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Xetum is probably the hottest new watch company to come out in the last year. We reviewed their top of the line Tyndall and loved it. Unique and modest case design, Swiss made movement, unique cork-backed leather strap with deployant clasp and a dose of social conciousness all for a modest price? You can't beat it!Today, cartier santos 100 mens w20073x8 watch Xetum has been gracious enough to donate a black dial Stinson model. The Stinson features an even more understated dial configuration that uses a sweep seconds instead of a subsidiary register like on the Tyndall. Inside the Stinson is the classic ETA 2824 Swiss automatic movement with 38 hour power reserve. There is super luminova on the big numbers for a great glow, and it cartier santos 100 mens w20073x8 watch features an exhibition back with engraved XETUM rotor.This thing is absolutely beautiful, and we're honored to present this opportunity to win a Xetum Stinson to you guys. You know the drill, leave those comments below and be sure to let us know what you think of this watch. Retail on the Stinson is just under $1000. Also be sure to Like Xetum on Facebook and follow them on Twitter.

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The watch you see to the left is actually the most complicated in the world, and that's not hyperbole. The Patek Caliber 89 features 33 complications. Look at your watch, count the complications (eg. time, date, chronograph), and more likely than not, you'll be able to multiple that by at least 10, and you're still not even close to what this Patek can do. So what exactly is this Patek? We'll let Antiquorum tell us.A cartier mens w20011c4 watches spectacular and unique, keyless three-barrel, double dial, astronomical and astrological 18K yellow gold watch with sidereal time, second time zone, time of sunrise and sunset, equation of time, perpetual calendar, century leap year correction, century, decade and year indication, four year cycle indication, season, equinox, cartier mens w20011c4 watches solstice and Zodiac indication, star chart, phases and age of the moon, date of Easter indication, split-seconds chronograph, hour and minute recorders, Westminster chime on four gongs, Grande and Petite Sonnerie”, alarm, up/down indicators for the going and striking train, three way setting indicator, winding crown position indicator, thermometer and Tourbillon regulator.Get all that?

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We talk about timepieces every day that cost as much as your average sports sedan and don't think much of it. Today, we have to make note of the exceptional case when your run of the mill Paul Newman Cosmograph is put to shame by a 60 year old dress watch.On May 10th, Christies will hold a sale in Geneva, Breitling Airwolf BW1001 watches Switzerland that has some truly exceptional pieces. How exceptional? Well, the piece we're about to tell you about is estimated to sell between $1,420,370 and $2,367,284, or $1.5million CHF and $2.5million CHF. One watch, $2.5 million dollars? It has to be a Patek Philippe, right?Absolutely, and not just any Patek Philippe. This reference 1527 Patek Philippe is a one off, oversized for the time, perpetual calendar with moonphase and chronograph. It is a solid 2.5mm Breitling Airwolf BW1001 watches larger than even the more contemporary reference 1518, which was the world's first perpetual calendar chronograph. The case of this Patek Philippe is dramatically different than the 1518. As Christies puts it "the case body has more roundness than reference 1518 and the lugs have grown in length and are more curved - smoothly clinging around its wearer's wrist.

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Yup, we're giving away a A Lange & Sohne Lange 1 LS1320 watches perpetual calendar. Coming from what really is a super-interesting brand that we haven't covered much (yet, we have some great stuff coming), is the TX 400 Series with weekly perpetual calendar. TX specializes in homegrown movements that, despite being quartz-based, are rather impressive and rather complicated. They do world-timers, fly back chronographs, gmt's, and like the watch we're giving away today, even true perpetual calendars.The TX 400 uses an innovative four-hand system to display day, date, and even the week at a glance. Four A Lange & Sohne Lange 1 LS1320 watches separate motors keep the TX accurate without adjustment and account for the varying length of months as well as leap years. Like any perpetual calendar, this watch will not have to be reset until the year 2100, which means it will likely outlast you.The build quality on this watch is truly excellent, features a nice leather strap with deployant buckle, sapphire crystal, and a gold colored steel case. Retail on this incredibly cool perpetual calendar is around $550. More details can be found right here.If you want this watch, and we suspect you do, leave those comments below!

Think you give good gifts? Ever spend $1.3M on your mates? Thought so. But if you play soccer for the Cameroon squad that just secured a spot in the World Cup Finals by beating Morocco 2-0, you would find yourself on the receiving end of a $42,000 watch courtesy of teammate Samuel Etoo. Of course, the team from Africa has yet to actually win the final itself. We suppose the card will read something along the lines ofGreat work on a job nearly done. The outspoken Etoo told a French A Lange & Sohne Lange 1 LS1320 watches television station "You remember that watch I gave to Usain Bolt in the summer? If we qualify I will give one to each of my team-mates, with a dedication from me inscribed on the back." We give credit for good on those words, even if a tad shameless. Respect where its due though as this skilled striker can certainly back up his image with a high level of play as the captain of the Cameroon team.The watch itself (seen to the left) happens to be from Etoos own jewelry line known as Etoo World. His Ref. E watches are all fitted with the cal. FD3041 Tourbillon A Lange & Sohne Lange 1 LS1320 watches movement and come with an assortment of case metals (SS and Rose Gold) and decoration (256 Diamond Bezel anyone?). Who says an act of kindness and brilliant marketing have to be two separate things? The freshly blinged out Cameroon team will appear in their first World Cup Finals match against Japan on June 14th as a member of playing group E. See more of Etoos timepieces here, and click here for more info on their upcoming match.