Thierry Stern Takes Over the Presidency of Patek Philippe
Patek Philippe has officially announced that at the end of August, 2009, Thierry Stern took over the presidency of Patek Philippe SA Geneva and was appointed President of the Board of Directors, taking over from his father Philippe Stern. With this move, Patek Philippe confirms its mission as a family run business that is now in the hands of the fourth generation. Born in 1970, Thierry Stern grew up in the world of watchmaking. As of 1990, he embarked on a hands-on training path which took him on regular intervals from production workshops to business management, with time spent working with subsidiaries and retailers in both Germany then the USA. From 1997 to 1998, Thierry was in charge of the Benelux market. In 1998, he was appointed head of the Creation department and quickly took part in group strategic decisions by taking over the position of Vice-President.A Family Business Carried Over From Father to SonFounded in 1839 by Antoine Norbert de Patek who was joined by Jean-Adrien Ph

Kid Gets Grieb & Benzinger Area 51 Luxury Watch, With Aliens
Grieb & Benzinger themselves personally shared with me that they never thought they would make a watch quite like this. Called the Area 51, this absolute unique timepiece borne of hand-decoration and fantastic German artistic skills is about space aliens. Oh, and we'd like to have a little "caption contest" with readers, just read more belowDon't forget that the client personally needed to OK the brand sharing details about the watch. Any brand that produces custom watches for special customers don't share the designs by default. In fact some of biggest Swiss watchmakers have impressive bespoke services producing amazing watches that you will never see. We've seen someand I have to say some of the world's most high-end unique timepieces are either awe-inspiring, or just plain hilarious.The people who brought you marvels such as the Black Tulip (our webmaster's favorite watch of all time) and Blue Danube also bring you shocked-looking metallic 1950's era movie space aliens with prec

Question about a new Seamaster PO rubber strap?
I really like the new orange and black rubber strap for the new 2016 omega Seamaster PO (I will include a picture) and i want to order one for my 45.5mm Seamaster PO i got from 2015.My question is if I got the strap for the new 45.5mm chronograph Seamaster will it fit the older model case of the same size?

Lume 5167 a bit shoddy
I bought a 10x loupe lol Everyone warned me don't look at your rolex! Unfortunately I found nothing wrong with my rolex but found something I didn't care for on my patek. Go figure.The lume on the hour hand is sort of rough and poorly applied. The result is a noticeable dark spot on the hand, particularly when glowing.Not sure I even care but maybe PP would replace it under warranty? Couldn't get a good picture, sorry ImageUploadedByTapatalk1421946624.056778.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1421946632.576598.jpg

Impure thoughts...
I struggled hard to overcome the voices in my head daring me to run out the door clutching these treasures at the Christie's viewing in Hong Kong...PP5016PPP5207G and 5074JLuckily, I am far too honest (and I hear Chinese jails aren't very good!), so I satisfied myself listening to the musical chimes before handing them back to the auctioneers...MW