The First Annual Watchstars Awards: Here Are the 5 Winning Watches for 2014
Last week, the winners of the 2014 Watchstars Awards were announced, as selected by an international committee of experts. The Watchstars Awards are international watch awards, intended to honor the best watches of the world in different categories.?This was Watchstars' inaugural year. There were five categories, each with one winner.Watchstars was created by Ebner Publishing Group, a German company that owns numerous watch publications in Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Middle East. (WatchTime is one of Ebner's holdings.)The Watchstars committee consists of 44 experienced watch specialists from around the world. Among them are Joe Thompson, Norma Buchanan and Mark Bernardo of WatchTime. More information on the jury is available here.Significantly, watch manufacturers are not allowed to submit watches to the competition: only committee members can nominate and vote. All watches are eligible, regardless of the brand, its size or its country of origin. Watchstars was established to

Pairs Well With: Stowa Partitio White
The Stowa Partitio is one of those sleeper watches that, once taken in fully and appreciated, is easy to become obsessed with. It’s easy to ignore or forget about it amidst Stowa’s other, more well know watches. The Antea in particular is such a fine example of an early 30’s German design that it takes the spotlight. Well, the Partitio is no less gorgeous, but much more subtle and soft spoken. It’s a vintage styled three-hander with a classic design that hints at WWII field watches, but is more refined for formal wear. It rides the line between casual and dress making it suitable for all occasions, and has a quiet charm that makes it irresistible. At about $700 (w/o VAT) it’s a good value too. There are two colors and two movements to choose from, but for my money, I would go for the white dial with manual ETA 2801 movement, for that vintage feel.Today’s PWW plays off of the reserved style of the Partitio, with some fall/winter clothes that are ready

Swapping bezels
Does anyone know if it is possible to swap bezels on the ROO 42mm?I can get the old vampire for a really good price but I really like the black ceramic bezel of the new one (but hate the strap). Just wanted to know if it was possible to get the ceramic bezel on it's own and swap them.

Speedmaster Patina
I've got a standard 3570.50 caliber 1861 Speedmaster I bought at an AD a couple years ago.I was wondering, as the watch ages, will the hour markers on the dial ever start to go patina? Or is that an effect that you only get with the older-style watches?Or another way of asking it, did OMEGA change anything on the newer models that would prevent the hour markers from aging to a patina? Thanks!

Opinions on this piece
Hey all,I just got back from my AD and I tried on the PP 5940g. I was surprised at how well it fit my wrist; felt like it was custom made for me. It actually looked ok with my casual attire. What are your thoughts on this piece. The salesman said that this is not a popular piece. I wonder why this is. Is it because of the cushion shaped case? Thanks!PS- Hey Mike my AD has the 5205R with black dial if you're ready to pull the trigger