New York Times On: Watch Advertising, Obsessive Watch Geeks
It is charming when you have someone who doesn't know a lot about watches do an article on the watch industry. That isn't to say that the journalist erred in their reporting, but rather that there is a degree of naivete to the tone regarding the topic of discussion, which is watch advertising. A lot of people correctly point out that there is a lot of consistency among watch advertising. You see the hands in the same orientation most of the time, and the date often has an "8" in it, or is at 31. The orientation of the hands is usually at about 10:10. There is nothing at all significant about this time, it is all aesthetics any symmetry. Two hands pointing up in a more or less symmetrical position just seems to look better.The article points out how watch ads of old basically had the hands in the opposite position pointing down. It was then decided that hands pointing down, just look "down," and the trend was then to place them pointing up. The whole point of any watch ad is to make the

New Angular Momentun Eglomise Portait Watches: The Imperial Russian Collection
Did you know that watches make a good place to put paintings, other than just the plebeian task of telling the time? Thats right, don't waste valuable art real estate when you could be toting around portraits of dead aristocrats on your wrist.Knowing this obvious fact, Swiss watch company Angular Momentum has been making Eglomise watches for a while, and their new "Imperial Russian Collection" is perhaps the stateliest yet! They are part of Angular Momentum's Artisan Collection, which are produced at their Swiss location outside of Bern. How many times have you wished that you could carry around Admiral Ushakov on your wristand closer to your heart. Well, your ship just arrived, now you can. The collection of finely painted watch faces includes such favorites as 1) General Suvorov, 2) Admiral Ushakov, 3) Admiral Kutuzov, 4) Czar Peter The Great, 5) the Russian Empires Big Coat of Arms, 6) the Imperial Double-Headed Eagle, and more!For those of you curious how Angular Momentum can get

AT 38.5mm pic request
Hi guys.I was just wondering if any of you have wrist shots of a 8500 AT midsize on anything close to a 7.25 inch wrist.I'm about a hairs breadth away from taking the plunge but, since I live in a remote location miles from an AD, I'm considering my first ever Internet watch purchase. I've seen and handled the 42mm in the steel and liked the finish but not the size/proportions so it would be great to see a 38.5mm on a similarly sized wrist to mine.Here's a pic of my sub to give you some sense of the scale of it on my wrist...

good decision
Hi guys,Not long ago I flipped my 5712 that I dearly loved, to finance part of a very good investment, I had hesitated to sell the AP but decided to sell the PP as the AP had a very special number for me.So happy I did, it's been discontinued and seems they made less than 600, so it's quite limited and exclusive IMO, how many 5712 do you think have been made throughout the years? Probably much more but how many? around 5-6000? Anyone know how many were made each year? In any case as much as I loved my Patek getting it back will be way easier than a CE diver, plus the prices might soar due to unavailability��.

INCOMING - Another Boring FIRST PP
Yay! I'm part of the family, finally�� with my new 5712R Loving every aspect of this watch�� My first PP, and my first RG watch��I hope to post a user review some time soon Merry Christmas everyone!