Baume & Mercier Steel Hot News

• Blue Lume/Green Lume Comparison

  Hey Guys,Sunday I did a lume comparison shot of the new White Gold Submariner and the 16613 Submariner. I saw something interesting - typically when I compare a Maxi Dial omega (like the Yacht-Master for example) to a non-Maxi Dial omega (like my 16613), the Maxi Dial omega will appear to have a brighter dial. Most agree this is becuase there's more surface area on the maxi-dial hands and marker........

• I Found this Old SEiko.......

  I was just finishing sorting out watches to take to the antique show tomorrow, and I stumbled across this old Seiko......now I have seen quartz watches with 1 jewel or 6 jewels , but I have never seen a watch that says Quartz quite plainly on the dial, and then right above the 6, it also says 17 jewels......It wasn't running when I picked it up, I was going to see about putting a battery in it, ( ........

• Is the vintage watch going the way of the postage stamp?

  Is the vintage watch going the way of the postage stamp?170 years ago the British Royal Mail started distributing the first postage stamps. Quite a few of these stamps achieved values of more than US$ 1.5 millions over time. However, the market for stamps is imploding. The reason being that there are many ageing collectors wanting to dispose of their collections and too few new collectors entering........

• Cartier Movement Question

  More recently Cartier have produced thier new Tank with a completely in-house movement.Does anyone suspect or know if they will roll this out with the other models in thier line, i.e. Santos etc?........