Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso By Zep Watch
I'll be really frank that I have no idea who or what Zep is. I mean I know a bit more now after researching and writing this article, but seeing his little smoke plume-haired character for the first time was a novel experience. I guess it is a Swiss/European thing. WhatTin Tin makes it international but Titeuf and Asterix are Euro only? Having said that, I do love cartoons and comics of all varieties. Something about hand-drawn things that really appeal to me.Zep is the pseudonym of an artist who draws and writer a comic strip series known as Titeuf and is Swiss. I swear, I was not even sure the Swiss were capable of comics and humor until I saw this. Though it is all in French so I don't know what type of humor it is. Can anyone out there comment? I hear he is pretty popular.Zep's real name is Philippe Chappuis, and recently worked with Jaeger-LeCoultre on this one-of-a-kind Zep watch. I think it is pretty cool.. Zep designed the dial and caseback engraving. There is also a special tr

Breitling Transocean collection....
I really like the Transocean line that Breitlling introduces two years ago, so much so that I currently have 4 of them in my collection...... I think I like the retro- 1950's look tot he watches.....

Another Example of Poor Patek Customer Service
When our home was broken into a couple weeks ago I lost a number of watches and was advised to contact manufacturers with serial numbers, etc. Lange and AP replied within 24 hours, and after receiving my information followed up (including a call from Germany by Lange!) to let me know my watches were registered as having been stolen, how their registry worked, who to contact with further questions, etc.I have now sent several emails to Patek over the past two weeks without any reply whatsoever.I will be replacing the Lange and AP watches pretty soon - may hold off on further purchases from Patek.

5039r thoughts
I was shown a BNIB 5039r. I am interested in a perpetual calendar and have been looking at the 5159 and 5140. Does anyone have information / opinions on the 5039r? Here are some pics of it. Please let me know your thoughts. Thank you.

The saturation point...
No doubt the Internet has fanned the sales of watches to unexpected levels. Volume of watches sold and prices have gone through the proverbial roof since the coming about of the Internet. Even during the “rough” times resulting from the Chinese authorities brief fight against corruption, etc., the demand for Swiss watches has been unprecedented. Heck, the Swiss watch industry has even survived the nefarious trend of gaudy big watches they invented all by themselves.And I must admit that even though I consider myself inmune from the mischievous cunning of the marketing leprechauns, I have fallen repeteadly into their trap and bought watches I wouldn’t have bought otherwise. However, for the past few months I have been wearing my black ceramic dial GMT every day. And the more I wear it, the more I like it and grow attached to it. It seems as if I my limbic system has finally become lucidly saturated with so many watches. And it feels good to be released from the