Bring a Loupe: An Original Lange Tourbillon, A Tiffany-Signed Explorer, A Very Fake Universal Geneve
The selection for this week's Bring A Loupe doesn't have any particular theme – its aim was simply to find some of the coolest watches available right now. You will find one of the greatest Lange watches ever made; a Rolex Explorer with a very special dial; and an electric blue Memovox from Jaeger-LeCoultre. There will also be one Universal Geneve that you should not be willing to buy under any circumstances. And you will discover why a Patek was recently sold for 10 times its initial estimate. This is your Bring A Loupe for December 11, 2015. A Lange & Sohne Tourbillon Pour le Merite, One Of The Four Founding Models 1 OF 12 In Walter Lange's own words, the Tourbillon Pour le Mérite was the "technical masterpiece" of Lange re-birth in 1994. It was indeed the first time that a wristwatch featured a fusee-and-chain transmission, coupled with a tourbillon. And this superlative model is fitted in a case only 39 mm in diameter. The

Watching the advertisements for Omega on the television...
President Kennedy: ...this and the other thing... I got goose bumps watching the advertisements for Omega on the television, this week! I sez to wifey, Omega! How 'bout you?!

In Geneva
What else do you wear on a weekend when traveling? Off to the Patek Museum in an hour and will post as the day progresses

This just sickens me..
Look at the junk this eBay seller is offering:.ebay/sch/lux2you/m.ht...p2047675.l2562What's even worse is how many times they have managed to get away with this!Look at the feedbacks! Hundreds of people ripped off!:feedback.ebay/ws/eBayISAP...ab=AllFeedback

My fellow obsessives
Is the shade/color of the blue dial the same on the DJ 41 as the Day/Date white gold model? I believe the latter dial is a slightly brighter blue. Thoughts? Also, what are your opinions of the way the Roman numerals are laid out on the white gold Day/Date models? For example, instead of IV for the number 4, it reads llll. Why do you think they chose that layout? Aesthetics?