2011 Digital IQ Index Finds Luxury Watch Brands Lagging
L2 bills itself as a think tank for digital innovation, and each year the group releases the Digital IQ Index which ranks the digital competence of 35 leading luxury watch and jewelry brands. The newest rankings are out, and to the surprise of few, watch brands do not fare well. Find out who is gifted and who is feeble inside. L2's scores are based on brand performance in four areas of digital competence: effectiveness of the brand's website (35%), digital marketing (25%), social media (25%) and mobile (15%). Within each of these categories, L2 ranks brand efforts in several areas. For example, the “Website” category includes factors such as site technology, social media integration, product display and content, and innovation and interactivity.When the scores are tallied, the brands fall into one of five groups, based on their overall Digital IQ:140+? Genius110-139 ? Gifted90-109 ? Average70-89?? Challenged< 70?? FeebleAmong luxury watch brands, Jaeger-LeCoultre finis

Omega Speedmaster: Variations
OK. We've seen the Speedmaster in the movies. We've surveyed the Speedmaster's early years and its evolution to Professional status. And we've taken a look at how Omega reacted to the quartz crisis and its effect on the Speedmaster line �C which was one BIG variation. But on its way to iconic status, the Speedmaster has gone through other variations just as significant as the electronic models.These variations included things like straight lugs �C which were the original configuration, twisted lugs, the appearance of a crown guard, multiple case shapes, an applied �� symbol to the dial, a white "panda" dial that was exclusive to the Japanese market, sapphire crystals, different movements (including automatics), display backs, moon phases, and even a very rare perpetual calendar �C again exclusively for the Japanese market.Another oddity occasionally seen with vintage Speedmasters is the so-called "tropic" dial. "Tropic" refers to a black dial which has turned brown with age, as if it had b

Found: A Patek Philippe 3448 Perpetual Calendar Owned By Ringo Starr (Seriously)
Any auction dedicated to a member of the Beatles and his wife – a former James Bond girl – would be interesting to follow; when we discovered that the lots included a Patek reference 3448 – a rare perpetual calendar – we had to share it with our readers. Next week, on December 3rd, the auction house Julian's will offer a special collection of items from the personal collections of Ringo Starr, the drummer from the Beatles, and his wife Barbara Bach, the James Bond girl from The Spy Who Loved Me. Several lots are absolutely outstanding, including, as you can imagine, many musical instruments. The star lot is obviously a guitar that used to belong to John Lennon, who eventually gifted it to Ringo. This isn't just a collection of Ringo and Barbara ephemera and memorabilia, by the way; the auction was actually curated by the couple as well. 1 OF 6 One lot really captured our attention despite its sober title: "Ringo Starr Patek Phil

Omega Aqua Terra wrist shots
The AT is growing on me, gentlemen please show your AT wrist shot!

AD with everything you want!
Went to pick in my SkyD today and the AD had everything one would want. They had one SkyD in white, and couple TT SkyD as well. They were lot of SS subs and GMT as well.But this would be the ones everyone would drool for.BLNR-this was already soldHULKSD43The store manager said he could get me a Daytona C too if I wanted to in 5-6 months if I make full payment. Sent from my ONEPLUS A5000 using Tapatalk