Van Cleef & Arpels "Art On The Dial" Allows For Convenient Custom Watches
The ultimate luxury, for anyone, is getting something made custom for you. This can come in many forms but custom art is the best, in my opinion. Custom watches have been around for as long as there has been a watch industry. The idea is that a client goes to "their brand" and says "make this for me." Then the brand decides if one, they can do it, and two, making it doesn't degrade the brand.Today, the idea of custom work from a major brand doesn't often cross the minds many. I think Westerners aren't as used to it as Easterners. In fact, in the watch world, most customization is done for Asian people. Yes, it is a cultural thing, but I think people there are more used to the concept that they can ask. Would you, for instance, assume that you can go into a Vacheron Constantin boutique and ask for a totally custom watch? Well, you can.From an artistic standpoint, one of my favorite watch and jewelry houses is Van Cleef & Arpels. I sat down with them and they shared with me details a

Helson Spear Diver Review
Helson's modern interpretation of the Seiko 6105-8000 is a well-designed, sturdy, and street-ready dive watch offered at a reasonable price.Whenever Helson announces the release of a new model, we here at worn&wound can't wait to get our hands on it. That anticipation is built on the foundation of well-designed and tough-built tool watches the young, Hong Kong-based brand has released in the past few years. Readers may remember our previous reviews of the Skindiver, Sharkmaster 1000, and Shark Diver, all of which impressed us with their build quality and value for price. For these reasons, we were excited to get the Spear Diver in for some wrist time and a full assessment.The Helson catalog is essentially split into two groups of watches: sturdy, contemporary divers built to easily transition from desk to deep, and modern recreations of iconic dive watches from the past. The watch we're looking at today falls into the latter group. Having produced popular homages to classic divers

Show Your Vintage Omega.
My precious: Chronostop Gen��ve ST 146.012/Cal 920. This Omega Chronostop is from 1969 (birth year), 41mm, and made for Italian market only. I got this one on my honeymoon trip to Vienna in 2005. I was there again recently and tried to find the shop (it was located close to the Opera) but unfortunately Time Fair is not on the market anymore. This Omega will never leave my collection. Please show your favorite Vintage Omega! p.s. Chronostop History and infos: .old-omegas/chronostop.html

changing dial
I have a white dial TT daytona and seems hard to sell at a good price so i decide keeping it. I kinda itching to change the dial. Black or slate? pics if you have the black or slate

Sky Dweller lug width?
Hi, I want to get a leather strap for my SS Skydweller, does anyone know the lug width?Thanks.