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The Anniversary of an Icon

A lot can happen in the space of twenty years with success not a guaranteed certainty. The Hanson Brothers had topped the charts in 1997 with "Mmm Bop", and Steve Jobs returned to run Apple Computers and we all know how these two different stories turned out.

1997 also saw Audemars Piguet introduce the Royal Oak Chronograph into their collection for the first time in what would be an extremely well thought out choice.

"The countdown has officially begun for Christmas; here at The Cheshire Watch Company. We are exceptionally excited for the Christmas festivities, especially since this is our first Christmas in Wilmslow."

The new Rolex Yacht-Master is a familiar name in an unfamiliar guise.

As of the 1^st July 2015 all Rolex watches supplied with a Green Swing Tag (as opposed to a red one) will receive a 5 year International Warranty on their watch. As an addition and perhaps to stifle complaints from relatively recent purchases, all watches dated from 01/07/2013 to 30/06/2015 will receive an additional 1 year extension on top of their current 2 year warranty.

BaselWorld 2014 has so far given us two offerings from Patek Philippe in a year they will be celebrating their 175^th Anniversary. We hear d earlier in the year that Patek had “discontinued” quite a few of their chronograph movements, two of which were the 5980 and the 5960. The most surprising watch out of those two that we heard about was the 5960 as it was only at BaselWorld 2013 that Patek released a few more variations of the already magnificent looking watch. Another surprise from the Annual Calendar chronograph came this morning when a Stainless Steel version on a bracelet was announced with a white dial the 5960/1A. Up until now the 5960 had only been executed in precious metals with only Rose Gold and Platinum being the alloys of choice for the magnificent time piece. Early indications show this already is a favourite amongst watch fanatics and with a rough guide price of £33,200 this could be a gap in the market Patek needed to fill compared to their much higher priced precious metal models.