Patek Philippe Calatrava 38mm

TimeFactors Speedbird III (PRS-22) Hands-On
Sit back, pour yourself a drop of your favourite and have a think…If someone told you that you could get a proper Flieger from a boutique maker, numbered case and dial, in-house design, screwed-in crown tube (none of this pressed-in stuff), 80,000 A/m soft-iron inner case and a top-grade ETA 2824-2 movement, what would you guess the price tag would read? ?¡ê3,000? ?Maybe a snip at ¡ê2,000?Now we've started, a couple more questions…Where would you expect this paragon of low-volume horology to come from? ?La Locle? ?Geneva? ?La Chaux-de-Fonds? Glash¨¹tte?And what would the logo on the dial read? ?Omega, possibly. ?IWC, perhaps. ?Breitling or Bremont, maybe?I'll bet you a pint in my village local (should you be lucky enough to find yourself in Bampton's splendid Morris Clown) that your answers are not, respectively, ¡ê470, Sheffield and Timefactors.From South Yorkshire, Eddie Platts, Timefactors' owner, has been shooting across the bows of the branded Swiss watch industry since 19

Featured German Watch...Nomos Club Automatic
This is the first Nomos that is 40mm or larger, and also the first to feature lumed hands, and WR of 100m.This watch also comes in a black dial, and either variety is also available with a date complication.Featuring a stunning dial, in house movement, and classic Glashutte workmanship, this one is a winner!This is a brand new release from Nomos and was recently introduced to the press at the 2008 Basel Watch Fair. The new Nomos Club Automatic series is based upon the Nomos automatic winding calibre first used in the Tangomat series. The power reserve is 42 hours, and the centrally mounted rotor winds in a bidirectional motion. The Epsilon calibre used in this watch was designed, developed and manufactured entirely at Nomos by Mirko Heyne, a noted master watchmaker in the Glashutte region of Germany.¡°Nomos has achieved its goal without being sold to a large enterprise¡±, says Roland Schwertner, the company¡¯s founder. ¡°We have also become one of the few manufactories of fine watchmaki

Longines Lindbergh Hour Angle
A while back, I asked for information from the experts here on a Longines Lindbergh Hour Angle watch that I have recently discovered among my deceased husband's "things". I posted photos afterwards, which are posted here again. I wrote to Longines, sent them the photos as well, and although I believe their information isn't quite accurate, I thought you might be interested in seeing their reply. Mind you, I know very little about this particular watch, but from what I have learned from the terrific folks here, and from what I've seen online, evidentally, our knowledge about this particular watch is a lot more accurate than what the specialist at Longines was able to offer. I'd love to hear your comments...Do you think I should write them again? Thank you all again for your assistance :) Dear Ms Leuci,We thank you for your e-mail and would first like to apologise for the delay in replying. We are pleased to learn that you own one of your products.On the basis of the photographs you

Any WIS that get together in St Petersburg, FL?
Are there are watch collectors that get together in the St. Petersburg, FL area? I mean besides the annual Tampa GTG that I missed a few months ago (but attended the previous few years in a row).Doesn't have to be on the scale of a GTG or anything, just a few folks that get together.Dan

Too orange??
Good Day All,I was thinking about add a little orange to my wardrobe to match my Volcano, I wanted to get these jeans but I brought my wife there and tried them on and she told me to hold off;What you think?Take care,Eric