Baselworld 2013: Casio PRO TREK PRW-3000 - New Sensor In Smaller Case
The Casio PRO TREK PRW-3000 for 2013 has been announced, and let me tell you why I am?particularly interested. In a nutshell Casio has released a smaller, sleek looking, very capable PRO TREK watch with improved sensors (at a reasonable price).You probably know that Casio PRO TREKs are found on the wrists of people engaged in all manner of outdoor activities, on mountain trails, in deserted places or for everyday activities where risking a very expensive watch is not an option.I have always been interested in compass watches in some form or another due to a?latent?survivalist?mentality that wanted to anticipate what equipment I would need in a?disaster scenario. Aside from food and water, a compass watch would always be in the mix, so that I could, in my?hypothetical?emergency, find my way somewhere to safety.This obsession is almost laughable now that I think about it.?Back in the days before the PRO TREK, I bought several of the early compass watches that Casio had introduced to the

quirky AP movement
I own a lot of relatively less expensive watch brands... IWC, Panerai, Omega. I find that on my other watches when setting time, wherever I put the minute hand it stays there relative to the seconds hand once the crown is pushed in. However on my 44 RG Royal oak offshore (my first AP)... I have to set the minute hand about half a minute past the mark where I want it to end up (the manual even says to do this!)... seems crazy that for $45k watch there is so much play in the movement. I'm seriously looking at the 41 mm Royal Oak Chronograph also in RG as my next watch... do the other AP's also have this quirky movement?

Breitling SuperOcean Professional
The Breitling SuperOcean Professional is on its way. I should get it in 10 days. It has service records from BUSA so its all good. I'll post pictures once I get it.-Vernon

What to do with an Omega credit note??
Hi All, I bought an Aqua Terra GMT in Oct 2010 only for the movement to keep breaking down!! This initiated a lengthy period when Omega tried to fix the problem, send it back to me, only for it to break again in a couple of weeks. In April 2011 they finally discovered an intermittant fatal flaw in the escapement and offered a replacement. Having lost all confidence in that model i wanted to see the back of it! Omega offered me a credit note / replacement up to the value (��5,450 - replacement sourced by the London Boutique) but nothing really caught my eye at the time and thought i'd wait until the release of the 9300 PO or better still the 8500 Ti PO (9300 Ti PO out of my budget). Whatever watch i get i am hoping to sell as unused. Any advice as to which model will be more desirable in the second hand market, although unused? I was also looking at the AT Annual Date or Date for similar price but there is not so much a 'buzz' surrounding these models as there is with the PO. Thanks!

Pam321
Hello all. I had the PAM 090 for a few months and bought it not thinking that some little things might begin to pull me in a new direction. (1950's case, exhibition back, sandwich dial, in house movement)So last night this new baby arrived and here she is to say hi for the first time.