Victorinox Swiss Army Airboss Mach 6 Chronograph Watch
Victorinox has been making increasingly nice mechanical watches of late. The Dive Master 500 is an ETA 2892-based diver that has a lot of fans, and the Airboss Mach 6 Chrono, ref. 241447, is quite eye-catching. Based on the ETA/Valjoux 7750, it's a 3-register, 12-hour chronograph with date, which is a challenge to keep legible. VSA did a good job here, with well-sized sword hands and upright Arabic numerals. The date is tucked away at 4:30 with a color-matched white on black wheel, and the subdials have the same white-inside-black theme as the main dial. Concentric black and white at several levels including the bezel. I like it. Materials are good as well. Lume on hands, numerals and (unusually) logo, stainless steel case, anti-reflective sapphire crystal and mineral crystal exhibition caseback. Water resistance is 100m, enough for most usage. Case is sized for modern tastes at 45mm. I dislike the tachymeter on the bezel, but it's not too obnoxious and does add visual detail.List pric

HourTime Podcast Episode 2 - Lawsuits, Warriors and Why Watches are So Expensive
Hey watch readers and listeners. The HourTime podcast episode 2 is up. We are slowly polishing the show, and I am confident that it is getting better all the time! Please read my little disclaimer in the post (you'll see it after you click on the link) - it relates to one of the topics we discussed. Enjoy!Check out the HourTime podcast episode 2 at HourTimeShowwatches-dealer.In this episode, we talk about the lawsuit involving F.P. Journe and Jaquet Droz. Rogue Warrior the "real deal" rugged watches are discussed, as well as military watches and their role in military history in general.Everyone wants to know, "Why are watches so expensive?" We talk about justified and not-so-justified reasons: materials, marketing, movements and what good value means in a watch. We also get into handing watches down to the next generation a little bit and we talk about a few of our favorite watches of the moment, including the Orange Monster.Direct Download/Stream here.

Current Seamaster Variations?
I spent the past few hours going through an eBay search of Omega Seamaster and noticed a few things. FYI - My search was mostly focused on the blue faced, blue bezel current (?) offering.Quartz vs. automatic and full-size vs. mid-size, non vintage. Oh, and many folks tout their offerings as a Bond model.Is there no love for the quartz models? I know that they are cheaper, $1700 vs. $2500, but are they that inferior?I also saw a few that were listed as mid-size, I believe 36mm vs. 41mm. I didn't really take note, but are they quartz as well?Lastly, I saw a bunch touted as Bond watches. Only a few actually had the 007 back and/or hands. What truly constitutes a Bond watch?Thanks,Tim

Sub 114060 at Frankfurt Airport
For those interested, there is a Sub 114060 available at Wempe in Terminal 1. $7200 OTD after VAT refund.

Rolex accuracy
I've got two Rolex which I really like, a V-serial Submariner 16610 from 2009 and a 2016 Oyster Perpetual 116000.Although the 16610 is an older 'Red Seal' and the newer 116000 a 'Green Seal' both have had similar accuracy of around +/-1 second per day (averaged over a week) out of the box - which is fantastic.I was just wondering what your Rolex manages - and if there is any real difference between Red and Green?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk