Panerai Luminor Marina Automatic Men's Watch 00283

Gerald Genta Gefica Bi-Retro Safari Watch Available On James List: A True Collectible
I continue to lament the loss of watch industry design and figure-head Gerald Genta who died this year. People tend to remember him most for his classic contributions to the industry - which include 1970s' designs for the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, Vacheron Constantin Overseas, IWC Ingenieur, and Patek Philippe Nautilus. Granted these were all amazing and endearing designs - though they were however obvious siblings of one another. My colleague at Fratello Watches discusses those here a bit. Personally, I am a bit more interested in his later work. All that is summed up and epitomized in the Gefica Bi-Retro.The modern interpretation of the Gefica concept is a watch I dearly want to add to my collection (and I rarely say things like that about watches that are no longer being made). As time goes on the leadership Genta took in terms of design risk and innovation is clear. For example, right now bronze watches are all hot and in. The Gefica was mostly in bronze when most people laughed a

An Open Letter To John Mayer, From IWC
There are always two sides to a story. When we published John Mayer's open letter to IWC, we knew the response would be huge – the overwhelming majority of readers agreed with his sentiments about what he has perceived to be a drastic change in direction for the legendary Swiss watchmaker. Well, the folks in Schaffhausen have heard his thoughts (and your comments) loud and clear, and today, we present their response in full. Dear Mr. Mayer, As you can imagine, we read your open letter to IWC on HODINKEE with considerable interest. We couldn't help but feel we owed you a reply and before saying anything else, we must thank you not only for your long support of our brand but also for the obvious passion for our work that is reflected in your letter.For some reason we kept thinking of the title to a song of yours called, "I Don't Trust Myself With Loving You," as it sounds as if that's how you feel about IWC. As we’re sure you know, the

Rolex on Mount Everest...
Hi Everybody!!!I hope you had an excellent holiday season and I wish you nothing but the best in 2009!!!I spent much of my holiday season working on putting together the Mercedes Gleitze Rolex Oyster story and on the story of Rolex on Mount Everest which you can see at:See below for the link, and read the below disclaimer regarding certain questionable content in the article.I hope you enjoy the Mount Everest story I just completed. It is amazing!!!Happy New Year!!!!JakePLEASE READ THE BELOW DISCLAIMER BEFORE CLICKING ON JAKE'S LINK!!I think it needs to be address up front that Jake has chosen to use a nude Playboy photo of Marilyn Monroe in this article. At the very least, this article should have been labled "Not Work Safe" at the begining. Neither should you read this article in the pressence of young children. WATCH TALK FORUMS maintains a strict "PG-13" on all material posted on this forum, as per our rules and guidelines. Therefore, I believe it would be irresponsible for us

Shipping Insurance - FedEx
Fed. Ex. will only insure up to $500.00. How would one go about getting full insurance on a watch being returned ?Thanks

Patek Philippe 3448 at Auction
Stumbled across this vid, thought you guys would like.