Urwerk UR-105 TA 'Turbine Automatic' Watches In Fancy Colors
With the new-for-2015 Urwerk UR-105 TA collection, the Swiss brand is making one of their most appealing timepiece collections even better. In 2014, Urwerk first unveiled the UR-105M watches which introduced a great new design as well as a new entry-level price point for the brand. The next model in the family is the Urwerk UR-105 TA "Turbine Automatic Knight Watches," which extends the range with not only new visual styles, but a totally different movement. Whereas the UR-105M was a manually-wound timepiece, the Urwerk UR-105 TA (UR-105TA) contains an automatic winding movement (Urwerk's "Turbine Automatic" system).Why "Turbine Automatic?" Well, most Urwerk automatic watches have a oscillating rotor which is connected to a set of turbines that visually spin with the rotor. Part of this is just for fun and showmanship, but it is also part of a system which allows the rotor to spin either easily, with a bit more resistance, or to stop it all together (when you expect the Urwerk UR-105 T

Watch What-If Piaget Altiplano 43 Automatic
"Watch What-If" is a special column on aBlogtoReadwatches-dealer that asks the playful question "what if an iconic watch you know and love was offered in a different style?" The idea embraces a good timepiece's core design and has fun by offering new colors and material concepts to stimulate your senses. These ideas may be provocative, artistic, or just plain silly. This is about fun, Photoshop, and the celebration of wrist watch design and experimentation. The original design we work off will always be at the bottom of the article. The designs are brought to life by Beau Hudspeth who does the artwork and concepting after he and I choose the models and styles to focus on. These special design experiments are extremely time consuming and labor intensive but we hope you enjoy the results. Ideas and comments are more than welcome. Enough response may even lead to a round two of design of the same watch - so please comment below. You are also encouraged to suggest watches that make it into

Omega 3565.80 aka Omega Gemini IV
Would like to see some indoor and outdoor shots...Post away please... Thanks

Patek Chronos.
So I went back to the boutique to see the 5170G black dial. Been mulling over between the 5170G and 5070G. Well they had the 5270 Blue dial, which I never saw before. I admit to not being particularly enamored by the 5270 models beforehand (especially el chino) but I must say the new blue dial is really sweet. Great case too.IMG_2088 (1).jpg

5296r-010 vs 5172r?
Guys,Former Patek owner here, looking to get another.I have been looking at these two particular models, and other than the 5227 1mm wider difference in case size and the double 12:00 o'clock markers of the 5296-010 vs the single of the 5227r, are there any other significant differences between these two models? I cannot find any. The 5296r is a bit less expensive on the gray market as well.For clarification, I am looking at the 5296r-010, not the 5296-001, which has a very different dial.Any help would be great. thank you.Dave