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Vacheron Constantin is doing its good deed for the holiday season. 

The vintage Vacheron above was lost in a prominent NYC restaurant recently.  Vacheron was contacted by that restaurant about the loss, and now they have put out a call to the watch collecting community to help try to find its rightful owner. 

The watch has been identified as reference number 4413 and houses a manual wound 17 jewel movement, caliber P454/5B within an 18 carat yellow-gold case and dates to 1955.  Even more impressive? It still has the original domed crystal!

Vacheron is in possession of the watch, and whoever can identify where the watch was lost, approximiately when, and provide some historical background as to how they received the watch, will have it returned to them free of charge!

If this is your watch, or you know whose watch it is, contact Vacheron directly at 877.701.1755 or concierge.us@vacheron-constantin.com.

Don’t you wish all watch companies cared this much?

From:HODINKEE

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Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of visiting Omega’s renovated museum space across the street from the brand’s headquarters in Biel, Switzerland. Omega has a history that stretches back to 1848 and the museum tells the story of one generation to the next with great pride and impeccable curation. With a brand that conjures images of James Bond, Astronauts and the Olympics, it’s easy to overlook its modest founder and historic manufacturing abilities. The museum handles the task well though, devoting space and attention to each chapter in the company’s evolution.  In the museum you will see some of the most important Omegas ever made – the watches that made it into outerspace, those that were part of the Alaska project, those that were issued by the British military, and even a few from COMEX. 

The fun doesn’t end there, so if you want to see some really special Omegas, read on.

From:HODINKEE

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Bet you’ve never seen this before.

You’re looking at the new Vacheron Constantin Boutique Exclusive Historiques 1921 next to the very watch that inspired it, a piece built for an American collector in 1921 (though the original concept dates to 1919).  These original Vacheron drivers watches are incredibly rare, in fact this model with the crown in the 1 o’clock position was only made in 12 examples.  The first three pieces were sent to the Americas and the very first belonged to “Rev S. Parkes Cadman, a prominent clergyman, newspaper writer and pioneer Christian radio broadcaster of the 1920s and 1930s. He was an early advocate of ecumenism and an outspoken opponent of anti-Semitism and racial intolerance.”

The 12 pieces were delivered over ten years, with the last being sold in 1931.  The watch you see above happens to belong to Vacheron Constantin themselves, and when we saw it in the display case at their NY boutique as part of the American Heritage project, we just had to photograph it next to the modern day tribute.  These are two absolutely magnificent timepieces, and you can see just how true to form the new model is. 

Click through for more photos of TWO Vacherons, one dubbed the 1921, the other actually from 1921.

Related Content: To see a photo essay of the other watches in Vacheron’s ongoing American Heritage Exhibit, click here.

From:HODINKEE

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Tonight in Milan, Panerai will unveil a new watch, the Luminor Marina 1950 3 Days, or the PAM 00422.  The PAM 00422 features the brand’s new in-house P. 3001 caliber which has hour, minutes, small seconds at 9 o’clock and what we think is the coolest part about it, a power reserve of three days that is viewable through the case back.  The Luminor Marina 1950 3 Days is sized at 47mm and sits in the Luminor 1950 case with a cusp-shaped carrure, which takes its inspiration from a rare model of the 1940s that represents an intermediate stage in the transformation from the Radiomir to the Luminor case.

The PAM 00422 comes on a natural calf leather that has not been treated in any way and this watch will be limited to 2000 pieces.

From:HODINKEE

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Click to EnlargeDuring the 60s and 70s, few brands made more interesting or cooler watches than Omega.  At the time, many considered the brand to be premier sport timepiece manufacture in the world, a grade above Heuer (who really focused primarily on motorsports and not much else) and on the same page as Rolex – who was was (and still is) limited by a narrow product width.  Omega took risks, and they made a lot of watches.  That eventually hurt them when they started going a little too heavy into quartz and lower end automatics (which they are now trying to reverse with the introduction of their own in-house, high-end pieces).  But, the fact remains that 40 years ago, Omega was probably the coolest watch company around.

In this picture, you see some of the great watches that made Omega such a fan favorite, including the perennial Speedmaster Professional, but also early Seamasters, the PloProf (designed by Jacques Cousteau!), the Flightmaster, a Bullhead, a Speedsonic Lobster, the Seamaster Chrono-Quartz, the Time Computer III (best name for a watch EVER) and quite a few more.  We highly recommend clicking the image above to see this amazing vintage Omega collection in all its glory.

(Pic via Flickr / Hat Tip to Mr. Timothy Barber)

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What did Gertrude Bell do and how can she be seen as significant?

Answer by spunkrat
Gertrude Bell was a very interesting woman. She was an English writer, traveler, political officer, administrator, and archeologist who explored, mapped, and became highly influential to British imperial policy-making due to her extensive travels in Greater Syria, Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, and Arabia. She helped to estabilish the Hashemite dynasties in what is today Jordan as well as in Iraq. She played a major role in estabilishing and helping administer the modern state of Iraq.

During her lifetime she was highly beloved and trusted by British officials and given an immense amount of power for a woman at the time.

She also was an honorary secretary of the British Woman’s Anti-Sufferage League. She believed that as long as women felt that the kitchen and the bedroom were their only domains, they were truly unprepared to take part in deciding how a nation should be ruled.

During World War 1 she drew maps of the Middle East to help the British army reach Baghdad safely. She became the only female political officer in the British forces and recieved the title “Liason Officer, Correspondent to Cairo”.

She estabilished the Baghdad Archaeological Museum.

She died in 1926.

Hope this helps.

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here it is if you haven’t

Answer by Yangster
Nope, I have seen Jeff Hardy vs AJ Styles

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What is the last song when Ric is entering the IWC meeting?

Answer by JB
This might be helpful — it’s the full soundtrack to the Cove. You can preview the tune by clicking the play button next to each song.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-cove-original-motion-picture/id327647884

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I mean I saw him since it was made official he was Jacob and he said he needed to gain like 20 more pounds.
and anyone see what Emmett looks like

Answer by cutie piex3
no…

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