The New Waltham Watches: An American Classic Returns with a Modern Swiss Twist
Waltham is a name well-known to American aficionados of vintage watches and clocks. This fall, the quintessential American watch brand �� absent from the United States since the 1980s �� returns to that market with new Waltham wristwatches that call to mind the brand’s long and storied history but are also decidedly modern.The Waltham watch brand traces its origins all the way to 1850, when visionary entrepreneur Aaron Lufkin Dennison founded the first industrialized watch and clock manufacturer in Roxbury, Massachusetts. (Lufkin’s interchangeable parts and assembly-line process would later be adopted by Henry Ford for the fledgling automobile industry.) Four years later, the company moved to the town of Waltham, which gave it its name.?Many watch-world milestones followed, including a Waltham pocketwatch famously owned by President Abraham Lincoln, groundbreaking railroad watches, the construction of Waltham’s own astronomical observatory to test its timepieces’

4 Limited-Edition Watches Celebrate China’s Year of the Horse
January 31 marked the start of the Chinese New Year, the Year of the Horse. Since the huge growth in demand for luxury watches in the Asian market, several top watch brands have commemorated the lunar New Year with limited-edition timepieces. We’ve already shown you Jaquet Droz’s Ateliers d’Art Horse watches; here are four more from three other luxury brands.The recently revitalized Arnold & Son brand has released a limited edition of 28 pairs of watches celebrating the Year of the Horse, with black or white lacquered dials that feature hand-finished miniature paintings of charging horse, inspired by those depicted in traditional Chinese ink-wash paintings. One of the watches’ dials features a black and a gray horse on a white lacquer background and the other a white and a gray horse on a black background. A close-up look at the paintings reveals tiny brushstrokes that create the rich, detailed texture of the images.The Arnold & Son HM Horses watches hav

Help with some opinions
Rolex Yacht-Master Everose 116655Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 15202Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Rose Gold 15300ORSome will have to wait (15202), while some can be had more readily. That aside, what are your opinions. Thanks

AP ROO Rubber Clad Cake!
My fiance recently threw me a surprised birthday party for my 30th and got me my favorite banana cake designed to look like my AP ROO rubber clad! Talk about supporting my bad habits!

AP Diver vs Vacheron Overseas Deep Stream Chrono?!?
Which one would YOU prefer and why ?I know we all lover the Diver (steel version being considered). And I do have an AP bracelet that would, of course, look killer on it. I have an opportunity to snag one but could do the Vacheron Overseas Deep Stream at similar cost.I do already have a Panda, which of course is a chrono.......but am intrigued by the Vacheron.Need to pull the trigger quickly so need some thoughts and opinions of the crew here, they are always greatly appreciated !!!!!! TIA !