TAG Heuer Monaco Calibre 12 LS

Horage Autark Review
A few months ago, I wrote an article about a Swiss brand that had quietly developed their own, fully independent (nothing from ETA, Swatch, etc¡­) serially produceable automatic movement over the course of 7 years. At first, I didn't really believe what I saw, but after reading up and speaking to one of the owners of the brand, I was amazed. They were really doing something extraordinary, though not many people, at least in the US-blogosphere, were talking about them.The brand was Horage, and their goal was to kickstart a line of watches that used their in-house movement the K1. Well, technically the movement is made by Accurat Swiss, but it's all under one umbrella. They succeeded, which will help get this movement out there. But, this wasn't the only watch Horage had made. In fact, they had an existing line of watches already for sale, manufactured by them. Some of these watches used sourced movements, but one featured their K1, the Autark, which is German for independent.On top of be

Whats in a stamp?
I needed a box to house a watch that I recently boughtI came across thisOpening up you can see it’s a Ladies Gruen Guild box, dating approx. 1925- 1933 (Watch subject to a later post)Lifting the lower inner lining, the original folded paper work, supplied with the watch was still there!A guaranteeMuch more interesting, a paper explaining the benefits of Gruens Reinforced Gold cases Gruen collectors would have seen case backs like this!Paul Schliesser in his excellent article Gruen the Art and Mystery of Watchmaking statesThis would seem to be supported by Gruens Guild Book where all of the Quadrons , and the early Techiquardons, that are not in Solid Gold cases, are all in gold reinforced onesGruen continue to advertise gold filled and reinforced cases togetherThere’s a lot been written on various forums, about exactly how much extra gold was used, if any, on these cases. Charlie Cleves well known Gruen collector and Jeweler, has been reported as saying, that “ he g

Which one?
If you could only have one Hamilton from your collection to wear every day, which one would it be?If you had your choice of any one Hamilton to wear, which model would it be?Post photos.

Factoid of the Day 3-19-08
from orolus:Harrison Ford - Breitling Aerospace Orlando Bloom - IWC Big Pilot Ben Affleck - Harry Winston Mark Anthony - Roger Dubuis Anthony Keidis - Anonimo watch Larry King - Ulysse Nardin GMT Jennifer Aniston - vintage Cartier watch Jessica Simpson - vintage Rolex Simon Cowell - Chopard Mille Miglia Tom Cruise - Audemar Piguet chronograph Halle Berry - Franck Muller Casablanca 2852 Jerry Seinfeld - Every Breitling imaginable Brad Pitt - Breitling Arnold Swarzenegge - Audemars Piguet , IWC Big Pilot Seal - Roger Dubuis Rose Gold Divers Watch Pierce Brosnan - Panerai John Mayer - IWC Big Pilot Matt Lauer - Stainless Steel Rolex Daytona Leonardo DeCaprio - Jaeger LeCoultre Christian Bale - Jaeger Artie Lange - IWC Big Pilot Oliver Kahn - IWC Big Pilot Ronan Keating - IWC Big Pilot Nikkie Plessen - IWC Big Pilot

Which 5396 looks better?
I was considering to go with 5146G cream dial when the AD showed me several 5396 series.a) 5396G-001 white baton b) 5396G-014 slate breguet numbers c) 5396R-014 rose gold with blue dialI haven't seen 5396R-014 rose gold with blue dial yet. I like breguet numbers but white version looks cleaner.Curious to know what others think - out of the above three, which version is good and which is no-no?Searched the forum but haven't seen much discussion on 5396R-014.