IWC Ingenieur IW372501

Visiting The Blancpain Haute Horology Watch Manufacture
Blancpain is one of the oldest Swiss watch brands but it was on the verge of death before being taken over by Jean-Claude Biver. This was of course before Biver¡¯s purchase of Hublot, and before Blancpain he was at Omega. Biver is said to have pretty much saved Blancpain (just as he did with Hublot) ¨C a good thing because today, despite the brand¡¯s literal English translation of ¡°white bread,¡± very few boring things are going on inside the manufacture.Biver sold Blancpain to the Swatch Group a few years ago. The brand¡¯s CEO right now is Marc Hayek, one of (the late and regrettably lost) Nicolas Hayek¡¯s sons. His rule of the brand has taken it into a series of different directions, and Blancpain has a few distinct personalities as a watch maker. Those personalities include being a classic watch maker, a complicated watch maker, and dive watch maker, a racing watch maker, and a contemporary high-end complex avant garde watch maker. They also have adopted a mechanism similar to the tourbil

IWC Vintage Collection - Ingenieur Automatic
Hello everybody, I just go a present this watch, it a very wonderful watch to use. IWC vintage collection looks far more classier than a Rolex Submariner that I had in mind.The box is very very big and it simple and modern with abit of classic touchs on the watch.I very grateful of the watch and I feel very lucky that I have people who love me alot.

Lord elgin this one has the wow factor!!
GOT THIS YESTERDAY! I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS FOR A WHILE NOW AND IS THIS A MINTY LE WHAT DO YOU THINK?Has been TOTALLY OVERHAULED to BEST CONDITION with much TLC...!!! REFURBISHED + REPAIRED & TOTALLY SERVICED (Cleaned & timed) by yours truly....Master Watchmaker of 35+ years..!! WARRANTY- 6 MONTHS Service Guarantee. Movement: A Very Clean Superb Movement ELGIN 680, Precise 21 Jewels. Dial: *ORIGINAL* Patene Off-White Cream Color GUILLOCHE -HONEYCOMB- TEXTURED pattern and with Raised Golden "X" Cross Hairs. Raised Golden Seconds Markers. Sub-Second at "6". Black Accents. Crystal: **NEW** - NOS- From the family of G-S Crystal Company...!!! Case Dimensions: A Very Respectable Size 38 MM Tip-to-Tip of Lugs X 30 MM Wide (without crown). Case is in FANTASTIC CONDITION...!!! (See Photos)...!!! Fantastic ENAMELED top of Bezel accentuating the Hour Markers...!!!! Markings on Case: "Cased and Timed by ELGIN NATIONAL WATCH CO., 14K Gold Filled, Wa

MAJOR NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT -Patek introduces a new in-house chorno caliber, CH29-535PS !
...being announced tonight at a big gala event in Paris. I am sure more info and pictures will follow.Here are some unofficial specs.Height - 5.35mm Diameter - 29.6mm Power reserve - 65hrs (58 hrs when chrono is engaged)Patek Philippe decided to use this new completely in-house made manualwind chrono caliber for the first time in company history - in a ladies watch (model 7071)While the introduction of this revolutionary caliber in a ladies watch is not something that a majority of forum hopping WIS enthusiasts expected - it is a MAJOR point in the history of Patek Philippe.With gradual elimination of Nouvelle Lemania ebauche based calibers (references 5020, 5070, 5970, 5004 etc), and the introduction of a first in house automatic chrono in 2006 (CH 28-520 IRM QA 24H) in 5960P.....this was something that many PP collectors were awaiting for a long time.Now I am sure many more questions will pop-up. ;)Are we going to see a first mens model with this new caliber in Basel 2010 or will it

Christopher ward, where to buy
Hi, I have only found one american site. Does anyone have a good place for the best deal on Christopher Ward chronographs? thanks!