How Glow-In-The-Dark Tritium Gas Tubes Are Made At MB-Microtec
Seeing how tritium gas tubes are made will surely remain among?the coolest experiences I have had on?these horology-related manufacture visits.?Tritium gas tubes are these extremely tiny (about 0.5mm?thick and at least 1.3mm long) glass tubes that are filled with (mildly) radioactive tritium gas �C although, as we will see, there is a lot more to them than that. What these tubes do is that?they are guaranteed to glow brightly and continuously for at least 10 years, without having to be charged by external light (like the luminescent material used on other watches),?or needing to be activated with electricity or otherwise. These little tubes just glow, unstoppably, for up to 20?years, no matter what.The company that is manufacturing these tubes is called MB-Microtec, situated near?Bern, Switzerland.?They are?the only company on the market today that is capable?of manufacturing these?barely visible glass tubes and filling them with tritium, thanks to their special know-how for working wit

New Bulova Accutron II UHF Sport Watches For Baselworld 2015
Simple, satisfying, good value proposition, and timelessthese are some of the things Bulova is doing a good job at becoming known for over the last few years, especially when it comes to their quickly developing Accutron II collection with their UHF movements. "UHF" stands for Ultra High Frequency and refers to their extra-high frequency quartz movements. These are to be differentiated a bit from Bulova Precisionist movements - which are similar but larger in size. Battery life for each is about two years.Bulova will release a lot of new Bulova Accutron II UHF-powered watches in 2015, and these three sport models are good indicators of what to expect. You can see that a new design element (which is actually a little bit of a retro throwback) is to place the quartz frequency value on the dial itself. This is a lot like mechanical watches that say "Automatic" on the dial. On each of these new Bulova Accutron II watches, Bulova prints "262 KHz" which is the frequency of these UHF quartz m

AP Diver rubber strap sizes?
Hi all! While I'm enjoying my AP Diver, I'm actually wearing it at the last hole... which makes me wonder if the rubber strap actually comes in sizes or just a single size only?

Men's Nautilus owners, what do you think of the bracelet flip lock clasp?
I'm new to PP. I'm looking at the beautiful 5711 as my next target. However, I feel that the bracelet's smallish flip lock metal clasp with the engraved Geneva logo does not look as impressive as the rest of the watch. I do appreciate the bracelet's overall slimness that can make the whole watch comfortable to be worn.My initial thought was that PP wants the watch and bracelet/buckle style to be retained as original as possible to uphold the Nautilus design tradition. But when I visited the AD with my wife the other day, we saw the Ladies' Nautilus has a nicer buckle design that is without the flip lock metal clasp. It's sturdier and looks like an improved version over the 5711 bracelet buckle. This design is more similar to my Aquanaut 5167 (rubber) fat buckle which is just so lovely and comfortable.What do you all think? Can we expect a new bracelet buckle for 5711 in the near future? I took some pics from google for comparison.ladies nautilus5711ladies nautilus - buckle opened

Price hike again
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