Diving In Grand Cayman With Oris Watches Video Part 1
We consider ourselves a pretty lucky bunch over at ABTW – we get hands-on time with the watches we enjoy, and we get to share our passion with the community. Great fun!However, once in a while we get really lucky, and a brand like Oris sends us to the Cayman Islands to earn our diving certification as part of the December 2014 best watches giveaway. Since that is exactly what happened, we decided to film and share our experience in this three-part series, shot in Grand Cayman with our holiday 2014 “Learn to Dive with Oris Watches” giveaway winner, Zach.
My First Grail Watch:?Michel Parmigiani
Welcome back to an original best watches feature, “My First Grail Watch.” In this series, we ask prominent people in the watch industry about the first timepiece that they lusted after. Today, we are speaking with the founder of Parmigiani Fleurier, Michel Parmigiani. Read on to learn how he started out in the midst of the “quartz crisis,” as well as the watchmaker of days gone by that inspired him.best watches (ABTW): Who are you, and what is your relationship to the watch industry?Michel Parmigiani: My name is Michel Parmigiani, and I am the founder of the watchmaking brand "Parmigiani Fleurier"which is an industrial hub that now comprises a fully independent manufacture. Initially, I was a watchmaker specializing in restoration. That was my primary business when I set out to become an entrepreneur in the middle of the quartz crisis. Aside from restoring the marvels of the past, I've always expressed my creative side through the conception of my own calibers a