HourTime Show Watch Podcast Episode 18
Back from Baselworld 2010 with a new show. We discuss my top 5 watches from Baselworld, which leads into an extensive rant and rave session regarding Rolex.Listen to the HourTime Show watch podcast episode 18 here.

ETA to Cease Making Movements for Outside Watch Makers
Watch forums are a buzz over the fact that ETA will be halting all sales of it's movements to outside watch makers in 2010. ETA is a quasi government-owned company that designs and manufactures watch movements. Some of these go directly to its brands (such as Swatch), others are made in kit form and are sold to outside makers who place the movements in their own watches. The majority of decent automatic movements not made "in-house" by a manufacture, are ETAs. ETA also makes quartz movements.The creation of a new movement is a very complex and difficult task. After the years of design, more years are spent with testing and refinement. Even with normal daily variation, a watch movement must be over 99.99% accurate. This requirement, along with the stress and years of use, do not allow for simple development. Given this fact, most designers spend their time creating a watch around an existing movement. Only the most exclusive of watch makers make their own in-house movements. Rolex may b

Does anyone know the significance of August 8th?
all of the Omega annual calender watches are set to August 8th.. is there any deeper significance?

How does this look to you?
Dear TRF members I need y'alls help!I have very little experience with Patek, and I know you can't tell me much based on this poor photo, but if you can please let me know how does this piece look to you? Is it a redial? Any help would be highly appreciated:

20 year old submariner stops ticking
hi folks,I have a 1998 submariner, 16610. It served me well for the past 2 decades.I bought it brand new from A/D.This morning I noticed it had stopped ticking since I had not worn it in a week.I wound it up and got nothing. The 2nds hand will not move forward.If you look closely at the 2nds hands, it seems to be struggling to move forward but can not.The watch was not abused or dropped or subjected to shock. Not now, not in the last 20years of ownership. It jut died, kind of like an old man.Also, the watch has never been serviced.So can someone tell me how severe this problem appears to be? What on the insides of the machinery might be causing this?thank you