Astronaut Chris Hadfield In Love With Space And His Omega X-33 Watch
He loves his Omega watch as much as he loves space! A few days ago Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield returned to earth after what seemed like an extremely long stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS). He was up there for six months! When we?interviewed American astronaut Mark Kelly, he told us that despite exercise attempts in space, it takes the same amount of time to recover on Earth as the time you spent up in space. Meaning that Hadfield now faces a six month recovery time. Sadly, there isn't a function for timing that on his beloved Omega X-33.The Omega X-33 is a now discontinued professional aviation watch that contained a high-end multi-function ana-digi quartz movement in an all-titanium case. It became quite the cult watch and many lamented the fact that Omega ceased to produce it. Omega did however release the follow-up Z-33 aviation watch last year (debuted here), though the older Omega X-33 and newer Omega Z-33 models look very different. Though we like them both

The Nivrel Shark Sea Tourbillon Is A Rare Tourbillon In A Sea Of Glamour
We know that tourbillon watches are expensive. The complex little movements are at a premium based on the difficultly of manufacture and the prestige of owning one. The bar has been set pretty high with all variations of multi axis tourbillons and flying tourbillons that give a great view of the action. What ever happened to just the basic tourbillon? Because more tourbillon watches go for $50k and up, the proprietors of such luxuries feel the need to spruce them up with lots of gilding and fancy appointments to justify the prices. That is typically the case with most tourbillon watches that feel more a like novelty than like something worth wearing on a daily basis. But it doesn't need to be that way.The Nivrel "Sea" series has always been a diver's watch line that I have admired. I know of Nivrel's reputation for high quality construction and meticulous attention to detail (what else would you expect from a serious German watch maker?), and now I know that they have gently entered in

Opinions/advice needed on this watch
A big HI to all the AP experts here.Can anyone tell me more about this watch? What's good or bad about it? I Google'd and all the pictures for this reference shows a very different face with a red date hand pointing to dates around the dial. The model is 25920ST.O.0789ST.02 from the papers.There also doesn't appear to be any posts about this watch on TRF? Is it not a desirable piece?The seller has all the books and and the watch, which is an E series, was bought in 2004. He also appears to have had it serviced in Jan 2012. What is a reasonable price to offer for this watch?Many thanks to all.Regards,

Planet Ocean Generation 2: 42mm and Chrono
Hey all, I had my camera in store today, so used it to take some pictures of my favourite divers! On show is the 42mm 232.30.42.21.01.001 and the 45.5mm Chrono 232.30.46.51.01.001, as well as my trusty 3570.50 for comparisonNo waffle, just photos Enjoy!Chris

a lot 'on the table' for 2017!
Just wanted to wish you all a happy and healthy new year. Ringing in 2017 with some billiards and my go-to 5712!