Panerai Luminor PAM00111 Stainless Steel Bezel Manual Winding Black Dial Watch

Carl F. Bucherer and CEO Thomas Morf Part Ways
Swiss manufacturer Carl F. Bucherer, creator of the CFB A1000 movement with peripheral winding rotor, announced Friday that the company and CEO Thomas Morf will part ways with immediate effect. No reasons were given for the departure. Bucherer Group will continue with development and expansion of the Carl F. Bucherer brand. Former Carl F. Bucherer CEO Thomas MorfDays gone by: Morf accepting the 2009 Goldene Unruh (“Golden Balance Wheel”) award for technical achievement for the CFB A1000 movement from Christian Pfeiffer-Belli (left) and Thomas Wanka of WatchTime’s sister publication Uhren Magazin.

Hands-On: Zenith Launches A Suite Of Three New High Complications In New Materials (Including A Plat
Zenith has just announced that three of its most complicated watches, which premiered this year in new case materials, are now available – and we had a chance recently to go hands-on with the new models, and gather some first impressions of these very exotic and very rarely seen timepieces. The new models are a limited edition platinum version of the Zenith Academy Christophe Colomb Hurricane Georges-Favret Jacot, and titanium versions of the Academy Georges Favret-Jacot (with fusée and chain) and the El Primero Tourbillon. 1 OF 12 Above, Academy Christophe Colomb Hurricane Georges Favret-Jacot in platinum The Academy Georges Favret-Jacot was launched, as we reported last year, for the firm’s 150th anniversary and is named for Zenith’s founder, Georges Favret-Jacot, who founded the firm in Le Locle in 1865 at the age of 22. The Academy Georges Favret-Jacot is a technically very interesting watch; it combines a high-frequency escapement (36,00

It's a GO!!!!
First, thank you Mr. Houston for the pm!I received the okay from the misses tonight! All I did was drop a tiny hint.Perhaps sometimes I underestimate her, taking for granted what a wonderful woman I married. I dropped a hint and she said "you should buy the blue watch." So, tomorrow I order the new SMP 2222.80. I'll keep you all posted and i'll try to get some photos of the blessed event (it will be with a mediocre digital camera).KarlB

Incoming....5167
Just picked it up today from local AD. Got a slight discount. It will be a daily watch, how easily does the clasp scratch? I work on a mac and I'm afraid the keyboard part were I rest my hand will scratch against it. PP_5167A_1.jpgPP_5167A_2.jpgPP_5167A_3.jpg

Yet another .... Incoming First Panerai Thread
I'm new to the brand and I must say I had great pleasure in unboxing this beauty. I think Rolex could well learn a lesson in presentation even though I quickly discard / chuck the boxes in a cupboard until flipping time!!I always liked the quirky look of the Luminor models due to the crown guards but I never really paid attention in any detail to the brand due to the seemingly endless repetitive models and confusing model numbering. Every time I've seen a model I like etc there was always some feature on it that I disliked (along with price) e.g. power reserve displays, painted dials, date, wrong case size etc. I'm still on the fence about the seconds dial although the 422 model was a close contender when I narrowed down my list!!!After seeing pics of a few base models it persuaded me to revisit Panerai however I was still not really convinced etc until I came across the 372 which on certain straps looked stunning on various forum pictures!Looking at the specs it seemed to tick all