Panerai Luminor 1950 10 Days Black Dial Ceramic Black Leather Men's Watch PAM00335

Blancpain Carrousel Minute Repeater Chronograph: First Watch With All Three Complications Together
Being the "brand of the carrousel," Blancpain's use of this close cousin to the tourbillon must someday find its way into anything they produce. Then again, they did recently produce the Carrousel Tourbillon watch (watches-dealer hands-on) that featured both complications in order to help distinguish them. Now, with the new Blancpain Carrousel Minute Repeater Chronograph, we see for the first time all three of the named complications together in one watch.Having built a solid foundation with the carrousel, first seen in the Blancpain Carrousel Volant Une Minute in 2008, and being no stranger to grand complications in general, Blancpain's latest creation showcases the brand's ability to design and execute the type of watch that elevates the watchmaker to the level of an artist.The carrousel is Blancpain's signature complication, as they are the only brand that has actively promoted and presented it to the market. A close cousin to the more common tourbillon, it goes about doing the same

The Holy Grail of"Trench Watch" Documents......Who, What and When!
With all of the speculation swirling around about the term "TRENCH WATCH" recently I have decided to share some of my research.I found this evidence about 2-3 months ago while doing research for my 2nd book, "Waltham Trench Watches of the Great War".This is pretty much the Holy Grail of documents!Yes, they were called "Trench Watches" during the Great War and it looks like the Waltham Watch Company coined the term.I have found no earlier evidence using this phase so until something else pops up down the road I am going to credit Waltham for coining the term.A couple of other later adverts do exist using the term "Trench Watch" from 1917 and 1918 but these adverts were from small time jewelers, they were not from a major manufacturer like Waltham.This advert was published on April 16, 1916 in the UK, two full years into the Great War.When it comes to a lot of urban legends and myths there is usually some truth involved, but then the facts gets twisted over the years.But, in this instanc

Recommended watchmakers in your locale?
Do you have a great watchmaker in your area that you trust and rely on when one of your prized timepieces needs a little TLC? Or one that you prefer to patronize when buying a new watch?Since these folks aren't exactly a dime a dozen, I thought it might be a great idea to have a thread where people could post recommendations and mention what city they're in. It would certainly be a help to newbies like me and to the watchmakers, who perhaps could benefit from new customers. I understand we can't post links to vendors that aren't forum-supporters.I'll startWhen I bought my Tissot recently as my first automatic, I was fortunate to have a local AD who has been a watchmaker for over 40 years - Lyle Husar of Lyle Husar Designs in Brookfield, Wisconsin (suburb of Milwaukee). When I first met him when I was a youngster, he had a little shop called the Tic-Tok shop that specialized in watches and clocks, and whenever you'd go in, he'd be there, dressed in lederhosen and working on a watch with

Galactic Models--Blue different.
Hi All, I noticed the Galactic 36 blue dial is Gun Blue whereas the 41 is Metallica Blue. Has anyone seen these side by side?Do you have a dial in either of these 2 colours you can post a pic of? If you happen to go to an AD, can you take a look & snap a pic of either one? LOLThere are 2 AD's near me & neither have either of these in stock. The one saleslady & her co-worker brought out 2 watches, each with different blue dials telling me that the galactic was somewhere between this one & that one. Ya...ok. She seemed put off when I said I wasn't going to spend that kind of money & not see it. Idiot. Then I said...I can buy a Rolex for this money. She didn't appreciate the comment. I followed that up with, I was able to try on & visually look at the Rolex not have 2 salespeople estimate the colour of the dial. Anyway...just curious if anyone can keep an eye out for these 2 if they should pop in to an AD.

Does this Omega seem authentic to you all?
The price seems too good for a gold plated Omega. The seller tells me it's 40mmLook at this on eBay:https://.ebay/ulk/itm/172163693133MENS OMEGA GOLD-PLATED JUMBO SEAMASTER AUTOMATIC DAY/DATE, c.1970