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I’m looking for help on the calculating function of this very rare and interesting full-calendar watch.
To keep the discussion central, please comment at the Watch-Rap forum at The Purists, where I posted this as well: Please click here for the link to the original post.
Thanks for your help,
Gerard
My long time overseas watchfriend Kucimo shows his collection at the Seiko & Citizen forum:
As WristWatchReview wrote already, a recap of Basel Fair 2005 in pictures. Ofcourse, from The Purists.
A perfect picture of an almost perfect watch.
My girlfriend bought me this box, suitable for 4 (large) watches. The Panerai is 44mm, the Sinn is 44mm as well I guess and the other two are 40mm. There was also a cloth with it to clean the box, it is made out of wood and has a sort of piano finish on it which makes it very shiny…
yeah, to hat actually? It sounds a bit ridicilous to produce a military watch to tribute the end of the 2nd world war. However, there will be 1945 pieces (ww2 ended officially in 1945) available.
The original news post came from horlogenieuws.nl
Although not my style (too sci-fi for me :-)) , I can appreciate the brand for being original!
John at WristWatchReview did some reviewing, click here to read on..
I just saw this survey appearing on the Speedmaster Forum:
If you have some spare time, click here : http://www.questionpro.com/akira/TakeSurvey?id=230085
It seems to be a bit of a commercial ’scheme’, so you really mix up their outcome I guess 
Hi,
I know, I am a bit behind schedule when it comes to the Fratellowatches blog, checking the several forums and other blogs ofcourse.
I have been busy last week(s). Well, that should never be an excuse to not be answering my hunger for watches, but I can’t come up with anything else.
My 28th birthday was on April 13th, but I celebrated it last weekend. Watchwise, I got very nice presents. A very very nice watchbox from my girlfriend Fleur. I will take pictures of it this weekend (and fill it with some of my watches) and post it online. Gerard (of co-editor and shopowner of Horloge Platform Nederland) got me watchpresents as well. A nice retro LED watch, with real LED’s (no LCD-like electronica) and a press kit of the latest Speedmaster Pro special, including a CD-ROM by Omega. The other presents were great as well, but since they are not watch related, I won’t bore you with them
As for now, especially for the Dutch readers among us, here are some interesting links:
http://www.dezinvanluxe.nl is a new Dutch blog & forum on watches by Dale Vito and Steef Marcelissen.
Another interesting link is http://www.horlogenieuws.nl with all the latest news on watches and watch business. This site is maintained by Gerard Nijenbrinks.
So to keep things short again, I will be posting some news this weekend again.
I will soon open a small page with straps by Salvo Giallochiaro Co. These straps are handmade in Italy and especially made for Panerai watches. They come including a pre-Vendome style buckle (polished).
Straps come in calf, croco, shark and other exotic leather types will be available as well. Payments via PayPal.
I’ll keep you posted!!
Who hyped the large watches?
Wil @ Paneristi posted a link on Monster watches! The article is a bit dated, but not posted before here
Last time I went to a watchmeeting was P-Day #3 and before that the WatchUSeek meeting in The Hague. Yesterday there was a small GTG (Get ToGether) by some Dutch Paneristi. However, I couldn’t make it this time. I hope I can be there on the next meeting, since it is definately too long ago I attended a nice watchmeeting.
Click here to see the small photo essay by Maurits
A Purist member by the name of Velociphile also types his thoughts and interesting finds on his blog.
For the first time in history, an Antiquorum auction brings more than CHF 18.000.000,=! The Vacheron Constantin thematic auction, to celebrate the 250-th anniversary of that company, had an auction total of CHF 18.123.069,=
Read the press release at: Antiquorum press release, and be sure to have a look at the top lot, nr. 182 which fetched CHF 3.306.250,=: Lot 182
Regards,
Gerard
Display of the Porsche Design Indicator, found at the Porsche Design booth at the fair in Basel.
Click the image to enlarge, and be able to read the text.
Car designers probably beter stick to car designing - a classic newbe error at a 70 grand watch isn’t very acceptable in my opinion.
‘Chronograph’ stupids, not ‘chronometer!
Cheers,
Gerard
Ernie from WatchUseek had an interview with Mr. Dino Zei at the Basel 2005 fair…
During my visit to the Basel Show 2005 I was kindly invited by Mr. Frederico Massacesi from Anonimo SpA to have an exclusive interview with Mr. Dino Zei for Watchuseek.com and the Anonimo Forum. No need to tell you that I felt honored by his request and gladly accepted the invitation.
I just had my interview with Pierre Dubois, owner of Pierre DeRoche watches. A very interesting story of an interesting man and ditto watch brand (I will write a full article later). Although watch brand is a bit much to say; at the moment there are two models forseen, from which one - the rectangular Splitrock - will be available in June this year in two dial variations. The second model - the round Grandcliff (no pictures yet) - will most probably be available just before the end of the year in two dial variations as well.
I’m sorry for the big picture, but the watch is just BIG. I’ve tried it on and it wears, despite of it’s size, very comfortable because of the non-fixed and bending-over-your-wrist lugs.
As promised here is the price information. The Splitrock Concentric Chronograph will cost € 7.350,= (incl VAT) in stainless steel, and there will be a rose gold version available at € 19.680,=. The Grandcliff (which has a 60 minute chronograph register at 9 in stead of the normal 30 minutes, and a retrograde 12 hour totalisator) will cost € 6.300,= (incl VAT) in steel and € 18.620,= in gold.
I personally can’t wait get to get one 
Gerard
From the Richemont site:
RICHEMONT AND FERRARI
Ferrari and Richemont have agreed to enter into an exclusive license agreement
for the development, manufacturing and distribution of watches by Richemont
under the Ferrari brand;
Panerai, the Italian historical brand recognised for the high quality, technology
and style of its timepieces, will be responsible for the development of haute
horlogerie Ferrari watches following the concept “Ferrari engineered by Panerai”;
Panerai will present its first collection of Ferrari watches in spring 2006;
Panerai will be appointed “Official Timekeeper to Ferrari” with immediate effect.
Read the official pressrelease here.
Yesterday afternoon I had a very interesting interview with a few people from Omega on their Speedmaster line and philosofy.
You can read it at Speedmaster.nl
Totally in the back of hall 5.1, let’s say even behind the row which you think is the last one, is the booth of Pierre DeRoche (thanks for the tip Ernie Romers of www.watchuseek.com; I wouldn’t have found it myself).
Pierre DeRoche is owned by Pierre Dubois, a brother of the Dubois in Dubois Depraz. He invented a chronograph which indicates all chronograph functions in one single register (at the six o’clock position.
Brilliant! A hughe watch though, which has something to show behind the glass back. Exclusive movement, of course produced by Dubois Depraz. Visit their website at http://www.pierrederoche.com and I’m afraid chances are big you want one. Tomorrow I’ll have an interview with Mr. Dubois, and by then I will have price information available as well.
Regards,
Gerard
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