Quincy Jones Visits Audemars Piguet
This past Thursday, on the eve of the traditional Swiss watch industry vacation, a longtime friend visited the watchmakers of the Manufacture Audemars Piguet to get an up-close look at the watch bearing his name: the Millenary Quincy Jones, which was presented at the SIHH 2010. For several years, Audemars Piguet and Quincy Jones have been associated in developing Project Q , aimed at raising political and public awareness of young people's need for self-expression and the means that must be provided to ensure they fulfill their potential. The cornerstone of Project Q is the Q Prize , an international award presented by Audemars Piguet honoring a public figure or social organization having played a central role on behalf of children. Through his Quincy Jones Foundation, the artist is also committed to helping children by improving their well-being, their health and their dignity. The new Millenary Quincy Jones watch will contribute to raising funds for this foundation.In speaking of

The Glashutte Seashark Chrono is a powerfully designed watch
The Glashutte Seashark Chrono is a powerfully designed watch inspired by the famous shark. The timepiece is characterized by dynamic, assertive curves. Its resolutely contemporary design reveals the eye-catching contrast between the warm orange dial and steel case.

Hands-On, Literally, With the Eone Bradley
If I were to ask you to picture a wrist watch, perhaps you'd picture an iconic design like a Submariner, your personal favorite watch or maybe even what you are wearing at the moment. In any of those cases, you are likely imagining a metal case with a crystal of some sort above a dial with at least 2 (or perhaps 1) hands. All of them, whether by Patek or by Timex use the same conventions for displaying time, and aesthetics that while possible wildly different use similar vocabularies of markers, shapes, textures, etc… Well, occasionally a watch comes out that breaks, at least partially, from the norm to create something truly different. Often, these watches are different for the sake of being different, but the Eone Bradley was designed for a very specific reason.Before getting into the watch itself, it's worth knowing the background story and where the name comes from. Watches for the blind have not been refined since.. well, now. There basically are watches that speak, which is

Looking at the moon
Hello guys!I had the luck to meet the beautiful Patek 5575, part of the 175th collection.I would like to share some pics with you.Congratulations to its proud owner!Enjoy

My take on how Rolex fixed their "grey market" problem
For a long while now I've read countless threads on this forum about how Rolex wanted to curb grey market watch buying. In my opinion the underlying issue for Rolex and Rolex AD's was that people would window shop their AD and then go to a good old trusted seller and get the watch for less than MSRP and brag about it on this forum. I'd seen lots of responses a year ago and back where a lot of forum members would encourage going to an AD to see a watch in the flesh then say order it from X trusted seller here. This in my opinion was the real issue rolex has with the grey market in general, it diminished their brand by allowing it to sell at a discount... think of the grey seller as an outlet store of sorts. Fast forward to present times. The current thread trends on buying are exactly the opposite. Now paying full MSRP is considered the deal to be had, and the grey market is insane to most. Countless posts about how they are willing to wait on a list and will never pay about MSRP from a