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It was Rolex that likely made the "day-date" watch famous. Able to show the day of the week (completely) spelled out in its own window a long with the date. These are the two most important pieces of calendar information that most business people need on an "at a glance" basis. Since then, tons of other watch makers have developed their own day-date models. The most popular mechanical movement to feature these indicator is the Swiss ETA 2836-2. However, most of the time the day of the week is abbreviated into three letters, and is placed right next to the date at the 3 o'clock position on the watch face.

Watch maker Paul Picot decided to get a big creative with the ETA 2836-2 movement. It increased the day of the week disc size to allow for the entire day of the week spelled out on it (here in Italian). Not only that, but Paul Picot has color coded each day by giving it a different color. Hoping that it will make reading the watch easier... as well as making days like Friday more "red." The name of the watch "Arc-en-Ciel" actually means rainbow in French (so why are the days of the week in Italian?) - not sure if an English day version is available.

The Paul Picot Gentleman Arc-en-Ciel watch is available in a white or black colored dial (with matching crocodile strap in brown or black). The steel case is 42mm wide and has a sapphire crystal. The dial design is modern and classic at the same time. On the white dialed version I like the blued steel hour markers. Paul Picot places a curved plated with the "Gentleman" name to help preserve symmetry on the watch. Price for the timepieces will be about $2,450.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch review site aBlogtoRead.com.

Pretty impressive putting the word "disco" in a watch name. Though it is not the first time that Paul Picot has done so. Paul Picot backs up the "discotime" name with colorful accents purportedly meant to remind you of being in a night club. Though I think it has been a while since I've seen a menage of primary color spot lights at the "discotech" Your red, yellow, and blue colors are laid out in an attractive watch that reminds me of a more "in your face" classic Zenith Rainbow Flyback watch in terms of the color theme. The overall look of the Technograph Discotime is very attractive with a smaller actual watch face being flanked by rotating disc based chronograph subdials. The dial in whole is only used for the chronograph seconds, while there is an "open" date window. Technograph and Discotime are terms that are likely meant to make you think of dance music. Maybe this watch is a perfect timepiece for the successful DJ.

The case is in steel and 44mm wide - water resistant to 100 meters. You have a modified Valjoux 7750 automatic movement inside. There is also a fair amount of texturing on the dial and I like the applied hour markers on the actual watch face, which while a bit small, is legible. Overall an attractive watch that I feel can be adeptly dressed up or dressed down. Paul Picot watch have always been on the more quirky side of luxury style, but are certainly adept timepieces. Price will be 8,900 Swiss Francs.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch review site aBlogtoRead.com.

The Technograph Pave collection of watches from Paul Picot is exactly what it sounds like a watch that combines technological expertise with the glittering appeal of pave set diamonds. The watch uses the self-winding chronograph 7750 Valjoux movement. The display is a set of superimposed dials with the hours and minutes in the center and a small seconds and chronometer minute counter flanking it. The 44mm stainless steel case and dial are set with 797 black and white diamonds and the buckle is set with 57 diamonds.

[via WatchLuxus]

I like tourbillons but I'm a bit of a traditionalist and prefer them at the bottom of the dial. Nevertheless I am drawn to this beautiful watch, the latest addition to Paul Picot's Atelier collection. The 42mm gold case houses a mechanical two barrels movement, a 60-second tourbillon, power reserve display, retrograde display and a small second hands on the tourbillon. It is available in rose or white gold in a limited edition of 50 pieces.

[via Time Zone]