Jaeger-LeCoultre Le Grand Reveil

Back Home from the Watchmaker
A couple more Longines that made it back from the watchmaker. The first is a late 60's or perhaps early 70's Admiral. Per the inscription on the back this was a 25 year service award dated 1971 for an employee of Merek & Company, Inc. When I picked this up the crown was missing (torn off) and the crown tube was damaged. It came with the box and papers and looked like it was worn only a few times before it was damaged, then put away until I bought it. It has a Kreisler Steelflex bracelet which looks original to the watch. It is uncanny that the bracelet fits me perfectly, so it is staying on the watch. This one has a caliber 505 movement, which was originally produced by the Record Watch Company. Longines acquired Record in 1961 and began using their "5XX" movements shortly thereafter. For Longines collectors the "5XX" movements are not as desirable as Longines in house designs. However the Record movements are well made and my bet is that there are more "still on the road" than Vol

Just got a new Casio sports gear watch
Just thought I would let you guy's know about the new watch that I just bought today. It's a casio twin censor part of the sports gear collection. Specsworld time 29 timezones/48citiesdigital compass5 alarmsthermometerEL black lightcountdown timer1/100 second stopwatchTheres more but it's just the basic stuff that most casio's have. Oh the model # is 3157 SGW-100.

Speedmaster Pro on Hirsch Medici
A special shout out to Father John. Black leather with ivory stitching with Omega deployant-I love this combination. Extremely comfortable.

John Mayer and BLRO
Pics courtesy of GQ from a recent interview...Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

FHH, a foundation Rolex is not part of
I thought this might be interesting to know and read. In 2005 a Foundation of Haute Horlogerie (FHH) was founded in Geneva. The FHH was founded in autumn 2005 by Audemars Piguet, Girard-Perregaux and the Richemont Group. The Foundation is committed to the needs of the historical heritage of Haute Horlogerie. Its assignment is to emphasize the art and skill of their craft through intensive public relations and to develop solutions for industry-wide problems such as the lack of young people or product piracy.Reasons why Rolex is not part of this are propably very simple. Rolex is not haute horlogerie in Swiss mind, it is everyday allday watch. Other reason might be that fee¡¯s of memberships in company unions are mostly based on turnover and volume. Rolex being bigger than all the other members together, it does not make sense to join and pay over half of the total fees.Here is a link:https://.hautehorlogerie.org/en/