Blancpain Leman Reveil GMT

Cartier¡¯s solution was a square-cased watch to be worn on the wrist
Cartier's solution was a square-cased watch to be worn on the wrist. While it wasn't necessarily the very first wristwatch, the Santos-Dumont model is believed to be the first one made specifically for men. The colorful aviator and his exploits helped popularize that style of timepiece, which eventually overtook the more traditional pocketwatch as the preferred timekeeper for both men and women in the 20th century. Since then, the Santos-Dumont watch has been a popular staple of Cartier's men's collection.

Introducing: The Frederique Constant Manufacture Perpetual Calendar, A Full Perpetual Calendar Under $10,000
If we had to pick one trend that seems to most characterize Baselworld 2016, it'd probably be the pursuit of better value for consumers – or at least, the attempt to create for consumers the impression that watches can offer better value, relative to the competition. One of the most notable manifestations of this direction was the Manufacture Perpetual Calendar – a full perpetual calendar, developed and made in-house, by Frederique Constant, which will cost under CHF 10,000 at launch. In fact, the starting price is just CHF 8,350. 1 OF 7 As hard as it may be to believe, this is a full perpetual calendar, automatic, made in-house. Frederique Constant's stock in trade has always been affordable luxury, and while over the last decade the overwhelming majority of luxury watch brands have incrementally increased pricing to the point where may potential clients for fine watchmaking have simply been largely priced out of the game, Frederique Constant has kept

My unexpected present...
As some knew in this thread:A pleasant surprise...I've got an unexpected present (well expected, but should be here in January) and I picked it up today, and of course the pictures were mandatory, so here they are...The outer boxThe inner Leather boxDetail on the LogoThe treasure insideThe complete packageA dial closeupThe transparent casebackThe wrist shotAnd the family shot, just the couple by now, guess the kids will have to wait to next year or more :DVery nice watch, heavy, very heavy and very thick tooso far I'm starting to test it's accuracy, but nevertheless I bet it will be great BTW, I'm having trouble resizing the bracelet, as I don't get a clue on how to do it, it seems to have friction pins, but not sure, and certainly I don't want to damage the chrome of the sides of the bracelet trying to push the pins...Also there are two dots in the inner side of each link, so this confuses me more any help about it?

AP royal oak 15400 vs F.P journ is chrono bleu
Which one is a would be a smarter choice. Just some thoughts. I love them both in and the ap with the blue dial is amazing. Does anyone here owns the FP journ bleu? What is your experience and ownership of the journ.

Ceramic Bezels...Any Pics for a broken Ceramic Bezel???
I am planning to buy the new TT Sub C E R A M I C ... But really hesitating about what we all heard that the ceramic bezel is easy to break !Can anyone give me more info (Technical ) or post pictures of a broken Ceramic Bezel ? How far is it guarenteeed by Rolex ? How much is the repair cost if it breaks ?SUB BEZELS : Ceramic / AluminiumHard to Scratch - Easy to Break / Easy to scratch - Hard to Break ?What's your opinion ???