Basel Preview: Fr��d��rique Constant Vintage Racing Collection
Fr��d��rique Constant will present the Vintage Racing Collection at Baselworld 2011. The marque has been involved with various classic car events around the world in past years, and this new collection was created in particular to celebrate the latest edition of The Ultimate Driving Adventure: Peking to Paris. Find pricing inside. Having been the official timekeeper of numerous events celebrating classic Austin Healey cars since the beginning of this century, the brand recently announced its role as the Official Timekeeper of the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge. During this challenging motoring event, 100+ passionate crews competed in a 9,000 mile race, driving their extraordinary cars from Peking to Paris. Frederique Constant captures the feel of these cars in this new Vintage Racing Collection.The Vintage Racing timepieces are distinguished by a hand-polished 43mm case in 316L stainless steel and feature three different dial options. Elegant versions come with a silver dial, animated b

My 5711 Has a Brother From a Different Mother
A few weeks ago I received a call my 5711 arrived. It was originally expected before the end of the year. Couldn't get to the AD until this past Saturday. It is the first time I've seen one in the flesh.

Thoughts on BLNR to become a PM?
I'm thinking they will give the Batman the new movement next year but only in WG and they will discontinue the SSThoughts?I feel like they would do this instead of discontinuing the BLNR altogether

Get ready for a Platinum Submariner at Basel 2018
Most of you won't agree, however I predict that a platinum Submariner will be released at Basel this year, makes sense because the other 2 icons are made in platinum as well and the sub is the icon without a platinum model.... I'm not sure of color scheme maybe that ice blue color dial and bezelSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Rolex Accuracy Revisited
There have been countless OP/threads pertaining to the everyday accuracy of a COSC certified Rolex and those concerns are often justified (to some extent) given that one is paying a premium price for a premium mechanically engineered timepiece.That said, perhaps it is time to draw the line on unreasonable expectations and any potential disappointments. Case in point. My 16610 is currently keeping time to within +1.5 seconds per day and that amounts to roughly +45 seconds per 30 days. On the other hand, my Seiko 6T63 chronograph is running within an amazing +1 second per month. While we are comparing apples with oranges, two additional factors need to be taken into consideration.The COSC rating for a mechanical watch is -4/+6 seconds per day and for a COSC quartz model it's +/- .07 seconds per day. Anything above or beyond those figures is an added bonus. In the case of ordinary quartz watches, most non-COSC models are rated at about +/- 10-15 seconds per month and as far as non-COSC me