Zenith El Primero Tourbillon Watch
This is actually a tourbillon watch I would wear daily. Zenith's new El Primero collection of watches is a thing of beauty. I have been eying them for a while, enjoying how they look on the wrist. They have now announced a tourbillon version of it.Now most of the time when a company takes a new collection and shoves in a tourbillon I hardly take real notice, but in this instance Zenith has put together a satisfying set of feature that you could wear each day - assuming you can afford it of course.Let's pretend for a second that you can. There are two versions of the watch available. Each comes in a 44mm wide case. One is steel with a black and silver dial, and the other is in 18k rose gold with a silver and gold dial. The steel is my choice simply because I like the colors more - but each is quite lovely.Using the good looking new El Primero watch style case the the movement used is Zenith in-house made 4035D automatic tourbillon chronograph movement. Being a high-beat El Primero movem

Historical Perspectives: American Pocket Watches: A Primer For The Wristwatch Collector
John Cote is a professional photographer and watch collector living in Indianapolis, Indiana. HODINKEE welcomes his insights on the world of American pocket watches. – NM What should a wristwatch nerd know about American pocket watches and the industry that made them? In my opinion, from the late 1850s until just after WWII, the American watch industry produced more and probably better portable timekeeping machines than the rest of the world combined.I said portable timekeeping machines instead of watches, because during the same time the Swiss produced a lot of fabulous and technically amazing watches. The American watch industry primarily produced time-only watches while the Swiss made these, and also a lot of exquisitely complicated watches. What drove the American watch industry was the idea of producing tool watches for the masses. The founders of the industry were starting from scratch and they wanted to produce quality timepieces that the common man could afford. Ea

Great pics!
was enjoying the sun going down in my back yard and shot some pics of my diver with my iphone.

5164a Owners
Any 5164a owners here? Am considering one, and wondering what the general thoughts are about this watch. It will be my first Aquanaut (have had a YG 2526 and 5980/1a) in the past.

GMT 16710 Jubilee vs Oyster
Hey guys,What do you guys prefer on a GMT 16710 coke, the Jubilee option or the Oyster option? I have included photos for reference (jubilee photos borrowed from google). I just received a Christmas bonus and I'm seriously considering buying the Jubilee. Oyster: GMT Oyster.jpgGMT Oyster2.jpgJubilee:GMT Jubilee.jpegGMT Jubilee2.jpg