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Triple Threat: Audemars Piguet’s Tradition Tourbillon Minute Repeater Chronograph
To many watch fans, Audemars Piguet is all about the Royal Oak, its iconic octagonal sports watch. However, the family-owned Swiss brand also wowed aficionados of haute horlogerie at this year’s SIHH with its incredibly complicated and extremely limited Tradition Tourbillon Minute Repeater Chronograph, inspired by a vintage timepiece from the 1920s. The watch’s cushion-shaped case takes its design cues from that of a vintage pocketwatch that currently resides in Audemars Piguet’s private museum, located in the brand’s longtime hometown of Le Brassus, Switzerland. Inside the case is a proprietary caliber that combines three major horological functions, a chronograph, tourbillon regulator, and minute repeater. According to Audemars Piguet, two editions of only 10 pieces each will be available: one in a titanium case with white-gold bezel (pictured) and the other in a rose-gold case with white-gold bezel. The rose-gold/white gold version has an anthracite dial

What You Want To Know About Watch Luminant
Have you ever thought about what causes your watch to glow in the dark?This subject has a very colorful and dubious history. It started early in the 20th century, around 1910, when some companies began to use radium on watch dials and hands to create a ¡°glow in the dark" effect. Radium is an almost pure white alkaline radioactive earth metal, and is found in nature in uranium ores. It was discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie in 1898. What Marie Curie discovered was that a test tube of radium emitted a ¡°fairy-like glow,¡± and she kept a vial next to her bedside as a kind of night light. She further discovered that the glow wasn¡¯t coming from the radium itself, but from the ionization of the materials surrounding the radium, which when ionized, emit light (glows). The watch companies added materials to the?radium paint which caused the materials to glow, thus lighting up the numbers and hands in the dark.To the wearer, what a conversation piece their watch became: outside at night or in a

Omega Automatic De Ville question from a newbie
Hi everyone,Just discovered this forum, amazing! I am a vintage audio buff and it's great to see the same level of enthusiasm for time pieces.My dad passed away and left me several watches. One of them is a very cool Omega Automatic De Ville. I am trying to find info about Omega (a link on Omega history?), when this one was made and if it was very common. Also I've seen a lot of De Villes that are also Seamasters, and wonder what the difference is. I found these pics on photobucket that look exactly like it, even the numbers on the back are the same. Thanks for your help!

Some fun with the Ladies
I have been a busy bee lately...Finally got some time to get a nice group shot of some of my little collection.A little Elgin Enamel Action...I will do some more later...

Vacheron Constantin Historiques 1955 and 1968 Watches
Hi!Does anybody have any experience with the VC '58 or '68 models? To me they both look really sharp...Was wondering on pricing as well...