My First Grail Watch: Sean Wai
Welcome back to an original watches-dealer feature, "My First Grail Watch." In this series, we ask prominent people in the watch industry about the first timepiece that they lusted after. Today, we're speaking with?Sean Wai, the architect at the helm of moVas,?who?really does not like watches - at least, not in the way you would expect.watches-dealer (ABTW): Who are you, and what is your relationship to the watch industry?Sean Wai: I am a trained architect, born in Malaysia, studied in Sydney Australia, lived in Helsinki, Finland, and NY, USA. I now reside in Singapore. I started a watch brand about 6 years ago called moVas watches, and I now design, assemble, and test all our watches in-house in the hope of one day creating my own in-house movement.ABTW: When did your fascination with watches start?Sean Wai:?This is an interesting one, as I still tell people that I actually personally don't really like watches. Not the way most collectors like watches. However, my fascination has grow

Swatch Sistem51 $150 Mechanical Watch To Make Its Debut In The US Soon
The Swatch Sistem51 was announced at Baselworld 2013, and as a true?revolutionary concept should,?it moved?just about any and?all watch enthusiasts on this planet. It amazed with its?futuristic, fully mechanical movement that contains only 51 parts and is fully assembled by robots from start to finish. By contrast, it upset us with its extremely limited availability mainly restricted to Switzerland. With early July, that is bound to change, however, as the Swatch Sistem51?hits the US market, first in two pop-up stores in New York and San Francisco.We see?just about all truly innovative?watches debut cursed with two key issues: their often stupendous price?premium and an?overly limited availability. With the Swatch Sistem51 and its more than competitive?150 Swiss franc price point, the former has always been?out of the equation, while the problem linked to its availability has remained. It has been more than?a year now that?Swatch announced the watch at Baselworld 2013, and yet it took?

jacob co knows how to surprise watch enthusiasts
The horological company jacob co knows how to surprise watch enthusiasts. The brand's first collection, issued two years ago, enjoyed an overwhelming success. Regular players know that golf tournaments last rather long. It usually takes five or even more hours to conduct a round of golf.

Is it safe to hack the P5000 movement?
I have a brand new PAM610 and PAM563. Essentially the same movement with a seconds hand showing on the 563. On the 610 it is irrelevant, but on the 563 I was wondering if it was safe to hack the second hand to sync it with a known time (as you would a Speedmaster with gentle reverse traction of the crown). I haven’t played with it yet, but wanted to see what the consensus was. It is also my understanding that these movements are not COSC certified. My 610 certainly gains time over the 8 day reserve. I haven’t checked the 563 yet. I don’t expect Rolex accuracy as they are hand wound. Just curious to hear others’ experience.

Watches on sale as bnib but way less than msrp
One question been puzzling me. I see lots of bnib watches for sale at way less than mrsp eg 116619lb PM Smurf on sale for $26k a few weeks old when the msrp is over $36k. Plus lots of others that are less than cost. Who is taking the hit on these if they are sold at cost - and if not how can the trusted sellers make cash on them ??