The Breitling Watch Blog

I recently posted a new Video review of the Breitling for Bentley Motors T watch with a black dial. Almost identical to the regular Motors, this watch has a different engine turned bezel and a two-tone polished and brushed finish to the case and bracelet. Oddly, this bracelet costs slightly more than the fully polished one on the Breitling for Bentley Motors.

Enjoy the video

I wrote a new article on some of the differences between the good fakes and the real Breitlings. Not a super intensive definitive guide on a model-to-model basis, but rather a general guide as to what to look for and where the fakes falter.

I included some pics to illustrate the differences.. I hope you enjoy the article!

http://www.breitlingsource.com/articles_replica_goodones.shtml

I posted a Video review of the Cartier Roadster a couple weeks back, but did not get a chance to post it on here as I have been busy moving! Now that I have started settling back in I am catching up a bit on the posts. This Cartier Roadster was a surprisingly nice watch, and I liked it a lot more than I thought it would. My dad likes this Cartier so much that he has it right now and has been wearing it for the last couple weeks.

The Cartier Roadster has very good attention to detail in the case design and a very innovative bracelet attachment system. A user commented on the video that you have to be careful when wearing the watch, and not to wear it to a club as it can come off. I don’t doubt it.. if the mechanism fails it would go flying! But otherwise it is a great watch.. I don’t think it is a huge concern as it seems quite secure - but as always, YMMV. Enjoy.

Franck Muller put out a set of 4 complicated watches last year, dubbed the Aeternitas Mega series 1, 2, 3 and 4. The fourth watch is the one of interest here. With over 1200(!) parts this is one of the most complicated watches in existance.

Here is the list of impressive features:

• Grand tourbillon
• Grande and Petite Sonnerie Minute Repeater - Westminster Carillon Tune
• Split-Seconds Chronograph
• Eternal calendar
• Equation of Time
• Normal leap-year cycle
• Indication of secular years
• Moon phases
• Day and Month
• Retrograde Date
• Day/Night/24 Hour Indicator
• Two Additional Time-Zones

The Mega 4 comprises all the complications included in the first three, making it an extremely impressive peice of horology. This watch measures 40.8mm x 33.8mm with a width of 7.3 mm.

Have you ever wondered what the different styles of Panerai cases are? If you’re already a seasoned Panerai collector, this will not be anything you already don’t know, but if you’re new to the brand, this article might be of interest to you. I know from personal experience that it was difficult to tell the difference between the difference case styles as they kind of look the same in pictures.

I wrote an article on Paneraisource.com that illustrates and explains the differences between the cases styles from Panerai. Hope you enjoy it:

Panerai Case Styles Article

After having a conversation over the phone today with a fellow about watches, I noticed he pronounced the word “Submariner” as in Rolex Submariner as sub MAH ren ner. Like the baseball team the Seattle Mariners but with Sub in front. I pronouce it Sub mah REEN ner like the word Submarine with an R on the end.

I decided I would check it out and find out what the proper way of saying it is. I thought it would have been easier. From gathering the information all over the net, I have found that the old school sailors that would be in the submarines, would use my pronunciation, Sub mah REEN ner. However, there are a lot of British folks that swear that sub MAH ren ner is the way its pronouced.

Reading several sources tells me that the people that actually work as Submariners elected to use the pronunciation Sub mah REEN ner at some point in time and that is what they use. Dictionary tells me that both pronunciations are acceptable.

So next time you walk into a Rolex store and use one of the pronunciations, and the Rolex salesperson corrects you not-so-discreetly by intentionally using the other pronunciation, you can throw this in his face

I’ve been working hard for the last few months collecting data and building a new site: Panerai Source. This site is intended to be a culmination of information on all the Panerai watches in an easy-to-use format similar to the one used for Breitling Source, but this time for Panerai Watches. Every single Pre-V and Current model should be in the database and on the site. I am still looking for photos of models especially discontinued ones, and looking to eventually add a vintage section as well. I’ll also slowly be building up the articles section to provide users and especially newcomers with useful information.

If anyone has some Panerai photos they have taken and would like to contribute them for use on the site.. please email me and let me know! I would be very grateful for them. Even pics of different straps and buckles would be exceptionally useful. But please take a look, join the forum and help make the Panerai Watch Source a great friendly community for everything

http://www.paneraisource.com/

It has been brought to my attention that Chuck Maddox, a legened in the Watch community, providing us with an amazing amount of information on watches, especially Omegas, has passed away yesterday. A moment of silence for one of the most knowledgeable watch guys on the net.

Chuck’s Blog:
http://chuckmaddoxwatch.blogspot.com/