all of which were designed by Gucci's creative director Frida Giannini. The new model has a large, 49-mm case in polished gray PVD, with the inscription GRAMMY Museum Gucci Limited Edition on the bezel and the Grammy Museum logo on the caseback. It has a Swiss quartz movement that offers a range of functions, including a digital time and dual-time-zone display (with an analog display option also available for the local time), a chronograph, countdown timer, tachymeter, pedometer and regatta timer for sailing. T

NAWCC Opens Sales Site to the Buying Public
The National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors (NAWCC) is allowing non-members to make purchases at its online home for auctions, trading, and classifieds. This means that buyers who are not NAWCC members can register to browse and buy, but not sell; selling still requires NAWCC membership. NAWCC is excited to showcase the quality merchandise available on the site. The new trading site offers Paypal-based automatic billing features and money-transfer protocols, and the NAWCC hopes to become just as convenient as other online auction services, while offering savings to sellers. Both members and non-members are encouraged to shop around, exchange the horological wealth and knowledge, and just generally share the fruits of the wonderful hobby we all love so well.The organization notes that while new users need not be NAWCC members, they must strictly adhere to the NAWCC Member Code of Ethical Conduct when using the site.Visit the new auction website at 4sale.nawcc.org, or click

Casio G-Shock GPW1000 Is First Watch To Combine GPS & Atomic Clock Radio Time Syncing
For 2014, Casio will release yet another technologically interesting watch that we've never seen before. As part of the G-Shock collection, the Casio G-Shock GPW1000 watch family will synchronize and receive signals from both atomic clock radio signals as well as from satellites from the Global Positioning System (GPS). The former?feature has been around for longer, and over the last few years �C especially with the promotion of the Seiko Astron �C the public is getting used to the latter idea that their quartz watches can be always correct, anywhere in the world by connecting to GPS. Both systems of receiving the correct time from signals have their pluses and minuses. So Casio decided to design a watch that could connect to either.The Casio G-Shock GPW1000 includes new technology that Casio co-developed with Sony. Together the two companies developed a miniature low-power consumption system for reviewing GPS signals as well as including a six band radio receiver to get signals from the

HourTime Show Watch Podcast Episode 69
Live from Las Vegas we talk about JCK and present an exclusive interview with Tag Heuer CEO Jean Christophe Babin.Listen to the HourTime Show watch podcast episode 69 here. Download the MP3 here.

Steampunk Art As Wearable Watch
The steampunk revolution continues to churn quietly as more products and crafts are being made in the distinctive motif. Sometimes being called "clockwork" or "Neo-Victorian" the style of using watch gears, movements, leather, bolts, and other implements of industrialization is becoming much more popular. While the steampunk genre has been around for a while, it has recently become something of a craze. Comic books are being modeled after the style, and movies made with a Neo-Victorian futuristic flavor. In some senses it is an evolution of the fantasy genre combined with science fiction, with a touch of alchemy.Of great interest are the crafts, objects and art that adorn the steampunk ideal. Rare are any mass produced steampunk accessories, but more common at individual artists who produce steampunk items of interest. No better way for these artists to offer such crafts on eBay. Here is one such artist with an interesting debut of such goods. Using watch parts, leather, and other craf