BEST FROM: watches-dealer & Friends June 5, 2015
This month, we once again?have the pleasure of checking out?an eclectic mix of mechanical timepieces. To begin, there's Cabestan's wild Triple Axis Tourbillon watch, Bovet's distinctive Amadeo Virtuoso VII Retrograde Perpetual Calendar watch, and a new version of De Bethune DB25QP Perpetual Calendar watch.Moving on, we have noticed that after many years of large watches, it seems that smaller and more modestly-sized watches are in vogue now. The question, however, is are you man enough to wear a smaller watch? And with Star Wars opening at the end of this year, we imagine how some Star Wars watches would look if they were made by popular Swiss brands.Apple's new smart watch is a different and special kind of watch, and so it warrants a long-term review to accurately reflect its?capabilities. So, this month, we begin?our roundup with another look at the Apple Watch after having spent?a month with it. Is it really useful? And can it replace our trusty mechanical watches? Read the finding

Jean Dunand Shabaka Watch
It isn't still a new release, but it is still darn good. The Shabaka watch by Jean Dunand is a special style of watch that takes a bit from the world of art deco (look up artist Jean Dunand and you'll understand), and what feels like British mod artists in the early 1980s would have come up with if commissions to make a space ship (but a watch) designed by the ancient Egyptians. All that and a bag of tricks (the movement) as dreamed up and manufactured by Christophe Claret. The Egyptian theme is no accident either. The watch is intentionally done in this manner. The name "Shabaka" even refers to one of the Egyptian pharaohs who lived around 700 BC.The Shabaka watch starts with a specially made Christophe Claret Calibre CLA88QPRM manually-wound movement. Complications are plentiful including a perpetual calendar three cylinder displays. The dial shows the time, day, date, month, leap year, and moon phase. This might be the first appearance of the cylinder style information window. This

Found: Two Incredible Pocket Watches From Girard-Perregaux, Including A Tourbillon With Three Bridges Over 150 Years Old
The romantic notion of a handmade watch is one that doesn't stand very much exposure to the present world of watchmaking. For many decades, the overwhelming majority of components found in series produced watches have been produced by multi-axis milling machines, and if today you visit pretty much any watch manufactory from the smallest to the largest, you'll see that most parts are being made by computer controlled (CNC) machines. There are any number of practical reasons why this is so, of course (and in general, everyone has benefited, including consumers) but it's interesting to look back occasionally to watches made at a time when handmade meant just that – and when the skill of the hands doing the making was instantly visible. These two pocket watches, from Girard-Perregaux, represent the absolute acme of the art of watchmaking in the 19th century, and a range of manual skills that in some cases at least are for all intents and purposes extinct.The two pocket wa

Which AP's do you own? What do you do for a living? Which AP do you want next?
I am 30yo. I am an entrepreneur and a bar owner. I have a 42mm black dial SS ROO and a 42mm navy ROO. Hopefully soon I can save enough money for the new 42mm gold ROO. I love the 44mm ROO as well. But with my 6 small wrist, I look ridiculous wearing those beautiful pieces.

36mm DJ on Leather
I have a 36m DJ , i wonder what the leather options are , does anyone manufacture bright colours in ladies sizes my wife finds the 26mm small and hard to read , the 36mm chunky with a metal bracelet Any suggestion please