Couture Watch & Jewelry Show Official Watch Media Partner
watches-dealer is now the official Watch Media Partner of The Couture Show. Couture (@by_couture) is a high-end watch and jewelry trade show event that takes place each year in Las Vegas during the same time as the JCK event, which this year will be on May 29 - June 2, 2014. watches-dealer will be bringing you exciting live watch coverage of the event from?the Wynn Hotel.For our first year with Couture, we will be making some changes to how the event is covered. That means we'll place more of an emphasis on social media and internet coverage, in order to not only display the new watches brands are displaying, but also to help you, the consumer, feel like you are there with us.?Couture is a private, industry-only event not open to the general public, but that doesn't mean you can't be a part of it with us.In future years we have many more ideas we will hopefully try to implement, but we and Couture are excited to bring you news, views, and fun from the show, Couture 2014. To follow alon

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

What other colors of rubber straps
are available for the 44mm ?I have the platinum 44. I wear the blue gator and my back croc. I have a black rubber but would like to try a different rubber - maybe blue, maybe white, how about a blue/white rubber?What other rubber options are available?Thanks,Rob

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Conflicted about the Dream Watch Daytona
I'd say when I started liking watches as a teen, the two I dreamed of most were the Sub and Daytona. A 16610 has been on my wrist for 10 years now, but I've admired and dreamed of the Daytona. I am tempted, but I have some trepidations.First is the grey market price, which might as well be the real price. So about $20k in the USA right now. I'll spare details, but I'm not a rich/wealthy man. I am though above average in income/net worth for someone my age. I'll just say $20k is a lot of money to me, but also not something that would meaningfully impact me or my life if I spent it on a watch. That being said, to me wearing something with that kind of value on my wrist would be a totally different league than wearing my 16610. It would give me some pause about when/where, while my 16610 gives me no pause, I just wear it.Second is the servicing/upkeep. Obviously chrono complication/ceramic bezel means more in servicing over the years. One thing I like about my 16610 is that's it'