Buying Watches In Greenwich, Connecticut: Manfredi Jewels
Welcome back to an watches-dealer original series, where we discuss important stores that sell watches all over the world. Each store we profile has an interesting story to tell about where they operate and who they sell to. Whether you buy watches from brick and mortar retailers or prefer to buy watches online, these are the stores that help shape our watch culture around the globe. There is a long list of stores to cover, but if there is a retail location in your favorite city that we simply can't miss, let us know in the comments below.Where to buy watches in Greenwich, Connecticut?When most watch lovers hear "Greenwich," they often think of Greenwich, England which is home to the Royal Observatory and the Prime Meridian (hence GMT being Greenwich Mean Time). But if you are an affluent watch lover in the greater New York City area, you might instead think, "that's where I live." Normally you would not expect to find a high end watch store in a quiet town of 62 thousand. But as a des

Stylin' Xemex XE 5000 Automatic Watch With Perlage Polished Metal Face
This is one of the rarest Xemex XE 5000 watches out there, and perhaps the most interesting. This is Xemex trying to be even more avant garde and succeeding. The XE 5000 line of Xemex watches was intended to be a higher budget Offroad, and offered complex chronograph and standard three hand models in various flavors.This particular XE 5000 model features a complex perlage polishing on the steel face. This type of polishing has been common on high-end machinery for well over 100 years, and in some realms is a lost art. While this type of polishing is no longer technically needed, it still looks pretty cool. You'll see this on the dashboards of some high-end sports cars like the Spyker as well. Best of all, despite the impressive dial, it does not distract the view of the hands and hour indicators that are surprisingly conspicuous. A testament to the talent of Mr. Kulling of Xemex. Having owned a Xemex watch, I can easily say that the large arrow hours hand looks great, and the linear mi

3rd year warranty sticker
Hi,Just wondering if anyone has experience in registering for the 3rd year warranty sticker from AP through their website and approximately how long it took to receive the sticker (I am located in Canada).I registered my ROC 2 weeks ago and haven't received any updates since, so not sure if it's en route or if I need to follow up. It could also just be me being impatient, as waiting for stuff to arrive is not one of my strengths Would be appreciated if others can let me know approximately how long I should wait before following up, and who I may be able to follow up with.Cheers,James

Speedmaster 57 Retro
I haven't seen anyone talking about this model which is surprising because I think it's one of the best watches from Basel this year.I loved the Speedmaster 57 when they first introduced it two years ago, but the lack of the broad arrow hour hand definitely bothered me. They called it the 57, but it lacked identity. I liked that they used it in the sub dial, but thought it would have been better as the hour hand. I also didn't like the PCLs which have also been changed for this version. Now the center links are brushed and the outer thinner links are polished.They have addressed those concerns, but they made another design choice that I'm conflicted about.Vintage Lume.I'm conflicted because I think this version looks fantastic. The black dial and the tan color of the lume look great together. I also like how the lume areas are recessed instead of applied indices. The problem is that forced vintage looks which is obviously what they are going for.Not in stores until July, but from what

New Aqua terra...
For the last few years I've always had an Omega of one type or another in my collection....Great whiteSeamaster GMT45 PO (black)42 PO (orange)Speedy date Seamaster co axSeamaster bond...Up until a few weeks back, when on the spur of the moment a mate wanted to buy my orange PO.... And I thought yep why not so sold it to him...Although I haven't really missed the PO.... I have missed not having an omega...So ordered this today..... 41mm grey dial with the 8500...