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Introducing: The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Double Balance Wheel Openworked Reference 15407
The openworked Royal Oak has been around for years, but the originator of this line could be 2010's 15305. Then, we saw in 2012 and 2014 respectively, the traditional 39 mm Jumbo get "openworked" in platinum and rose gold. Now, we see the current 41 mm Royal Oak, reference 15400 openworked for the first time, but with a brand new double-balance wheel escapement that is a world's first! 1 OF 4 Now AP has produced a few very high-end watches in the past that used two balance springs, but not two balance wheels. They include the Millenary Quadriennium and Millenary Minute Repeater with AP Escapement. The thinking here is that having two balance wheels creates an oscillator with more mass, ensuring great stability – why, for example, you see huge oscillators in marine chronometers. In previous watches, the two balance springs would counteract the effects of gravity on the balance itself. Basically whenever the balance spring contracts, it tends to push

The Value Proposition: The Longines Column-Wheel, Single-Push-Piece Chronograph Reference L2.800.4.5
There aren’t too many more inherently refined animals in the horological bestiary than monopusher, two-register, column-wheel chronographs. They have a certain archaic fascination – I suppose you could say that about just about any mechanical watch, as far as that goes, but the single-button chronograph is the earliest type of chronograph watch mechanism, and the column wheel the earliest known type of control system for switching on and off, and for reset. 1 OF 6 Vintage monopusher chronographs from major names like Patek Philippe can go for – well, see for yourself; and while there has been a bit of an increase in the number of monopusher chronographs at the less costly end of the spectrum in recent years (not that less than $5 million is setting the bar very high for “less costly”) like this very nice one from IWC that launched this year, they still have a bit of an aura of exclusivity, which, naturally, things like this monopusher rattrap

can anyone tell me what kind of LADY HAMILTON watch this is?
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Wednesday Hamiltons 9/15/10
1950's Lyndon came up in the rotation today.

Azimuth Releases a ¡°Time Machine¡± to go ¡°Back-In-Time¡±!
Hot on the heels of this budding young watch company’s new releases at Baselworld 2009 comes another crazy concept of allowing the wearer of this unique Azimuth timepiece to “go back in time!”, sort of a time machine, so to speak.Since the inception 5 years ago by two Singaporeans; Alvin Lye and Christopher Long, watch collectors have identified Azimuth brand to be avant-garde and totally against the grain of traditional watchmaking. Well, Azimuth did not disappoint with this newest release!At first glance, one might be forgiven for not noticing anything different in this simple watch with hour, minute and subsidiary seconds hands with a date function. However, on closer inspection, you will be amused to spot the numbers are inverted and so is the brand! What gives? Well, you are looking at the first Swiss Made MECHANICAL wrist watch that tells time counter-clockwise! Azimuth has cleverly modified the mechanism so that both the hour and minute hands move counter-clock