Grieb & Benzinger Create Unique Skeletonized Chronograph “The Blue Wave”
Grieb & Benzinger’s workshop has created a unique piece for the discerning collector, called The Blue Wave. The 46mm rose gold piece features a rare Minerva monopusher column wheel chronograph movement created circa 1925. The movement has been hand skeletonized, hand engraved, and hand guilloch��d in the Grieb & Benzinger style, resulting in a deeply-textured three-dimensional space that draws and holds the eye. In its heyday, Minerva was one of the finest chronograph makers in the world. They were among the first to incorporate a minute counter. Minerva named its company after the Roman goddess. Traces of this Roman deity can be found again and again in fine watchmaking��even A. Lange & S?hne has immortalized the goddess on its most exclusive pocketwatch cases.Grieb & Benzinger’s typical blue platinum coating of the base plate has found its way into this new unique piece. The base plate was first hand-skeletonized to its barest minimum in characteristic wave

M��hle Glash��tte Seebattailon GMT Review
One of the things that sets M��hle Glash��tte's sport watches apart is that some of their designs are driven by collaborations with military/government groups with specific needs. A perfect example of this is with their S.A.R. Rescue Timer, which was designed with the needs and desires of Germany's S.A.R. teams, who needed a watch built like none other. The end result is a truly unique and robust timepiece that can more than stand day-to-day wear.At BaselWorld 2013, M��hle released a new collaborative piece, the Seebattailon GMT. Designed to suit the needs of the German Seebattailon (Marine Battalion), a unit within the German Navy that is regularly deployed around the world, the watch brings together many great features and a clean look. It's a 300m titanium GMT diver with M��hle's extensively in-house altered ETA 2893-2 movement inside. It's very lightweight for a large tool diver, thanks to the titanium, and has one of the nicest GMT dial executions around. It also has a very elegant pa

Joined the Speedy Club with a FOIS
I had my heart set on a Moonwatch for years however while researching I came across the FOIS and I did confuse me as I didn't know which one to go for...so much I did end up making a thread about it: https://.rolexforums/showthread.php?t=520144 Thank you to all those who contributed to the thread with your opinions, I tried on both many times and with the impending Omega price rise in the UK (comes into effect in 3 days from now) I had to be quick but in the end I picked up a FOIS today from the Omega shop in Regent Street, London. I am really happy with the choice and the service I received from the shop was unreal, cannot recommend them enough. In the bag alongside the watch was the normal complimentary swag but they let me take home a brand new Moonwatch Only Speedmaster guide book which after looking on the internet has an RRP of a few hundred ��'s. Some pics:

Alternative bands with Seamasters?
I'd like to see some pics of seamasters with aftermarket bands that people like. I'm pretty new to the watch thing, and I plan on getting a Seamaster GMT as my first automatic watch. The NATO bands seem to be popular. Any other suggestions for different bands? I'll work up to a Rolex in a few years. My conscience won't let me buy a Rolex until my house is payed off in a couple of years. I thought I might start with an Omega, and learn about Rolex over the next few years.david

Patek Philippe 5205: Ill-fitting aperture surround
All,I am currently considering the purchase of a Patek Philippe annual calendar, weighing the 5396 against the 5205. In both cases, I am slightly frustrated by the placement of the central pin on the '24' of the 24 hour dial. Moreover, in the case of the 5205, I cannot understand why the metal date aperture surround does not conform to the shape of the actual opening, extending beyond it and leaving an odd gap. Does anyone have any insight on these design decisions?Thanks