Panerai Reveals New Luminor Rattrapante for SIHH 2013
Calling all Paneristi: the first of Panerai’s new crop of watches to be launched at next month’s SIHH watch fair in Geneva has been revealed: it is a split-seconds chronograph in a titanium case, bearing the reference number PAM00530 and the name Luminor 1950 Rattrapante 8 Days Titanio.The watch’s split-seconds chronograph function (also known as a rattrapante) has a vertical clutch and twin column wheels. It operates two hands that are superimposed and partially independent: the first is entirely controlled by the pusher at 8 o'clock, which starts, stops and resets the chronograph hand; the second, controlled by the button at 10 o'clock, is used for measuring partial times or a second event simultaneous with the first. The hand of the small minutes counter moves in jumps, rather than continuously, which Panerai says makes it easier to read.The movement that powers these and the watch’s other functions is Panerai’s P.2006, entirely developed and assembled

Rotonde de Cartier Mystery Watch Versus The Levitas
The term "mystery" (whether in English or French) as applied to a clock or watch means that some part of its mechanism or operation is hidden from the user. In this case it means that you can't immediately see how the hands are attached. Two watches in 2013 battle it out for your less than mystery dollars.It might be fair to say that the real distinction of a "mystery" watch innovator goes to Swiss brand Quinting. Those guys make some wildly interesting electronic quartz watches that for years have used transparent sapphire crystals to mount hands in order to create an "invisible setting" effect. They have cool stuff like chronographs and other interesting watches that apply this principle. While neat, I think Quinting still struggles a bit given their high price and quartz movement interior. That isn't to say that aren't pretty fantastic. On the mechanical watch front, you have some new mystery watch options from Konstantin Chaykin, and now Cartier.I'd say that Cartier was one of the

Characteristics of Vacheron Constantin Quai watch
Called to Constantin Quai de l'Ile, the watch is an improved version of the wharf of the island, will feature a retrograde annual calendar. The QRA 2460 Caliber is enclosed in a case of 43 mm pink or white gold. Equipped with an indication of the phase of the Moon, needs correction only one calendar once every 122 years.

TAG Heuer Will Relaunch The Autavia In 2017 �C And Fans Get To Choose The Model
Have you ever caught yourself staying up way, way too late, looking at vintage watches online and wishing they would make a return to the market? I know I have – and a long time before my job made it acceptable. Well if you’re part of that club, there’s good news on the way from TAG Heuer. 1 OF 17 Following a conversation with Jeff Stein at On The Dash – a must read for vintage Heuer fans –  TAG Heuer has announced a campaign asking the public which vintage Autavia chronograph they want to see re-launched in 2017. A racer’s watch, developed in the 1960s, it’s one of the Heuer's “Big Three,” along with the Carrera and the Monaco, and both reference 2446 and reference 3646 have been gaining momentum in the secondhand market. Born in 1962, the Autavia Chronograph is named after a series of “Automobile” and “Aviation” dashboard timekeepers launched 30 years prior. Made for ra

Rolex travel case?
I've seen a couple of these pictures of what looks like some kind of grey Rolex case pop up on my Instagram feed. What is this -some kind of Rolex travel case?