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My First Grail Watch: Jonathan Ward Of ICON Automotive
Welcome back to an original watches-dealer feature, "My First Grail Watch."? In this series, we ask prominent people about the first timepiece that they lusted after. ?Today, we're speaking with Jonathan Ward, the CEO of ICON Automotive. ?You might be wondering why we're talking with a car guy - but you'll find that he's quite the watch guy as well, even going so far as to pair watches to his automotive designs.watches-dealer (ABTW): Who are you, and what is your relationship to the watch industry?Jonathan Ward (JW): I am the lead designer and CEO of a niche automotive brand called ICON. At ICON, we revisit vintage transportation designs in a modern context. So in a nutshell, we take vintage vehicles and infuse them with modern engineering to breathe new life into them, as modern daily drivers. My relationship with the watch industry is purely as an outsider and a consumer, although I have been to the Basel show and aspire to be in the business one day (that said, the monopolistic natu

Harwood, Original Maker Of The Automatic Wrist Watch Resurfaces: Look Past Lukewarm Looks For Interesting Designs
If you ever wanted to know who the original maker of the automatic wrist watch was, it was Harwood, a British watch company. They didn't invent the automatic winding mechanism, that was done previously in pocket watches, but they were the first to bring them to the wrist watch with a patent in 1924. Founder, John Harwood was a soldier in World War 1 and a watch maker. He wanted to create a watch that could withstand the elements better, as well as make it more convenient. He understood that constantly winding a hand-wound watch exposed it to lots of dust and other types of wear. Thus, it seemed an obvious solution to bring automatic winding via an internal rotor to the wrist watch. The design of which needed to be miniaturized and modified to work best on the wrist, rather than the pocket. In addition, Harwood created an interesting crownless, bezel adjustment system.Well that was history, and since then Harwood watches went the way of so many other watch makers. Now, after many years,

The White Moonwatch is finally complete.
Took me a while to get the pieces to this beautiful project. 3573 with a (off) white dial / black hand mod. All on a black croc strap and a satin deployant. Call it a franken-Speedy--but I've been craving this look and it's finally complete. Couldn't be more pleased. Enjoy. ImageUploadedByTapatalk1362365595.379908.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1362365603.236288.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1362365611.152169.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1362365620.290821.jpg

I fancy a different kind of Panerai
When Mrs Van D is away, a naughty Ruud will play. I would love one of these on my desk, I mean who wouldn’t? An absolute complete, utter waste of money but, and it’s a huge but with a capital B, they’ve just had a price adjustment. Yep, against the current trend of increases, these babies have dropped by about 40% and they’re down to S$4,300 (¡ê2,350 US$3,170). Alas, Mrs Van D has put the blockers on a purchase. If she comes out to Singapore in four weeks and finds one of these in the house then she’ll pull down my Alan’s and grab my Jacob’s and drag them over my head! The California dial is my favourite (651, I think). So, worth the risk?

Tudor Black Bay Chronograph
I am strongly considering purchasing the Tudor Black Bay Chronograph watch with the suede leather strap. I don't see this watch discussed much and would love your candid thoughts. Thanks!https://.tudorwatch/watches/b...no/m79350-0002