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Baselworld 2015's Best Watches

Longines Pulsometer Chronograph

Longines packed an automatic monopusher chronograph into a streamlined 40 millimeter steel case and then added a 1920s-style dial with a bright red pulsometer scale (used by doctors to take a patient's pulse). Vintage-style chronograph at an affordable price.

Hermès Slim d'Hermès

These might be the best watches to come out of Baselworld 2015.There are both dual-time perpetual calendar and time-only versions of this watch.Both are powered by thin automatic movements (wound by a micro-rotor) that are made in-house by Hermès. 

TAG Heuer Carrera Caliber 18

You could almost fool someone into thinking this is the original Carrera. The domed sapphire crystal, faded grey markers, and sharply angled lugs (not to mention that old-school Heuer logo, sans TAG) are all spot-on.The new Caliber 18 Carrera looks almost exactly like the original model from 1963.

Sarpaneva Korona Northern Lights

Whoa! Thats all there is to be said about this wrist-format time keeping instrument. This watch comes from a Finnish watch maker, Stepan Sarpaneva. Stepan Says you can leave it on your bedside when you go to sleep and it will still be visible in the morning. 

H. Moser Funky Blue Perpetual Calendar

Perpetual calendars customarily involve a pile of windows and subdials pointing out four or five different measurements of time. Moser's perpetual calendar has a pared-down display, and this dial is astonishing. This is high-end watchmaking without the pretension.

Glashütte Original Senator Observatory

Classic German watchmaking with an aesthetic update.Germany earned its watchmaking stripes by making crazily accurate chronometers in the 19th century for merchant ships and scientific use.This watch takes that tradition and reinterprets it in a way that's thoroughly modern. 

Patek Philippe Nautilus 5711R

This is the one Patek-lovers are probably waiting for. Sure, it's all gold, but this is as easy to wear as a watch gets. No one will mistake this for anything but what it is.

Chopard L.U.C Regulator

A regulator is the perfect platform for a dual-time watch. The L.U.C line can compete with the likes of Patek and Vacheron, though it has its own, slightly less-traditional vibe.The time for classifying Chopard as a "jewelry watch" brand is long over, and this watch is further proof.

Omega Dark Side of the Moon, Vintage Edition

Out of four new editions of this watch, here is one of the most unique. Following up on its popular Dark and Grey Side of the Moon watches, this week Omega released a series of four new variations. It's the big black watch for the guy who hates big black watches. 

Laurent Ferrier Traveller Black

Forget bright colors. The black enamel version of this watch is incredible. Maps on dials can be a controversial subject. This new version of Laurent Ferrier's dual-time Traveller watch (that window at 9 o'clock shows the hours of your second time zone), has a two-tone map that's a silver dome covered in black enamel that's worn away to reveal the continents. Ferrier's micro-rotor movement could be the most beautiful automatic caliber ever made.

Most Anticipated Art Exhibitions of 2015

2015 Will be a great year to travel around museums to see some of the most amazing Artists' work on display. This is a list of some of the most anticipated art exhibitions featuring prominent artists and museums.

What: On Kawara: Silence
Where: The Guggenheim, New York, NY
When: February 6, 2015 to May 3, 2015

What: Björk
Where: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
When: March 8, 2015 to June 7, 2015

What: Frida Kahlo: Art, Garden, Life
Where: New York Botanical Gardens, New York, NY
When: May 16, 2015 to November 1, 2015
Why: Not only will this exhibition of paint

What: Islamic Art Now: Contemporary Art of the Middle East
Where: The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
When: January 31, 2015

What: Super Indian: Fritz Scholder, 1967–1980
Where: The Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
When: October 4, 2015 to January 17, 2016

What: Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960–1971
Where: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
When: May 17, 2015 to September 7, 2015

What: The first exhibition since the Whitney's move in 2014.
Where: The new Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
When: May 1, 2015

What: Basquiat: The Unknown Notebooks
Where: The Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY
When: April 3, 2015 to August 23, 2015

What: Barnett Newman: The Late Work
Where: The Menil Collection, Houston, TX
When: March 27, 2015 to August 2, 2015

What: Marilyn Minter -- Pretty Dirty
Where: Contemporary Art Museum Houston, TX
When: April 18, 2015 to August 2, 2015

What: 2015 Triennial: Surround Audience
Where: The New Museum, New York, NY
When: February 25, 2015 to May 24, 2015

What: Organic Matters -- Women to Watch 2015
Where: The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
When: June 5, 2015 to September 13, 2015

What: TR Ericsson: Crackle & Drag
Where: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
When: May 23, 2015 to August 22, 2015

What: China: Through the Looking Glass
Where: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
When: May 7, 2015 to August 16, 2015

What: Decidedly Surreal: The Bindings of Mary Louise Reynolds
Where: The Art Institute of Chicago, IL
When: January 20, 2015 to March 23, 2015

What: Alex Katz, This Is Now
Where: The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
When: June 21, 2015 to September 6, 2015

What: Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia
Where: The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
When: October 24, 2015 to February 28, 2016

What: Light, Paper, Process: Reinventing Photography
Where: The Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA
When: April 14, 2015 to September 6, 2015

What: Trenton Doyle Hancock -- Skin and Bones, 20 Years of Drawing
Where: The Studio Museum Harlem, New York, NY
When: March 26, 2015 to June 28, 2015

What: American Solider
Where: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
When: January 23, 2015 to June 21, 2015

Art Expo: New York - International Artexpo is the world’s largest fine art trade show, providing dealers, collectors and buyers with access to thousands of innovative works from artists and publishers in one single venue. Our juried Gallery Pavilion hosts leading publishers and gallery owners, along with established independent artists. We host hundreds of US-based and international exhibitors each year and offer expert perspectives from industry professionals in our Topics & Trends education series.

Awesome InfoGraphic on Wealth in the US

 This was an awesome contribution from our friends over at  www.infographicworld.com and the link for this is: http://infographicworld.com/wealth-in-the-united-states/

Pretty Girls and Money

Since the Markets are so Boring Today lets Take Time To see some Beautiful Art With Relevance:

Money makes the man,

Money makes the stupid pass for smart,

Money buys the treasure for sins,

Money shows;

Money buys the pleasure-giving women,

Money keeps the soul in bliss,

Money put the common man in high estate.

Money brings your enemies down.

And every man seems down without it,

The world and fortune being ruled by it,

It even opens if you want, the doors of paradise.

So wise he seems to me who piles up

What more than any other virtue

Conquers gloom and leavens the whole spirit.

Niccolo de’ Rossi, 1290-1348.

This is something disgustingly beautiful in my opinion.

I Want to share a few pieces of art from the "Money and Beauty. Bankers, Botticelli and the Bonfire of the Vanities". exhibition from Palazzo Strozzi.

Money Changer

Da Marinus Van Reymerswaele

The Usurers 

Da Marinus Van Reymerswaele

Let's Take some time to reflect on how beautiful finance is...