In-Depth: Smoke And Mirrors In The American Watchmaking Industry
Recently there has been a resurgence of new American watch brands, selling "handmade watches,” “manufactured” and “built” in America. Bringing watch manufacturing back to the USA is a huge and exciting undertaking that a wide audience of watch customers are eagerly waiting for. The problem is, a lot of the watch brands advertising using those slogans are not telling the truth. If your watch is Made in USA, the movement inside it also needs to be made in the USA. Some background helps for clarity. A mechanical watch consists of a case, strap or bracelet, dial, hands and movement. The movement is the engine of a watch, containing all of the parts that make a watch tick. A very simple mechanical watch movement will contain around 50 individual parts. The movement is not one part, like the case is. The movement consists of the majority of parts in a mechanical watch, and is very expensive and time consuming to manufacture.

Introducing The Bremont Wright Flyer, A Limited Edition Containing A Fragment Of The World's Fir
Bremont has created some pretty special limited editions in the past, including the Codebreaker (containing material from Bletchley Park) and the HMS Victory (with oak and copper from the eponymous warship). Today Bremont unveils what might be the most ambitious watch they've produced to day, the Bremont Wright Flyer. Not only does the watch contain (according to Bremont) the company's brand new proprietary movement, but it also contains an actual piece of muslin from the wing of the Wright Flyer, the world's very first airplane. Seriously.?Honestly, Bremont is the only watchmaker that could pull off something like this. As if launching its very first in-house movement wasn't enough, it has to put a piece of the world's first airplane in the watch for good measure. It's hard not to get excited about this piece, so let's dig in. 2 OF 18 via wikipedia.org The namesake aircraft, the Wright Flyer, made the world's first powered flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in De

New FC Diver Running Very Fast....
I'm so excited to finally be an AP owner. A lot of thought went into this big purchase which arrived a few days ago. When the ceramic Diver was introduced last month and talk began about phasing out the forged carbon, I knew I had to have the FC Diver. What a beauty! I am thrilled with every aspect of this watch except....it appears to be running +45 seconds per 24hrs when on the wrist, but only about +5 seconds when off the wrist. This is VERY disappointing from a brand new watch of this caliber and cost. I doubt a break-in period would improve such a drastic deviation and I sure hate to send in a brand new watch for the case to be opened for regulating. Any suggestions or advice would be much appreciated. Here's a quick wrist shot...better photos to follow later.

Breitling Patina
Hey,My cousin just gave me a few watches of his to sell. I noticed that one of the Breitlings is not that old (has Sapphire Crystal) has patina on the dial, hands and numbers. It looks pretty cool, is this a desirable trait or does this mean there is something wrong with the watch that I should be disclosing (or do watertight cases age this way?)? The watch sets and runs well and the case was never opened. Some Macro shots

Interesting.. "Advance Research"
Interesting read especially for rookie myself...watch-wiki.net/index.php?...anced_ResearchWas searching for some info on 5550P before I close the deal.. I stumble on this link above, now I got a lot more respect for my 5235. I admit I bought my 5235 without any research, just for the look.. HAGWE! .. Jen