Watch Wallpaper: 10 Divers’ Watches
Because divers’ watches continue to be very popular, we’ve continued to cover a lot of them here on . Here we collect photos of some of these timepieces, all of which have been introduced and/or released within the past few years, as downloadable wallpaper for your desktop. Click each photo for the larger image. Alpina Extreme Diver 300 OrangeBlancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe, men’s and ladies’Breitling Avenger Sea Wolf IICarl F. Bucherer Patravi ScubaTecGirard-Perregaux Sea HawkMido Multifort Two CrownsOmega Seamaster Planet Ocean 600M GoodPlanetOris Aquis Depth GaugeSinn EZM3 Divers’ WatchTudor Heritage Black BayThis article was originally published in 2013 and has been updated with new materials and photos.

Romain Jerome Watches + DeLorean Motor Company
They are coming soon - the Romain Jerome DeLorean DNA watches. Swiss Romain Jerome has partnered with DeLorean Motor Company (DMC) - now based out of Texas - for some interesting new upcoming timepieces. The watches will all share the core Romain Jerome DNA philosophy of honoring fascinating events and items from our history with timepieces that actually each contain trace amount of items from those events. In this case the watches are said to contain sheet metal from the original car bodies.A pop culture icon solidified for eternity by the 1985 film "Back to the Future," the story of the DeLorean DMC-12 and the company behind it is a fascinating tale unto itself. Existing automobiles are highly collectible and regularly restored. As a car the DMC-12 never quite lived up to its potential due to the failure of the company at the time, but as a design item it almost epitomizes an era. Romain Jerome spent a lot of effort seeking out a partnership with DMC, which recently became a reality.

Seiko Astron: World's First Quartz Watch Turns 40
When I was recently in Japan, the Seiko folk made sure we knew all about the Seiko Quartz Astron (ref. 35SQ) watch. For whatever reason, the knowledge that Seiko was the inventor of the world's first quartz movement powered watch has eluded me (until then that is). Coincidentally, this December 2009 is the 40th anniversary of the Seiko Astron quartz watch. I got to check out one of the original Seiko Astron watches. Two of the images here are mine that I took of a Seiko Astron watch back in Japan. The watch itself is a testament to Seiko having help up so well after 40 years. It looked as though it was made no more than 5 years ago. The retro style of the watch is surprisingly durable as the look of the watch seems to meld well with today's popular vintage looks. The 18k gold case itself is tonneau in shape with that distressed-like metal textured look that used to be popular. Then you have a smoothly polished dial and a clean functional face. At the time, the design was pretty new for

Seamaster Apnea?
Just came across this on Chrono24 and am interested to see what you guys know about this piece!.chrono24/en/omega/sea...num=0&tab=pics

Explorer II Polar discount?
I made a stop at an AD and was looking at an Explorer II Polar watch. I had never been at the store before. Without asking, I was offered a 12% discount. Is this a common discount for Explorer II's?