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My First Grail Watch: Jeff Kuo Of Xetum Watches
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 Jeff Kuo, the founder of Xetum, known for their California-designed Swiss watches. In this interview, we reveal where his watch journey started¨Cit's with a brand many of us likely kicked things off with as well!watches-dealer (ABTW): Who are you and what is your relationship to the watch industry?Jeff Kuo (JK): I am the founder of Xetum, which offers a collection of modern automatic watches, designed in California and made in Switzerland.ABTW: When did your fascination with watches start?JK: My grandparents gave me a Seiko sports chronograph when I was in high school. I was immediately drawn to the instrument-style design and how all the different hands, sub-dials and markings blended together.ABTW: A humble start. After that, what became your first grail watch?JK: A. Lange

Historical Perspectives: The IWC Ceramic Fliegerchronograph Reference 3705, A Look Back At A Rare Mo
One of the rarest and most interesting IWC watches of the last few decades is one that a lot of newer IWC clients and fans might not even have heard of: the long out-of-production reference 3705, ceramic cased “Fliegerchronograph” or Pilot’s Chronograph. The Fliegerchronograph was first introduced by IWC in 1994 (a follow-on from an almost completely forgotten hybrid quartz-mechanical watch, the 36 mm “Pilot’s Watch Chronograph,” which debuted at the Dübendorf Airfield, near Zurich, all the way back in 1988). The ceramic cased "Fliegerchronograph Keramik" 3705 was introduced in the same year as the standard stainless steel version, reference 3706. We covered 3705 in a comparison with a modern ceramic IWC pilot's chrono almost four years ago, so we thought it might be time to take another look. 1 OF 7 3705 was not the first ceramic cased watch made by IWC. The company had experimented with zirconium oxide ceramic as ea

New Ladies Burberry Watch...
Hi All, Came home with an inexpensive Burberry watch a few nights ago. I didnt intentially run out to buy it, I had a store credit my brother had given me in payment of something he bought from me and didnt find anything to use it on. Well...I knew that wasnt going to happen to me! I had had a particularly bad day at work and thought, oh what the heck, will go check it out and see what they had. The Burberry display was a new one and immediately the pink dialed watch caught my eye. I had been trying in vain to find one back in June to wear for the summer. It is nearly impossible to find an inexpensive pink dialed watch! Believe me, I know! This one is very nice, very conservative except for the pop of pink in the dial. I would say this watch is pretty versatile and would look good with any kind of look, and although a young girl (13, 16, 18) might like it, because it is more on the conservative side, would be better suited to an older girl (20's and older). As well as us super o

Looking for old, men's brown leather Fossil watch with unusual clockface
I am looking for a Fossil watch that was available around 6 years ago. Unfortunately I don't know the exact model and I don't have a picture. It had a large, brown leather strap like the one below:It's clockface was a bit unusual. It was round and stainless steel but the mechanism was like in this one:Does anyone know the exact model or where to buy it? Or at least where should I look for it? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Yacht-Master Platinum bezel question
Hello everyone at TRF! Purely a hypothetical question here. But I'm wondering if anyone knows what RSC would charge if the platinum bezel on a Yacht-Master needs replaced? Just curious.Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk