Audemars Piguet Grand Prix 26290IO.OO.A001VE.01

Close-Up: 5 Tissot T-Race MotoGP Watches for 2015
Tissot, longtime partner of the MotoGP World Championship ¡ª the Grand Prix of motorbike racing ¡ª presents its latest collection of Tissot T-Race MotoGP limited edition watches this year. Here’s a look.The collection is comprised of five new watches in total: one with an automatic mechanical movement, limited to 3,333 pieces, another with a quartz movement, limited to 8,888 pieces, and three other limited-edition watches personalized for a trio of MotoGP athletes and Tissot watch “ambassadors,” Nicky Hayden, Stefan Bradl, and Thomas L¨¹thi, each with a quartz movement and packaged in a racing-helmet-themed collectible box.All the new watches have a new, angular case design, with chronograph pushers inspired by the foot rests on bikes and back suspension rods attaching the straps to the cases. The black bezels and magnifying-glass date window are holdovers from Tissot’s previous MotoGP watches.The Tissot T-Race MotoGP Automatic Limited Edition 2015, with its red-an

Zegna and Sowind Form Partnership to Produce Zegna Timepieces
Ermenegildo Zegna, CEO of the Zegna Group, and Gino Macaluso, majority shareholder of Sowind Group, which heads Girard-Perregaux and Jeanrichard, have announced a partnership agreement for the design and production of Ermenegildo Zegna watches. The Ermenegildo Zegna Watch Collection will be available exclusively from Ermenegildo Zegna Flagship Stores around the world beginning next year. The agreement is long term, as is always necessary in the Haute Horlogerie sector.This partnership unites two sectors, Fashion and Haute Horlogerie, who may seem different yet share the same constant quest for perfection and the global mastery of a distinct expertise. The relationship between Gildo Zegna and Gino Macaluso is founded on common affinities in which the research of excellence, innovation and professional ethics prevail.Gildo Zegna (below, right) said: ¡°After the successful launch of the Centennial Limited Edition Watch developed in cooperation with Girard Perregaux, the natural progression

Longines is credited with making the first watch using the principle of an electric wire in 1912.
Longines is credited with making the first watch using the principle of an electric wire in 1912. Arrested and activated thread synchronization in a mechanism shown at the beginning and the end of a race.

Say hello to the Seiko SKXA33 200M Auto Diver!
Many of you know my story with this particular Seiko diver:{I gave this watch to my cousin Frank. He's a klutz with anything mechanical. So he's my cousin through marriage, and I wanted to welcome him to the family with a Seiko automatic. I had given (almost) every male (and a few females in the family) a new Seiko automatic...as I introduced the family to the world of automatics. In his (lack of) care, it fell 5 feet down from off the top shelf of the bookcase, and onto his ceramic tile floor, but it survived. During Easter dinner, I saw that he wore the watch with the crown unscrewed to the 1st position...When I asked why in the heck he wears it that way, he said that he likes it that way because he doesn't have to bother with screwing/unscrewing the crown. That INSANE behavior of his, and me witnessing all of it, made me regret the gift so much that I had to find another one for me, and treasure it more.}The Seiko SKXA33 200m Automatic Diver might just very well be the forgotten SKX

Jumbo 1-1/2 Link Thoughts
Still trying to figure out the bracelet on this one. I acquired a 1-1/2 link a while back and have been replacing it on and off with two regular links when the weather heats up or cools down. Would love to find a good happy medium where I don't have to visit the boutique every 4 months!Here are my thoughts, which I'm hoping some of you Jumbo wearers can comment on. The 1-1/2 link isn't really 1-1/2 of a regular link at all...it's more like 1-1/3 of a regular link (8mm versus 6mm). My thought is to have TWO of the 1-1/2 links put in place of THREE regular links. My math works out to a net loss of 2mm using this set-up...which in my mind is not a combination that you can achieve easily with only 1-1/2 link in the bracelet. I'd have to spring for another half link, but it may solve the problem.I know I'm over-thinking this but the bracelet is driving me nuts without a micro-adjustment. I'd hate to have to give up the watch simply becasue of frustration with sizing the bracelet.