Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Japanese Watch in White Dial

Buying Watches In Burlingame California: Topper Fine Jewelers

Welcome to a new series on aBlogtoWatch where we discuss important stores that sell watches all over the world. We spend a lot of time here talking about the watches we think are cool or that we would recommend buying, but little time advising people where to buy them. Until now. Each of these stores has an interesting story to tell about where they operate and who they sell to.Whether or not you buy watches from brick and mortar retailers or prefer to buy watches online, these are the stores that shape our watch culture around the globe. There is a long list of stores to cover, but i

2(X)IST New York City Watch Review

It has probably been about a year now since I first heard the news that underwear maker 2(X)IST was about to release a wristwatch. The announcement did make me do a double take. I thought, "what's next, is Fruit of the Loom going to make a line of shotguns?" 2(X)IST was actually serious about it and wanted to not only have a watch, but one that would be unique and have wide appeal. Someday I'd love to hear the inside story. What really caught my attention though was who designed the watch. Called the New York City, the 2(X)IST watch collection was dreamed up by Jason Wilbur, the same g

A. Lange & Sohne Grand Lange 1 Watch

One of A. Lange & Sohne's more quiet new releases for 2012 was this redesigned version of the Grand Lange 1 watch. Last year they released the great looking Lange 1 Daymatic with an automatic movement, and this year the Lange 1's slightly bigger brother gets an update. This model is really something that mostly dedicated A. Lange & Sohne fans are going to understand, as it isn't clearly an update, but more a slight revision. The Grand Lange 1 actually gets a bit smaller, but also thinner as well. Plus, the dial layout is now much more clean.The original Lange 1 watch helped ma

A. Lange & Sohne Langematik Perpetual Watch Available On James List

The perpetual calendar complication has been a fascinating and useful feature on high-end watches for quite sometime. Calendar functions directly related to keeping the time, and offer a variety of information related to the 24 hour cycle. Most watches have just the date, and the more complex you get, the more calendar functions you can record. Annual calendars measure the day, date, and month - often the phase of the moon as well. The benefit for those is being able to avoid adjusting your watch each month that does not have a 31 day cycle. Though there is still the matter of dealing