A History of Tissot
What do a 140 year old Russian Czar and Racer Danica Patrick have in common?These days Tissot is known for its sponsorship of racers like NASCAR's Danica Patrick, and for its unique, high-tech / high touch (couldn't resist) T-Touch watches. But the brand has a history as storied as any of its contemporaries, being founded at the half-way point of the 19th Century, selling watches throughout pre-WWI Czarist Russia, and being half of the 1930 merger with Omega which formed the Pre-Swatch Group SSIH.That merger and its 50+ year aftermath is probably what saved Tissot's bacon, and enabled it to remain the current and innovative brand we know today.Early HistoryChs Tissot & Fils was founded in Le Locle, in the Jura region of Switzerland in 1853 by the locally born & bred father-son duo of Charles-F��licien Tissot and Charles-��mile Tissot. As with most Swiss watch companies founded in that era, Tissot began life as a comptoir, an assembler of parts procured from individual makers in t

Introducing: The Audemars Piguet Perpetual Calendar 26574 In Yellow Gold (Exclusive Live Pics &
The arrival of a new perpetual calendar Royal Oak from Audemars Piguet is something watch collectors don't take lightly. It was AP, after all, who was the very first manufacture to produce a perpetual wristwatch with leap year indicator all the way back in the 1950s. It was also Audemars Piguet, alongside only Patek Philippe, who would be producing perpetual calendar wristwatches of any kind for the better part of a half-century. The QP has always played an important role in AP's history, and while we showed you the new, updated 41 mm perpetuals a few weeks back, we are now here to show you the fifth model in the lineup – cased in yellow gold. 1 OF 14 All five AP Perpetual Calendar Royal Oaks. This new model – reference 26574BA – remains 41 mm in diameter, and joins the just announced steel and rose-gold examples, both offered with a blue or silver dial. The new yellow-gold example too features a blue tapisserie dial that we have all come to

Which one would you pick?
A) ROC B) ROO 42C) ROO 44Just outta curiosity, what are people's preference here. The 3 are all great watches but if you have to pick one, which one and WHY that one in particular.

Incoming...or so I thought?!
FedEx knocked at my door this morning and delivered a box that a jeweler's box from AP generally gets delivered in.instant...i thought did I do a deal drunk on TRF yesterday? ...then thought no...did I get my repair back from clearwater after only a week?.... and that was a definite no...so I couldn't figure it out, but I didn't want to open it quite yet. but then I did. and look what arrived! given that I've already sent two watches to Clearwater (one for repair, one for 3rd year warranty validation) and they never once sent either back in a box, Betsy promised me that she would send me one once they came back in stock.well, they kept to their word, and without warning one arrived! Looking forward to taking it with me on my next trip so that I don't need to leave my watch resting on a hotel nightstand!

Dial options for Yellow Gold Daytona on Oysterflex?
The Rolex website only shows one option for YG Daytonas on Oysterflex:But I swear I've seen at least two other variants on the forum: one all black dial, and another black with yellow subdials (panda style). Do those exist? Did owners just happen to stumble upon those dial options at an AD, or were they custom orders?It's frustrating that Rolex don't show all options on the site, especially as seeing a Daytona at an AD is a near-impossibility these days.