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Al Pacino Receives the Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award at Venice Film Festival
Al Pacino is the recipient of the Jaeger-Le Coultre Glory to the Filmmaker 2011 Award, a prize of the Venice International Film Festival dedicated to an artist who has left an original mark on contemporary cinema. The prize has previously been awarded to some of the greatest figures in film including: Takeshi Kitano (2007), Abbas Kiarostami (2008), Agn¨¨s Varda (2008), Sylvester Stallone (2009) and Mani Ratnam (2010). The awards ceremony took place on Sunday September 4th during the 68th Venice International Film Festival. Festival Director Marco Mueller described Pacino as ¡°An amazing director, whose experience is precious and original, and enriches the world of contemporary film.¡± The award ceremony preceded the world premiere of Pacino¡¯s third feature-length directorial picture, Wilde Salome. Referred to as his “most personal project ever,” the unconventional feature documentary invites audiences into Pacino¡¯s private world, as he explores the complexities of Oscar Wilde¡¯

Bring a Loupe: A Patek Tool Watch, The First Diver Ever From Omega, A Stunning Rolex, And Many Other
This week's Bring A Loupe will present to you some unusual, even a bit outlandish, yet truly beautiful watches. Let's start with a tool watch that Patek manufactured in the 1960s, with a stainless-steel case! You will also discover two rare divers, the Omega Marine – the first diver watch ever produced – and a more recent Universal Geneve. Unfortunately, we will also need to flag many doubtful pieces that you should stay clear of. This is your Bring A Loupe for September 18, 2015. A Tool Watch From Patek, The Amagnetic Reference 3417 1 OF 8 Countless times you have heard in Bring A Loupe that steel Pateks are rare. What about a tool watch that can face the aggression of magnetic fields? Yes, this is what the Patek Philippe "Amagnetic" reference 3417 is all about, and only about 500 of them were ever produced. We introduced you to this incredible reference in the past here and our infatuation with this model has not decreased one bit si

Seasonal deviation
Since I got my 2200.50 last May it has reliably gained 0.23 - 0.30 seconds per day. This will be its first winter and over 15 days ago I noticed it started to lose 1 second per day. So, on January 1st, I reset my PO in accordance with Time.Gov and up until January 9th it was losing 1.2 seconds per day. Today I just re-checked it and it is losing 0.67 seconds per day. I am not concerned at all since it is still keeping excellent time. I just think it is interesting the effect the season has on the caliber. Anyone else notice their Omega doing something similar?-JB

Luminova Dial, Tritium Hands
I bought a pre-owned 2541.80 41mm Seamaster Bond Quartz off Craiglist a few weeks ago for $675 in very nice shape.The serial number is 55,341,xxx. Interestingly, the dial appears to have luminova, and the hands and bezel PIP are tritium.There is a star on one of the lugs indicating a production change I believe?Anyone else seen this?

Nice Nautilus article in PP Magazine
A nice piece on the Nautilus and on Genta's love for what he called his masterpiece.