Seiko Black Dial Titanium Mens Watch SKA399

SIHH 2015: Greubel Forsey GMT Black (Updated with Live Photos and Price)
Greubel Forsey, a brand known for its ambitious, innovative multi-tourbillon watches, introduced its own singular take on the classic world-time watch in 2011. A new execution of the succinctly named Greubel Forsey GMT, with a blackened titanium case, debuted this week at SIHH 2015.The case of the Greubel Forsey GMT Black is made of titanium and treated with vacuum-deposited ADLC (amorphous diamond-like carbon), which gives the timepiece not only its sleek, deep black look but also a surface hardness substantially harder than that of natural titanium. A black treatment is also applied to the mainplate and bridges of the movement, in-house Caliber GF05, making for a more restrained color palette intended to bring out the contrast of the textures and hand-finishes on various parts of the movement.Like its predecessors in gold and platinum cases, the Greubel Forsey GMT Black has a 24-second tourbillon with 25-degree inclination (tourbillons are standard in Greubel Forsey watches), along w

Photo Slideshow: Inside Vacheron Constantin’s High Complications Workshop
In WatchTime’s November-December 2013 issue, on sale October 29, Mike Disher takes an in-depth look at Vacheron Constantin’s Patrimony Contemporaine Caliber 1731. View the image gallery below to see watchmakers at work in Vacheron Constantin’s high complications workshop. 

Introducing The Nomos True Blue Zurich Weltzeit, A Favorite Receives A New Dial, And In-House Escape
You would be hard-pressed to find a more somber blue on the color palette, but that’s just how we like our Bauhaus – subdued and straightforward. The new True Blue Zurich Weltzeit is NOMOS’ chic take on its exquisite GMT that made headlines a few years back (check out this old-skool Week on the Wrist) and a recent appearance at HODINKEE’S event to welcome NOMOS to the States earlier this summer. Let’s dive right in.It’s unlikely for a HODINKEE reader to be unfamiliar with NOMOS, but just in case you haven’t had the privilege of being introduced to the younger German – here’s a quick preface. NOMOS Glashütte was born in '91 in the little town of Glashütte, Germany. If that name sounds familiar, that's because it’s also the birthplace of A. Lange & Söhne, the house that pioneered the three-quarter plate. Nivarox was patented here, and clearly, pedigree is contagious in this environment. 2 OF 3

Factoid of the Day -8-05-08
In 1962, Astronaut Scott Carpenter wore a Breitling COSMONAUTE chronograph on his wrist during his orbital flight aboard the Aurora 7 space capsule

Your message to watch companies
If you had a direct pipeline to watch companies, what would you tell them?My message:1. More traditional size watches.2) Sapphire crystal only please.3) Deployent clasps on all watches - strap or metal.4) Solid end links only.5) More mesh bracelets (ignore above).6) More solid gold cases, less plate.7) Meteorite dials.8) Sell through Internet ADs.