Gwyneth Paltrow Joins Baume & Mercier Family
Gwyneth Paltrow has joined Baume & Mercier as a friend of the brand. The new relationship kicks off with an exclusive cocktail party at SIHH in Geneva on January 17. The multi-talented Oscar-winning actress recently sang her way into the hearts of a new generation with her rendition of Cee-Lo's Forget You on Glee, and she made her live singing debut performing the title track from her movie Country Strong on the CMAs. Though Paltrow will not be lending her face to advertising campaigns, she will work with Baume & Mercier on various projects, most likely centering on the brand’s Hamptons line. Paltrow has a summer home in the tony resort town town for which the line is named.

IWC Connect Is Another Swiss Watchmaker's Answer To The Smartwatch
IWC Connect is an electronic module that will be included on some IWC watch straps, adding fitness tracking functionality to IWC watches, as well as the ability to connect to the Internet of Things (IoT). The first IWC watches to get IWC Connect will be those in their Big Pilot's watch collection. In concept, IWC Connect is very similar to the Montblanc E-Strap (hands-on here), which was a "smart" notification and fitness tracking module that watches-dealer debuted in late 2014 (which garnered a remarkable amount of opinion).Each of these solutions conveys the very specific message by traditional watchmakers that they understand their customers want to enjoy the latest technology, but don't want to feel as though they are giving up (or having to make a difficult decision about) their traditional mechanical watches that they so enjoy. Both IWC and Montblanc are part of the Richemont Group, which has for a long time been seen as a testament to traditionalism in the watch industry. Nevert

Can you spot the small change to my FC?
Made a slight tweak to the FC, can you spot it? EDIT: Pic removed, was not aware of forum rules, sorry!Mods, feel free to delete thread. I'll post a different photo next time.

Pam 233 winding resistance?
I've been enjoying my new 233 but I don't seem to hit any resistance when winding up to the 8 day indicator. Keeps on winding away. Does the 2002 movement not have a clutch mechanism to stop winding or do I have a dud?Thanks in advance...

GMT line seems so... fragmented...
Zero bezel/dial/24hr hand/dial script consistency. SS models have three bezels, three different hand colors and two versions of dial script. PM sometimes use black dials, sometimes colored, and are completely inconsistent with SS versions (WG Pepsi now blue dial, WG hands); green dial still a bit out in left field, etc. Used to be you could have SS with black dial; TT/PM with black or brown, 24hr hand in red or YG (consistent with case/bracelet) and a couple of bezel choices for the black faces. Now, there are five versions (SS, TT, WG, RG, YG) and seemingly none of that consistency. A little jarring when looking at the whole line at once, particularly given its gentleman's tool watch history.