Blancpain Fifty Fathoms 2200-1130

New Ernst Benz ChronoDiver Supports Charity
The ChronoDiver concept was conceived more than two years ago when Ernst Benz’s designer and managing director Leonid Khankin met with Mr. Benz at BASELWORLD. During the meeting, Mr. Benz presented Mr. Khankin with an original diving watch prototype from the 1980s. The original inspired this new model. Designed and manufactured in Switzerland, the ChronoDiver will be introduced in Ernst Benz¡¯s signature 47mm size and it will be offered with either a black or white dial with original hands reminiscent of Benz¡¯s dashboard instrumentation. The highly legible Arabic Super-LumiNova numerals are framed in polished steel. The watch features a rotating bezel marked for 60 minutes to measure the length of a dive and a graduated scale for the first 15 minutes to make it easier for the diver to measure his descent. The watch will be delivered with a rubber strap, the company¡¯s hand-stitched alligator strap or a stainless steel bracelet and will be an individually numbered series. The Chrono

My First Grail Watch: Kari Voutilainen
Welcome back to an original watches-dealer feature, "My First Grail Watch." In this series, we ask prominent people in the watch industry about the first timepiece that they lusted after. Today, we're speaking with Kari Voutilainen, a watchmaker who owns his exclusive brand, Kari Voutilainen.watches-dealer (ABTW): Who are you, and what is your relationship to the watch industry?Kari Voutilainen: I am first and foremost a watchmaker. I also have a watch company in which we are making our own in-house movements, as well as dials and hands. My production is extremely exclusive and I will keep it this way. My relation is good with watch industry - actually we are part of it - but we are very independent. This is because we don¡¯t have suppliers - we do everything by ourselves.ABTW: When did your fascination with watches start?Kari Voutilainen: When I was a child, we had a family friend who had a watch shop, and was also a watchmaker.ABTW: A great way to be introduced to a wide variety of wa

Fine Time With Seiko Watches In Arizona
A potentially unlikely spot for die-hard high-end Seiko fans is a unique shop located off the main drag in Scottsdale (area of Phoenix) Arizona. Arizona Fine Time is the watch selling arm of Cigar King, the very well-known mostly online cigar retailer. For close to a decade now they have been growing their retail and e-commerce sales of some of the more interesting watch brands in the mostly under $10,000 segment that they carry. They are also the best performing high-end Seiko watch retailer in the entire US.What is AZ Fine Time's secret? In addition to running a watch store unlike most watch retailers, the guys at AZ Fine Time just love Seiko (and watches). While most of their business is online, it would be a shame to miss out on a visit watch store itself. Well, the part watch store, part cigar humidor, part lounge, and all-around guy hang-out.Seiko recently threw another "Grand Seiko Roadshow" event at Arizona Fine Time where a few hundred watch and cigar fans came together to mee

Brand recognition?
Any of you have the experience in your geographic location of wearing a $5000.00 watch on your wrist and having nobody know what a Breitling is? I know its much more well known in Europe, but here, I've actually had people ask, "Breitling? What's that?" Once, a knucklehead at the gym asked me if my CE was a "Fossil."

Try to pick just ONE.
Hi everyone,I'd love to see photos of everyones favorite watch. Try to pick just one if you can. I only have one watch, but it has many shoes. I'm really big on buying handmade watch straps. Unfortunately I don't have any photos of my one poor watch now. I will try to snap some soon. :)