Watch Winner Announced: Victorinox Swiss Army Officer's Day/Date Automatic
Congrats to Lee M. from San Francisco, CA who was the lucky winner of the March 2014 watches-dealer Victorinox Swiss Army Officer's Day/Date Automatic watch giveaway. It was a tough competition with over 1,100 entrants. Be sure to enter for your chance to win a UNIQ P-47 Chronograph watch this month.

Linde Werdelin Land Instrument II - The Rock
Computer technology, unlike wrist watch technology, has no choice but to be upgraded continuously. So here is the upgraded Land Instrument from Linde Werdelin. What is it you may ask (for those uninitiated)? In a nutshell, it is a sensor-based device that gives you lots of important information using data collected from an internal compass, barometer, altimeter, inclination meter, and separate (but wirelessly connected thermometer). It also has an optional wireless heart rate monitor that straps around your chest. Using all this information in conjunction with the native ability to process it and store it - gives you an instrument, the Land Instrument II to be exact (now called "The Rock"). Along with that, there are basic functions including alarms, stopwatches, the time, and lots of logging capabilities. The Rock now also features that ability to connect with a GPS device. For a good idea of the functions of a Linde Werdelin Land Instrument, read my review here.Technical Specificatio

Historical Perspectives: Ten Out Of Production Watches That Offer A Ton Of Bang For The Buck
Last year I put together a list of 10 vintage watches that I genuinely believe(d) should cost more than they do, for a variety of reasons. You can read it here. Today, I will take a look at another sector of watches with the same pervading thought: these watches deserve to be more expensive than they are. But today, I'll be looking at modern, but out of production, watches. What I mean is that these pieces were designed in the modern era, with the help of CAD, and modern production technologies, and in many cases they offer a tremendous amount of watchmaking firepower. But, for some reason, they just don't cost that much (relatively speaking). Here are 10 modern, but out of production watches that offer a lot of horological bang for the buck. 1. Girard-Perregaux Ferrari Chronographe A Rattrapante Foudroyante 2 OF 11 The curse of the Ferrari watch strikes again. This limited edition chronograph dates to when Ferrari was linked up not with Hublot, or Panerai,

New Di Stefano absinthe strap
Here is my Panerai 0389 sporting one of my new straps. If you are in the market for a new strap, check out Di Stefano. Fantastic quality and superb service from Firenze, Italy.

Does this bother anyone else?
Printing options on the watch itself? I am speaking of the deep sea. Why would they do this?? It drives me nuts. Imagin for a moment a DD that has writing on it that says Original Day Wheel