My First Grail Watch: Eric Loth
Welcome back to an original watches-dealer feature, "My First Grail Watch." In this series, we ask prominent people in the watch industry about the first timepiece that they lusted after. Today, we're speaking with Eric Loth, the founder of Graham SA, about?the grails that elude him to this day.watches-dealer (ABTW): Who are you, and what is your relationship to the watch industry?Eric Loth (EL): I'm the founder of Graham SA. I grew up in le Locle and did my engineering studies in the region. La Chaux-de-Fonds, next to Le Locle, is now the home of Graham. The Watch valley is an area I know pretty well. And this is in this region that my passion for mechanics and precision also was born.ABTW: When did your fascination with watches start?EL: I started my working life at Rado. At that time, the brand was widely recognized for its creativity and avant-garde. Advanced and different materials were used such as sapphire and cemented carbide. It made me curious and fuelled my passion and fasci

Perrelet Turbine Hentai Erotic Limited Edition Watch
Perrelet has just announced a few limited edition erotic watches based on the original Turbine. These are done in a Japanese anime style, which is often referred to as "hentai" when it deals with pornographic or erotic art. This cartoon erotic art is quite popular and has origins going back to the 19th century or earlier. Using the spinning turbine concept on the dial, the images are placed on the dial and only really visible when the turbine (activated by wrist movement) is spinning quickly.The watches themselves are 44mm wide in DLC black coated steel or titanium. They have Perrelet automatic?? P-181 movements are are matched to a rubber strap. There are a total of 8 limited edition Turbine Erotic watches - and each will be limited to just 88 pieces. This means that each of the four dial styles is available with the DLC steel or titanium case. Despite the erotic nature of these watches, these are pretty tame by erotic (and hentai) standards. Though it is nice to see Perrelet being pl

Rolex vs AP - as a watch brand
As a watch brand where do you consider AP as compared to Rolex? Is it the same league? I hear some people say that they are different leagues while others consider it to be the same.

new Richard Mille
gentlemen, Ive been starting to look at RM lately, but have never owned one. qualities that draw me to the brand are of course aesthetic design, open worked movements, curved case, movement manufacture backed by AP, the light weight, and that fact that its no longer for sale :)who has the best RM forum and any possibility of opening a RM forum here? looking for feedback from owners as far as reliability and value and models the black RM 055, especially the Asia edition with gold highlights looks amazing

New to the brand -
Happy Friday all.As a very brief intro, I live and work in Manhattan. Always been a one-watch person.I've had a few Rolexes before, but now only down to 1, the BLNR.Looking for my next watch in about ~1 year time.The 5712 / 5990 in steel has been singing to me. My question is... how readily available are these pieces?Thanks all, in advance.