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Grieb & Benzinger Presents Unique “Blue Whirlwind” Tourbillon Minute Repeater
The German watch firm Grieb & Benzinger, known for its one-of-a-kind skeletonized watches with intricate guilloch¨¦ embellishments, has released its latest, called Blue Whirlwind, a skeletonized tourbillon minute repeater based on a rare Patek Philippe caliber.At the heart of Grieb & Benzinger’s Blue Whirlwind is Patek Philippe’s Caliber RTO 27 PS, a rare, manual-winding movement with a tourbillon and minute repeater mechanism, which was famously used in the stainless-steel Patek Philippe Ref. 3939 donated to the 2011 Only Watch Auction. That watch was the top-selling lot in the entire auction, selling for 1.4 million euros. Here, this complicated movement has undergone more than 15 months of skeletonization and other painstakingly precise horological work. All the skeletonization and guilloch¨¦ treatment on the movement ¡ª with 336 components, it is one of the world’s most complicated ¡ª was done by hand. (Click on the photos for larger images.)The fine guilloch¨¦

Yellow Tiger by Tudor
Sorry if I am in the wrong area but I have a Tudor Tiger with the Yellow dial. Can anyone give me an idea what it might be worth ?It is recent vintage and still has the purple sticker on the back. I have worn the watch.Thanks for your help !Gary

GMT.... Dual Time.... some thoughts on names
In another thread in the GDF there was a bit of disagreement over the definition of a GMT watch and a Dual Time watch.After years in the military, I know what GMT is, that's not the question here.Watchfan1 defined a GMT watch as one with a 24hr indicator that can be used to keep track of another time zone (and not just the time at Greenwich as some seem to think), and I would add to this by saying a Dual Time watch is simply a watch with another time displayed, often a two handed 'normal' clock on a sub dial.I imagine the term GMT watch would have been coined in the early days as pilots, military personnel etc would have had a good reason to track GMT as a common reference when communicating with units around the world (and still do). If I want you to know the time difference between where I am and where you are, it's easier for me to say I am GMT +12 and you can work out the rest if you know your own GMT offset.These days with a much wider range of people wearing this type of watch, t

How Much Do you Typically Spend On a New Watch
Just curious. How much do you typically spend on a new watch? For me it's around $500.00.Best Regards,Thomas Carey

First AP arrived today
Finally made it into the AP club today, love the watch, the finish and use of ceramic is sublime!