Baume & Mercier & Classima Executives XL Automatic 42mm

De Bethune, TAG Heuer, Zenith and Others Take Top Prizes at 2011 Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix
More than 1,500 personalities from the watchmaking world turned out at the Grand Th¨¦atre de Gen¨¨ve on Saturday November 19 for the 2011 Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix awards ceremony. The ¡°Aiguille d¡¯Or¡± prize for the watch of the year went to the De Bethune’s DB28. Created in 2001, and now under the aegis of the Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix Foundation, this event salutes international watchmaking excellence and annually rewards the finest creations and the most important figures in the watchmaking world. It thereby contributes to promoting horology and its prime values ¨C namely innovation, a will to pass on expertise and the quest for excellence.LAUREATES OF THE GPHG 2011– ¡°Aiguille d¡¯Or¡± Grand Prix: De Bethune, DB28– Best Ladies¡¯ Watch Prize: Boucheron, Crazy Jungle Hathi– Best Men¡¯s Watch Prize: Herm¨¨s, Arceau Le Temps Suspendu– Best Design Watch Prize: Urwerk, UR-110– Best Jewellery and Artistic Crafts Watch Prize: Van Cleef & Arpels, Lady Ar

Time Spec: 1970's British Military Asymetrical Chronographs
For over a decade, four companies ¨C Hamilton, CWC, Newmark, and Precista – supplied simple, sturdy, 30-minute chronographs to the British military. Their classic black, 2-register dials, workhorse Valjoux 7733 movements, and asymmetrical case design led to high usability and keep them popular and influential today.IntroIn the early 1970s, while the United States maintained and grew its military in response to the conflict in Southeast Asia and its cold war with the Soviet Union, the British government was in the process of reducing its armed forces in both size and cost. As a very small part of these austerity measures, the UK Ministry of Defense (MoD) revised the Defense Standard (DEF-STAN) that prescribed the design characteristics of military pilots' watches to allow for cheaper, commercially available movements to be used. This change allowed manufactures to begin using one of the classic workhorse chronograph movements of the 1970s: the Valjoux 7733. This movement and the un

Single Wolf Winder
Hello I just received as a gift a used Single Watch Winder by Wolf (Tourneau is stamped on the cover)no instructions so I am at a bit of a loss as this is my first winderalso where do I find the model number to even ask info? I found a 4 digit number stamped into the cover.0408...is this the model?thanksjjrolex

Patek Boutique / AD survival skills
ok, as we all know the so called entry of Patek are 5167 and 5711but as we all know again, it seems like you can't find / buy a 5167 and especially 5711 blue dial at any Patek Boutique or ADneed to put our name and wait for like 3 yearsis just like cars, BMW need to sell more 3 and 5 series to sustain their business, is not like everybody buying a 7 seriesSo how do they survive? I don't feel like people just walk in and buy Grand Complications and Repeater on a monthly basis.just curious

Hodinkee - Talking Watches with Jean - Claude Biver
Another excellent instalment of Talking Watches.I never realised that Jean-Claude Biver was a PP collector.(I still can't stand Hublot's though )