HourTime Show Watch Podcast Episode 167: Should You Pay Attention To Watch Auctions?
What do you know! As different as John and I are, the last watches we each bought were the same. We are now (once again) Omega brothers, each rocking a Speedmaster Mk II. We discuss the interesting world of watch auctions and try to dispel some of the myth and magic that can get in the way of a good experience. We also discuss the rather odd Ralf Tech "Torpedo" and an Artya watch with real tobacco inside.Listen to the HourTime Watch Podcast episode 167 here. Direct MP3 download here.

What Is Seiko Kinetic Direct Drive? An Evolved Quartz Kinetic Movement; The Answer Is Here
We are lucky that Seiko spends as much time as they do in the lab dreaming up new movements. In fact, Seiko watches now come in at least five different movement flavors. You can get a traditional quartz movement, an automatic mechanical movement, a quartz Kinetic movement, a quartz Kinetic Direct Drive movement, and a quartz regulated Spring Drive mechanical movement. Seiko's dream seems to be combining the best of both worlds in terms of quartz and mechanical movements. Arguably the Spring Drive embodies this dream as it looks like an automatic mechanical movement, but has the accuracy of a quartz movement.Before coming out with the Spring Drive movement, Seiko created the Kinetic movement. The idea was simple. Take the rotor from an automatic mechanical movement, and instead of having it wind a main spring, have it charge a battery. This relieved the owner of ever having to replace the watch battery, and gave them the accuracy of a quartz movement. The Kinetic movement was very succe

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Is the blue 5711 dial much darker than the 5712?
For those who have them I wanted to know if the color is different or the same between these models?On their website the color of the 5711 is much darker than the 5712, personally love both even if I already chose which one I am getting, going monday to see them and order it, according to them around 2 months wait, but that's reasonable next to some Rolex models where you need to wait 4-6 months.When I went to the boutique I hoped to see both with blue dials, but the 5711 was with white dial, can't say I liked it much, and the 5712 was the WG version with silver dial, very beautiful indeed, but I am getting one with steel bracelet.Is the difference seen on these pics due to different light condition or are the dials different?Here's the 2 pics from the PP site where you see a very big color difference.Thanks for your replies 5711_1A_010.png5712_1A_001-3.png

Suggestions for my new ��collection��...
I have a 36mm DJ that I bought new in 2007 and a Sub-date that I bought new in 2008. I would like to buy a few more Rolexes over the next few years so I end up with a small collection of 5 watches that I will enjoy and then pass along to my Son. I do want a Ceramic Daytona, so that leaves 2 more. I prefer stainless steel and want new watches, so what would you recommend that might be considered collectible one day?