The First Watches To Account For Leap Seconds, From Hoptroff London
The calendar complication is one of the more commonly seen complications in mechanical wristwatches. One thing they don't do is keep track of leap years where an extra day is added to February. To correctly show February's leap day, you would need a perpetual calendar complication in your watch, which is comparatively much more complicated, and much more expensive than a normal calendar complication. Beyond leap days and years, there are leap seconds. Leap seconds are applied to coordinated universal time on an occasional basis, to account for a small irregularity in the Earth's orbit. What if you wanted to take the accuracy of your watch one step further, and keep track of leap seconds? Then, you definitely need a Hoptroff watch. 1 OF 1 Hoptroff makes hyper-accurate wristwatches, using both mechatronic quartz (1 second per year accuracy) and atomic (1 second per millenium accuracy) movements. Hoptroff has announced that on June 30th at 23:59:59 GMT, their wat

Bring a Loupe: A Rare Speedmaster, Two Chronographs With Famous Movements, And A French Diver's
This week's Bring A Loupe brings us back to the 1950-'60s era with some rare watches from Longines, Minerva, and Rolex. Time-only, chronograph, and dive watches are all represented here, underlining the timeless beauty of vintage timepieces. We have also selected the best lots from an upcoming Omega auction in Sweden, including a very nice Omega Speedmaster with an interesting orange hand. This is your Bring A Loupe for October 23, 2015. A Very Rare Longines, The Reference 2160 With Mushroom Pushers 1 OF 12 Usually, I don't feature non-functioning watches but I had to make an exception for this Longines from the 1930's. You can immediately see how rare it is, with one glance at its mushroom pushers and another at the legendary 13-ZN movement with fly-back function. The downside of this watch is obviously its poor condition, from a washed-up dial to a movement that needs some serious servicing. It is evidently too special to be called a project watch

All the Omegas in the family
This is my 1975 Constellation calibre 711 stainless steel and solid gold integrated bracelet ref 155.0022/355.0815 (belonged to my father who passed away)This is my SMP 300 Ref 2254.50.00This is my wife's Aquaterra Quartz ref 2577.30.00A group photo: Hope you like it,Best,

Incoming 3 piece collection (2 Rolexes, 1 IWC)
Just got my 114060 today to complete what I anticipate will be my 3 piece set for the next several years. DateJust - Dress with black shoes. IWC - Dress with brown shoes. Sub - All-purpose. Thoughts? If I were to eventually add a fourth, what should I consider?Thanks!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

A question for "Past" Deep Sea Owners...
I remember seeing a Deep Sea at an AD when it first came out...I thought it was a super looking watch...!!!Tried it on, but found it to be to thick...and I have an 8 wrist...Now I know that To Thick is a relative term and it's all personal preference...And I only had the watch on for a few moments...But I saw someone wearing one today and it looked so good...And not over the top at all...So I am just curious to hear the comments of people who have owned and worn them on a regular basis for a while...but ended up selling them...