My 6 year old's got the bug...
Well he's almost seven but he's got the watch bug early. He's been bugging my wife for 4 months straight about the Dark Side of the Moon. I finally took him down to the boutique to see it in person. He's convincing me to buy it so I can pass it on to him later on. I keep telling him next year, next year boy. I'm going to have just as hard as a time waiting as he is.

I almost bought an Omega today...
So I went to visit a local deal with the full intention of walking home with a new watch today. I hadn't quite made up my mind yet but I figured that between the new Omega Speedmaster Chrono Cal 9300, the Plofproof 1200m and the Planet Ocean 42mm Cal 8500 I would surely find one that sang to me.Started off with the Speedy Chrono: the bracelet rattled and the whole experience wasn't very solid. The matte dial is beautiful and I normally really like the look of two side-by-side registers/sub-dials, but when you see this model in real life they do sit a bit too far out towards the edge of the dial and they probably should have been slightly larger. And then the watch is thick, thick, thick due to the see-through back. Bummer, but who cares, let's move on to the next one.The new Planet Ocean. Some say better than the SubC - I'm looking forward to this one. The feel is a lot more solid than the Speedy. Great start. Matte dial. Check. Feels good on the wrist, overall a good size watch for my

Tokyo Trip with Gondolo
From hotel - Narita Airport - LAX

Went into a Patek dealer today.
So on my lunch break today I walked into Westwood, CA. There is a small jewelery store, Morgan Jewelers in Westwood. I have walked by it probably a dozen times and always marvelled at the PP in the window. So today I pop in and take a look around. I start talking to the guy behind the counter, super nice guy, he new I was a young guy without enough cash to be serious but he was nice enough to show me some stuff and shoot the breeze. I thought that I would be totally dismissed due to my age, 25, but the guy working was really nice. Now on to the watches, WOW, I have always admired PP, however, when you're looking at a case of about 50 of them, it's pretty cool. Now I just need to start saving, guess it's a good think I work for a bank, might need to open a PP account.

Calibre XXXIV
Hoping for some forum knowledge to help me out here. Does the panerai xxxiv calibre have a hacking seconds? Also, does it have the quick hour advance? I'm looking at the pam904. Many thanks