Hublot Classic Fusion 45mm Zirconium And Ceramic

Laco Watch Company - A Brand Highlight with a Family Perspective
Sometime around 1992, when I was in the seventh grade, my father presented me with the gift of a new watch. I had started in a new school, entering into a new phase of adolescence, pressed with the task of making new friends and fitting in. The watch was nothing extravagant, a simple Victorinox Swiss Army watch, grey plastic case with the classic white dial, luminous hands, enameled red bezel and a canvas strap with a leather buckle. Despite its quotidian standard, it was mine, and receiving it felt somewhat like a rite of passage, like the old-timey schoolboy who wears trousers for the first time, at last too mature for knee-socks and britches. It was also a considerable step up from the rubber Casio I had been wearing, with the sallow, miniature incandescent lightbulb inside ¡ª the 80's had ended, after all.A few modern Laco’s that pay tribute to their pastMy father has always been a man of subdued taste, with a preference for blue jeans weathered by shop oil, white t-shirts, go

Accuracy: What Is It, And Does Anyone Actually Care?
Accuracy: its pursuit is the reason watchmaking exists at all, and yet, it's easier to get an argument about date windows started than a discussion about accuracy. Take away watches as everything else that they are – expressions of personal taste or style; collectible rarities; objects of decorative ornamentation; amusing pieces of mechanical ingenuity – and what you have is a machine designed to keep time accurately. What accuracy actually is, however, is not as straightforward as you might think, and with atomic-clock accurate time available just about everywhere, it's useful – if mechanical horology is something that interests you – to look at this single most essential, yet surprisingly little-discussed, feature of watchmaking. 1 OF 6 Accuracy for most of us means one thing: whether or not a watch keeps the same time as whatever we use as a time standard. Generally, nowadays, that means the time provided by a phone; it may also mean the

Brookstone winders?
Anyone have any experience with Brookstone winders? I like the looks of this one. Their 2 year warranty is only $25, so it seems like a safe buy...brookstone/store/prod...=Result*R1C2*T

OPINIONS PLEASE: MK XII: How Desirable?
My MK XII is one of the first fine watches I bought, brand new. I have the whole original package + an IWC leather strap to switch with the steel bracelet from time to time: Boxes, papers, booklets. My collection is not extensive but I have 20 or so fine wristwatches that I love. I've been considering selling my MK XII in order to fund other watch buys. I have an IWC Spitfire MK XV, limited edition which I will keep, so I would not be "IWC-less".Knowing that the MK XII is a discontinued model, I'm hesitant to give it up. Not because I think it will be worth a lot of money down the road (but, who really knows, right?), but because I find it hard to part with most of my watches due to the fact that I labor over the hunt when I seek to obtain a watch, and end up with attachments to my timepieces...kind of like a long adoption process and the resulting special feelings..so call me "HAWC" (Hopelessly Addicted Watch Collector).I'd appreciate your thoughts.P.S.For those who have owned or

Glashutte Original PanoMaticLunar XL
PanoMaticLunar XL - Less is moreA statement of principle: less is more. Minimalism. Modern design. Function takes on form, and color is transformed into a subtle range of grays. The PanoMaticLunar XL. The quintessential understatement.The PanoMaticLunar XL presents the classic lines and look of the PanoMatic XL models in an understated, eloquent form. Set within the galvanized matt gray dial are the characteristic off-center hour/minute and subsidiary seconds dials, finely milled and galvanized in the same dark gray hue. The elegant moon phase display presents a shining silver moon and stars against a fine-grained silver sky.Applied white gold Arabic numerals indicating hour 12 are framed by white gold hour markers and white gold hour, minute and seconds hands. Enhancing the minimalist design is the visually compelling panorama date display, whose white numerals on a dark gray ground present the date without the need for a double window. The 42 mm stainless steel case offers both pol