Watches

At Baselworld 2013, Jaquet Droz (part of Swatch Group’s prestige portfolio along with Breguet, Glashutte, etc.) unveiled two new versions of its beautiful Grand Second Quantieme.  The Grand Second Quantieme was first launched in 2011, a “grand second” in stainless steel with date display (shown below).  This year’s new models — with chocolate brown or blue dials finished with vertical Geneva striping — look exquisite. Click through to read and see more © Perpetuelle, 2013. | Serving Up New Luxury and Avant-Garde Timepieces Daily. More Jaquet Droz

In the fourth edition of our bi-weekly roundup, we check out a rare George Daniels chronograph watch, interview Hublot's Jean-Claude Biver, check out some new Panerais and visit Lancaster, Pennsylvania.... read more »The article BEST FROM: aBlogtoWatch & Friends May 24th first appeared on A BLOG TO WATCH and was written by Kenny Yeo.

This past January, I wrote about the Seiko Landmaster “Miura Everest 2013? Watch (Spring Drive) and the great adventure it was created for.  Today, 80-year old Japanese alpinist Yuichiro Miura successfully climbed Mr. Everest, making him the oldest such person ever to do so.  This along with the fact that Miura was the first man to ski down Mt. Everest, a feat he accomplished in 1970 (later documented in an Academy Award winning documentary), puts Miura forever in the ranks of the world’s greatest alpinists. Congrats to Mr. Yuichiro Miura and also to Seiko.  Check out my January article for more on the Seiko Landmaster “Miura Everest 2013? Watch (Spring Drive)>>> Miura on Mt. Everest Summit, May 23, 2013 © Perpetuelle, 2013. | Serving Up New Luxury and Avant-Garde Timepieces Daily. More Seiko

The Technomarine Steel Evo Carbon is the first quartz watch that I've picked up in a long time. Being the watch snob that I am, one of the first filters that I apply to a watch to decide if it will merit my interest is whether its a quartz or a mechanical. Therefore, for me to even consider a quartz watch to purchase or review, it has to have something really cool about it above and beyond its battery driven heart...... read more »The article Technomarine Steel Evo Carbon Watch Review first appeared on A BLOG TO WATCH and was written by Adi Soon.

The “Oscars” of watchmaking is held every year in Geneva, an event known as the GPHG.  This event is not largely known nor followed outside of watchmaking circles, but it is a big deal for all within the industry.   Each year a “Jury” is selected to judge a number of watch entries in various categories.   I was really happy and nicely surprised to see that Ben Clymer of Hodinkee has been selected to sit on the GPHG jury this year.    Yes, a blogger, judging the 2013 Grand Prix.  John Mayer (you know him as the heartthrob musician, but he is also a Hodinkee columnist) is also on the GPHG jury. For anyone, sitting on the GPHG is a true honor, but for someone like Clymer who started out as a blogger, it is a really big deal.  It is first and foremost an affirmation that what Hodinkee is doing matters, what Hodinkee is doing is resonating across the industry.   Beyond this, it is also a sign that digital media is finally gaining respect as a legitimate media outlet in the watch world.  Although there remains a measure of ambivalence from the industry toward watch blogs and forums (and more so towards all the shady online grey market dealers), the general level of respect given to today’s higher quality online watch media sites simply did not exist five years ago. Although there is a huge range of quality in the online world (it’s the nature of the beast), I think that the emergence of a handful of high quality blogs within the last five or so years — curating high quality content and providing informed, independent opinions of value to watch enthusiasts and collectors — not only raised the bar on the quality of forum content (which itself still varies widely) but really legitimized digital media coverage of the watchmaking industry.  It is nice to see that those who rise to the top are given their due respect. From one “blogger” to another — Congrats Ben, congrats Hodinkee.  Keep up the good work. © Perpetuelle, 2013. | Serving Up New Luxury and Avant-Garde Timepieces Daily. More

Zodiac is a Swiss brand with considerable heritage being founded in 1882 as Ariste Calame and registered in 1908 as Zodiac. Today the brand is continued under ownership from the Fossil Group. Zodiac had been a well-established manufacturer with quite some following thanks to its coveted lines of watches such as the - sadly discontinued - Sea Wolf, first introduced in 1953. ... read more »The article Zodiac Sea Dragon Limited Edition Watch In Bright Retro Colors first appeared on A BLOG TO WATCH and was written by David Bredan.

Below is an excerpt of the entire article on Fratellowatches. Click Watch Spotting At Gumball 3000 In Copenhagen to read the entire article. Fratellowatches was present on the Gumball 3000 grid in Copenhagen last weekend. With Hublot being the official sponsor for this 15th anniversary edition it was definitely not the only brand on the wrist of the drivers. The Gumball 3000 is an annual 3,000-mile (4,800 km) road rally which takes place on public roads, with a different route around the world each year. This year the rally starts in Copenhagen and goes to Stockholm, Helsinki, St. Petersburg, Riga, Warsaw, Vienna and the finish is in Monte Carlo.The post Watch Spotting At Gumball 3000 In Copenhagen appeared first on Fratellowatches - Opinions on watches, watch reviews, watch stories & industry news.

The Only Watch 2013 charity watch auction which occurs every other year in Monaco is coming up in September of 2013. aBlogtoWatch has created a full list (that we will update as more watches for the auction are released) of all the piece unique (one-of-a-kind) timepieces that will be offered at the event. ... read more »The article Only Watch 2013 Auction: Full List Of Piece Unique Watches first appeared on A BLOG TO WATCH and was written by Ariel Adams.

Below is an excerpt of the entire article on Fratellowatches. Click Comparison Of Two Patek Philippe Nautilus Watches – 3700/1A Versus 5711/1A to read the entire article. Patek Philippe is being regarded as one of the most prestigious watch companies from Switzerland. This always has been the case. Their – often – wealthy clients are located all over the world and among them are royals and captains of industry. It is a brand with one of the best-known slogans, “You never actually own a Patek Philippe. You merely look after it for the next generation.”. Whether this is true or not, does not matter, owners of a Patek Philippe watch or future buyers of a Patek Philippe watch gladly refer to this slogan to justify their expensive timepiece. In this article we compare a vintage Nautilus 3700/1A with a modern Nautilus 5711/1A.The post Comparison Of Two Patek Philippe Nautilus Watches – 3700/1A Versus 5711/1A appeared first on Fratellowatches - Opinions on watches, watch reviews, watch stories & industry news.

The Ulysse Nardin Sonata is not a new watch, but these two models are the newest iteration thereof and referred to by Ulysse Nardin as the Sonata Streamline watches. Among high-end timepieces in the brand's even most avant garde collections the Sonata is perhaps the least understood. ... read more »The article Ulysse Nardin Sonata Streamline Hands-On: Musical Alarm Watch first appeared on A BLOG TO WATCH and was written by Ariel Adams.