WatchTime’s January-February 2015 Issue is On Sale Now!
The January-February issue of WatchTime is on newsstands now (and also in the WatchTime online shop), featuring our test of the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Flyback Chrono, a feature on Patek Philippe’s 175th anniversary watches, a a comparative review of four three-hand dive watches, and more. Scroll down for highlights from the issue��? In the cover feature, In-Depth Study, Jens Koch probes the depths of Blancpain’s newest dive watch, the Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Chronograph. Marcus Kruger provides the original photos of the watch and its new movement, the first 36,000-vph caliber in a Blancpain watch. (You may also download this article from the WatchTime online store.)? Chime Time,” by WatchTime executive editor Norma Buchanan, offers a detailed and fascinating look at the masterpiece of Patek Philippe’s recently unveiled 175th anniversary collection, the ultra-complicated Grandmaster Chime, as well as a look at several other notable anniversary pi

Molnar Fabry Tourbillon Art Nouveau Watch
With the increase in mass-produced luxury watches, truly limited runs (let alone unique pieces!) have never been a more attractive emotional and financial investment. Despite the global recession, the luxury watch industry seems to have not only escape unscathed, but rather has performed extremely well over the course of the last two decades. If major luxury brands were not careful, they soon found themselves in a position where their output was upped significantly to respond to the high demand �C while independent watchmakers doing masterful work have emerged to cater to those looking for something new and extremely limited in availability. The young and extremely talented?Slovakian duo of Michal Moln��r and Igor F��bry are two fitting examples, and what you see here is one of their latest creations, the?Molnar Fabry Tourbillon Art Nouveau.Images used courtesy of Molnar FabryA little over a year ago, we visited their workshop in?Bansk�� Bystrica, Slovakia, where the duo �C who both learned

Bring a Loupe: Two Tri-Compax From Universal Geneve, A Great Longines 30CH, And A Very Rare Rolex
This week's Bring A Loupe will offer you a combination of vintage chronographs and dress watches from Longines, Rolex, and Vacheron Constantin. And because you usually love Universal Geneve chronos, today you will actually find two of them! This is your Bring A Loupe for October 16, 2015. A Chronograph From Longines With The Famous 30CH Movement, Reference 6651 1 OF 12 The 30CH from Longines belongs to the small group of mythical chronograph movements, along with its predecessor, the 13ZN – the first flyback movement developed for a wristwatch back in the 1930s. The 30CH was produced until the mid-1960s, which makes this 1967 chronograph one of the last manufactured. The dial and luminous numerals display the kind of patina that make vintage watches so sexy. While I could not find much information about the 6551 reference, this 36 mm watch was properly listed in Longines archives. It comes with a Longines certificate and a vintage box; the latter is not n

Question on an Omega
A guy just called me because he was hurting for money. he said he has an old Omega f300 he will sell me. I know nothing about these watches and am interested in it but do not have any idea of a value of the watch. Can someone give me an approximate value of this Omega?The guy said he will take $175.00 for it and I dont know if its a fair price or what..ThanksShawn

So I went to my local AD today and they are not...
....interested in selling any watches! I won't mention any names or anything but check my sig and you can probably figure out which AD. I have been looking for a 3570.50 for a while and have been quoted a great price thanks to some advice from a few members on here, but I wanted to give a local dealer a chance first. Not only was I given very little help but once I made an offer I was treated kind of rudely by one salesperson. I guess my earlier purchases didn't bear any weight either (as well as my dirty jeans, boots and ball cap appearance) as I was told that they were not allowed to discount Omega in fear of getting in trouble. When I told the sales lady what I had been quoted from another out of state AD she felt like she needed to give me a class on buying a nice watch! Oh well!! The only thing I really asked for was to save me the taxes off the price they had on the watch which is still a few hundred over what I had been quoted by the other AD. Maybe I came across rude t