Ulysse Nardin Classico Manufacture Watch
It might surprise you to learn that the Ulysse Nardin Classico Manufacture will be the first watch in the brand's Classico?range?to feature its own in-house movement. The Ulysse Nardin Classico Manufacture is a simply styled watch, with a pleasingly restrained dial that features central hour and minute hands, a going seconds sub-dial at 6 o'clock, and a small, round date window within the seconds sub-dial. Let's take a quick closer look at this new release.As expected on a restrained "Classico" watch, the hours are marked by applied thin gold lines, while 12, 3, and 9 o'clock are indicated by slender Roman numerals. All of the markers are applied, in contrast to the sub-dial surround, which is sunk into the dial. This multi-levelled approach creates a bit?more interest in a dial that could otherwise appear plain. In addition to the gold markers, the dial of the Ulysse Nardin Classico Manufacture is marked with small luminous dots. On the cream dial, these white dots are almost invisibl

Antoine Martin Perpetual Calendar Watch
Martin Braun has had a tough last couple of years. The brand with his name "Martin Braun" was owned by the Franck Muller Group before financial hardship forced them to shut it down, and they didn't have any desire to give the name back to Martin. So he took some time off, probably played some video games, and is now back with a new brand called Antoine Martin. Their first watch called the Perpetual Calendar (really guys, that is the best you could come up with after developing this cool design?) contains a brand new movement that Braun created called the Calibre AM 39.001, and has hands that look like big swords.Hands like swords so big that they remind me of typical blades seen in the modern Final Fantasy games. Even the design of the watch and case fits that art style. So I'd like to dedicate this article to my boyhood love of Final Fantasy and truly gargantuan swords. That isn't to say the hands look weird. There is a sort of space-age neo-Roman architecture going on in the case and

The new Hublot Pioneer MonoControl watch is offset by a rotating bezel
As its name implies, the new Hublot watch is a mono-pusher chronograph.The new Hublot Pioneer MonoControl watch is offset by a rotating bezel. It frames a silver or black colored dial with Superluminova-applied hands and Arabic numerals.The functions are brought to life by a Swiss ETA Valjoux 7750 movement.The new Hublot watch is mounted on a brown strap, embellished with white stitching.

First Look: Highlights From Christie's Geneva Auction This November, Including A Never Before Se
This fall is looking like it will be an amazing time to be a vintage watch lover. Last week we showed you some highlights from the Phillips November sale, and now we're back with a few highlights from the Christie's sale. The absolute highlight of this sale is a Patek Philippe perpetual calendar from 1954 – reference 2497 – but this isn't your average 2497. No, this is a fresh to market example, with a never before seen black gilt dial and luminous hands. It's likely one of a kind, and it belonged Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie. It is absolutely spectacular. The Emporer Selassie Patek Philippe 2497 With Black Dial And Luminous Hands 1 OF 15 There is absolutely nothing more exciting to watch lovers and collectors than discovering something truly new. This 2497 is a rare instance of not only discovering something entirely new, but also discovering something in truly honest, authentic condition, with indisputable provenance and importance

New ROO - Mr FedEx made a delivery!
So excited, with the new purchase. Watch weighs less than I thought it would, great feel.