Bedat & Co No. 3 Automatic

Van Cleef & Arpels "Art On The Dial" Allows For Convenient Custom Watches
The ultimate luxury, for anyone, is getting something made custom for you. This can come in many forms but custom art is the best, in my opinion. Custom watches have been around for as long as there has been a watch industry. The idea is that a client goes to "their brand" and says "make this for me." Then the brand decides if one, they can do it, and two, making it doesn't degrade the brand.Today, the idea of custom work from a major brand doesn't often cross the minds many. I think Westerners aren't as used to it as Easterners. In fact, in the watch world, most customization is done for Asian people. Yes, it is a cultural thing, but I think people there are more used to the concept that they can ask. Would you, for instance, assume that you can go into a Vacheron Constantin boutique and ask for a totally custom watch? Well, you can.From an artistic standpoint, one of my favorite watch and jewelry houses is Van Cleef & Arpels. I sat down with them and they shared with me details a

Antoine Preziuso Power Inside Unlimited Watch
There is nothing really innovative about this watch aside from the new convoluted way it talks about having a power reserve indicator on the dial. High-end brand Antoine Preziuso makes some interesting stuff, but I can never pronounce the "Preziuso" part of it without sounding like I have something between a speech impediment and a learning disability. It comes out sounding like my tongue spontaneously went numb while trying to speak - another "sorry I am American" moment I guess. This new "Power Inside Unlimited" model is neat looking, but is much more for show than it is for great mechanical appreciation.Speaking of show, "Power Inside" really reminds me of what He-Man used to say, "I have the power!" And so do you. Then something about the "power of Grayskull..." The point of this Antoine Preziuso Power Inside Unlimited watch is to have a damn large power reserve indicator in order to have the wearer always remember that YOU, the dude wearing the watch, have the power inside you to

NAWCC - The beginning of time.
Have you ever wondered why 'time' seems to drag out when you are bored or unhappy, but speed up when you are having fun? Yet time is constant! Therefore because our human body is a very inaccurate clock, man has been inventing timepieces from the beginning of time. Feeling hungry or tired is just not an accurate enough measurement of time.Actually man started to track time as far back as :4200BC - Egyptians calender using 365 days.2400BC - Egyptian Shadow clocks.1400BC - Egyptian 'Clepsydra' (Greek word for water clock - literally means 'water thief')250BC - Widespread use of sundials in Greece and Babylonia.200AD- Su Sung's marvelous masterpiece of time. This elaborate invention was powered by water (Clepsydra)Of course all of the above inventions had major drawbacks, sundials need sun! Water clocks, the water can freeze or evaporate. Man had to some how record time more accurately - Why? Well first reason was surely the churches/religion, allowing people to pray at the right t

Never thought I would see the day...
Where a respected seller in TRF classifieds would refer to an Omega SeaMaster Professional ref# 2254.50 as rare but I kinda guess they have become so. Don't see many for sale like a few years ago and finding one in mint condition is becoming quite the rare sighting indeed.

Patek or Rolex
Hi all, just wanted some input as i just purchased my first real watch earlier this year a Tudor Heritage Chrono, and now i am looking to make the next jump to another very real watch. My budget would be 7.5k-10k i am open to new or vintage. Any ideas on what would age well to either wear or put away for a rainy day?Cheers