Complicated All-Wood Watches By Valerii Danevych
Ukrainian Valerii Danevych makes wood watches with actual wooden movements. "It's a functional work of art." ?This is a phrase that can sometimes be thrown around with reckless abandon - especially when it comes to our beloved watches. ?To be sure, mechanical watches - regardless of their vintage - are engineering marvels, given that they give us a miniature machine that tracks the passage of the day. ?We've recently caught wind of some mechanical watch designs that are very worthy of being called works of art - and functional ones at that.First things first - yes, these are truly made of wood. ?But make no mistake - these are quite different from other wooden watches that have hit the market from companies like WeWood?, Sprout?, or assorted Kickstarter projects.? Those other makes feature wooden cases (and sometimes bracelets), but the movement working away inside is the very familiar (and very non-wooden) quartz-driven type. ?For these watches from Valerii Danevych, every single piec

Introducing: The Villeret Tourbillon Bi-Cylindrique 110 Years Anniversary Limited Edition, A Surpris
Montblanc has just decided to surprise us with an anniversary piece that is, much, much more baroque than what we’re accustomed to seeing lately from the Villeret-based manufacture.This year’s collection, presented during SIHH, reaffirmed Montblanc’s commitment to high-end watches with classic features such as the Heritage Chronométrie Annual Calendar Chronograph and the 4810 Day-Date. That is, until its latest addition to the 2016 lineup.The Villeret Tourbillon Bi-Cylindrique 110 Years Anniversary is a watch you’d expect from the likes of Richard Mille, and other independent names that are not bound by traditionalism or corporate behavior. But the slithering serpent sneaking inside its dial is not just there to provide a visual thrill or to provoke. 1 OF 2 Circa 1920, a "Rouge et Noir" fountain pen. It is a nod to the maison’s first fountain pen series, the famous “Rouge et Noir” collection, introduced in 1909. In fa

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Omega Lume Questions...
I have a couple of questions regarding Omega lume.The lume on my old Seamaster and PO 2500 was of course, green and absolutely superb.The lume on my new Seamaster Ceramic and PO 8500 is blue, with green on the minute hands and lume pips and IMHO, isn't nearly as good as the old green lume.Question one: Why did Omega make this change? I know Rolex is using blue lume on some of their models now, too. Was it to try and keep up with them, or is there some reason blue lume would be better? It just isn't as bright.Question two: I read on a different Omega forum that Omega was using Seiko lume (Lumibrite?) This makes no sense. Lumibrite is Seiko's proprietary lume. I thought Omega would/does use Super Luminova. Please clarify.For comparison sake, below are lume pics of my old PO 2500 followed by my new PO 8500.TIA,-MarcPO 2500PO 8500

Hello from Houston...
Just wanted to say hello as I am new TRF pledge member...I have lots of hobbies and interests and have always had an appreciation for luxury time pieces. I am at a point in my life where I would like to learn more about watches and add to my small watch collection.There are six or so Rolexes that have caught my eye including: Hulk, Kermit, Batman, DeepSea D-Blue Dial, new Daytona C white dial, and the new Skydweller blue dial... just to name a few.Also have some strong attraction to Patek and JLC time pieces as well. So hopefully over the course of several years some of these time pieces will end up in my watch case.I just finished reading Collecting Luxury Watches by Leonard Lowe on our cruise last December. I enjoyed it and gained some insight into the watch world. I am looking for other good books on this subject if anyone has ones to suggest.I am also a big fan of Ben Clymer and his Hodinkee videos on youtube, especially the one featuring John Mayer. https://.youtube/watch?v=a