Coming Soonish...

As some of you reading this will already know, yours truly with the immeasurable help of the Paajanen family, Dan Mason, Carla Duarte, and Michel Ditisheim put out a small book on the history of the Vulcain Cricket's relationship with the Presidents of the United States. It was put out in partnership with Vulcain and provided free of charge to the general public. There was always a plan to put out a revised and updated book, and I am happy to say that this plan is still in action.

With that said, I also had to make the hard choice to pull the original from circulation without notice. For anyone out there who wanted one, I am sorry. But I also wanted to shed at least a little light on what can at best be called chicanery, and perhaps more honestly as the mischief of weasels.  And yes, the weasels, or in this case the belettes know who they are.

So with that said, I am pleased to relay that the extra time has afforded me the opportunity to get more original photos, documentation, etc. 

So for those who supported the original version, a big thank you and you can count on an update when we are ready to go. Should be a few more months - AFTER the spring watch shows.

Until then, enjoy your watches!

 

The Cricket And The Presidents

Twenty-three years is a long time! In many ways, I have been working on this small book for nearly all of them. I am happy (and relieved) to say that it is now finally done.

At the risk of "underselling" this, I am going to tell you what it is, and what it isn't.

It is a compilation of anecdotes about all of the Vulcain Cricket watches and their Presidential owners and guardians that can be accounted for. It is not 500 pages of glossy paper, elegantly slipped into a hardcover edition in a special slide-out box. 

It is just over 30 pages, contains images of correspondence from the Presidents, and the truth about who actually gave a Vulcain Cricket to various Presidents of the United States.

If you are looking for a big, heavy coffee table book to put on your coffee table, this is not the book for you. If you want a resource for some interesting (at least I think so) factoids about the Vulcain Cricket and the US Presidents who either owner or received one in an easily digestible format? Then  this might be right up your alley-way!

We will be offering these for sale sometime in the second week of March. If you think you might like to get one, shoot me a message or leave a comment.