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Watch Experts Network: ‘Photo-Essay: Weekend in Tuscany with Tudor & Ducati’
As Tudor & Ducati teamed up for the Fastrider we were invited to join them on a fast paced weekend in Tuscany Italy. Shortly after flying into Italy we find ourselves at the Ducati headquarter in Bologna where it all started for them. Here we were welcomed for a presentation about Ducati and continued with museum visit and factory tour (sorry, strictly no photos) afterwards.Study models of the Ducati Panigale super bike. In the background a model that is (partially) made in clay with some road use components.Besides all the obvious motorbikes that are on display they also have a few display cases with electrical components as this is what Ducati actually started building in the early 30¡¯s of last century. It wasn¡¯t until 1946 that they started working on engines for bicycles, followed by motorbikes. The rest is history including the many prices they have won over the years.The Cucciolo, an engine that could be mounted to existing bicycles.During lunch we join the Tudor & Ducati

Introducing the Alpiner 4 GMT + Chronograph by Alpina
130 year old Swiss brand Alpina seems to be in the process of reinventing itself, going back to what made the company great. Alpina's original Alpine 4 from the 1930s was a watch conforming to company founder Gottlieb Hauser's four criteria for a sports watch: anti-magnetic, anti-shock, water resistant, and made of stainless steel. Such watches were intended to take on everything from mountain climbing to diving in alpine lakes.Now at Baselworld, Alpina has come out with a new version of the venerable watch ¨C the Alpiner 4. The new collection actually contains two models, both in 44mm steel cases. One is a GMT watch with Alpina's new AL-550 GMT movement, featuring an in-house GMT/24H module. The other is a bi-compax Alpina AL-860 (Sellita SW500 based) chronograph.The new Alpiner 4 goes a few better than the original criteria all for, adding a nice GMT complication. Nice because the hour hand is quick-set while the GMT hand remains stationary. Typically a GMT movement functions the othe

My modern vintage with actual vintage hairpuller..
NIB box expando kreisler bracelet on my 40mm Conquest.photos taken on my new Android Samsung Captivate.JL

Retaining ring for Sea-Lectric
Does anyone have one?

Factoid of the Day 8-11-08
from the L.A. County District Attorney's office website:Three teenage boys defrauded would-be Rolex wristwatch buyers out of more than $20,000 in an Internet scam. The boys lied about their ages and used stolen credit card account numbers to set up online auctions of the wristwatches. Photos of merchandise scanned from a Rolex catalog were used to market the nonexistent watches on the online auction sites. The boys demanded that all payments be made in cashiers¡¯ checks so that no "stop payments" could be made. Three victims sent cashiers checks totaling $22,500 before realizing they had been duped. The boys pleaded guilty and were ordered to repay the money they had stolen.