Ulysse Nardin Maxi Marine Diver Stainless Steel

Confr¨¦rie Horlog¨¨re La Clef du Temps Tourbillon
If you ever wished time could pass more quickly, or more slowly, now it can, at least on your wrist. The Clef du Temps Tourbillon is the brainchild of Mathias Buttet, founder of Confr¨¦rie Horlog¨¨re. The timepiece incorporates a mechanism that allows the owner to modulate the speed of time or, more precisely, to control the running speed of the hours, minutes and seconds displayed by the watch. This feat is accomplished via a three-position crown at 9 o’clock, as follows:Crown position 1: the pace of time slows by half, so the value of one normal hour is displayed as a half-hour on the dial.Crown position 2: the pace of time is normal, i.e. one hour remains one hour.Crown position 3: the pace of time is doubled, so a half-hour becomes a full hour as displayed on the watch.The real trick is that no matter how long the watch is left in position 1 or position 3, returning the crown to position 2 instantly returns the hands to the correct current time. The Clef du Temps will be produc

Yachtmaster - Setting the date problem
Hello Rolex Pro's:I'm hoping a few of you can help me out with an issue before I take my wife's 6 year old Yachtmaster in for repair. Long story short, the watch was serviced recentlyand evidently serviced improperly. I posted of these woes about a month ago on here, but no more whining about that; I promise. On the plus side, the watch is keeping good time. But I was winding the watch by hand today since my wife had not wore it much during the past week and noticed a problem. After winding it in the first position, I pulled the crown out to the second position to set the date. It still just winds. When I pull the crown out to the third position, it sets the time via the minute-hand as it's supposed to. No amount of finite pushing or pulling on the crown will allow it to advance the date wheel.Does this sound like anything serious? Obviously, I'm getting my money back from the watchmaker who did the work but would like to be educated a bit before taking it elsewhere. Thanks v

bulova one botton chrono
in my ebay wanderings, i sometimes come across watches of horological interest, that, for one reason or another, i don't want to bid on. in some cases, i email those persons i think will be interested. in this case, i don't know who would be interested, so i'm putting it out there to the american forum because it is a fairly scarce bulova. those who know about the one button bulova chrono will know it's a pretty cool little watch. however, it's in a lot with a few other things that may garner interest, so there could be a bidding war. also, with these models, if it's broken, you'll either have to source another movement, or have the broken bits manufactured. just a head's up. if anyone is interested in the item number, message me. it is not my auction and i have no financial interest in it what-so-ever.

Thursday's Trusty Timepieces
Thursday is starting early for me, writing a paper in the common room with my trusty GO PanoMaticOriginal.ssme.jpgGonna be out here a while, may as well count the hours in style.

02/09/2010 6 or 12? round 2
27 votes cast: (11) for the band at 6, (16) for the band at 12.At first I thought the band at 6 would have been the choice, as the bar-links kind of match the markers and hands, but as I looked at them more, I started to prefer the tiger-stripe one myself. Heres the shot of the contenders for round 1, the band at 6 is OUT of the running.I considered a rubber dive-type strap with this watch, but ruled it out as this isn't a water resistant watch, so thought it would be sort of technically incorrect.I know we have a lot of strap-guys here, so we'll do a "6 or 12?" with straps soon. So here's round 2...6 or 12?