Letters To The Editor: How Modern Watchmakers Are Grappling With One Of Breguet's Greatest Inventions (And It's Not The Tourbillon)
This is a wonderful question, that deserves a careful response.Before we can talk about the natural escapement, let's get on the same page about what an escapement does. In a mechanical wristwatch, an escapement translates rotational energy into lateral impulses that is, it turns the rotating of gears into the back-and-forth movement of the balance wheel.  There are lots of different types of escapements, but the most popular (by far) is the lever escapement. The lever escapement gives the balance wheel a push in each direction, causing it to oscillate until the watch runs out of power. Laurent Ferrier's natural escapement in action The lever escapement does this by introducing a lever (the pallet fork) in between the escape wheel and balance staff. The lever escapement is so popular because it is easy to manufacture and adjust, while being very sturdy. The problem with the lever escapement is that the type of push, or impulse, that it uses produces s

Brietling Chronomat Evolution Two Tone
What are your views on the Brietling Chronomat Evolution Two Tone with Blue dial, just sold this last month and starting to regret it slightly!!

Patek 5980/1R
Whilst on my travels in Florence I visited the PP dealer on the Ponte Vecchio and a very kind sales woman showed me a 5980/1R that had just arrived that morning! She explained that it will never be put in the window and that it will only be brought out to people showing interest in the Nautilus range or offered to their best customers. She also explained that they get one SS model of a few references a year which are sold to her top Italian customers. A cool story I thought I would share, if you ever get the chance I would highly recommend visiting! There is also a quirky AP Boutique on the bridge.

Fantastic Rolex Academy Award Ad
Bravo Rolex!!!

After thorough review, this watch needs to be in EVERYONES collection.
Let me first start by saying I was wrong.I'll admit whenever someone would bring up Tudor, I'd roll my eyes. All this talk about the Black Bay on the forums. Why would I care about a watch that was budget version of a Submariner? Especially since I have many Rolex divers...... stupid me.My snobbish attitude towards Tudor kept me away from probably one of the best modern sport watches of our time. Fast forward to the Vegas GTG. My brothers graduation was coming up, so I decided to get a Black Bay Heritage ETA for him. I ended up winning another Tudor in the raffle (Hurray TRF!) and chose another BB ETA for myself.I get home, look at it for a bit and throw it in the safe. It might as well have been lost in between all the other watches. Even the Rolex stable wasn't getting much time since I've been in the AP/PP pool, why would the Tudor see the light of day again?Months go by, and I figure why not let's put it on. I love my five digits, but they felt a bit undersized and fragile. My six