The "It's Good To Be King Watch:" Backes & Strauss Berkeley Diamond Watch
Ah...back way before you were even a sprinkle of DNA in your ancestors' gene pool, Backes and Strauss was supplying the world with precious precious diamonds. This was in 1789, when I hear diamonds were still cut using dinosaur teeth, or something similar. From diamond supply all over the navigable planet, to headquarters in London, Backes and Strauss was supplying the landed aristocracy all over with shiny bling. There is bling-worthy, and then there is top-of-the-heap classy that will get even royalty to take notice of the not so small fortune on your wrist. This is where the Backes and Strauss watches come in.The Franck Muller Group -owned Backes and Strauss watch division has a mission that seems pretty simple. In my own words; make really nice, well designed watches, that are prohibitively expensive, with lots of diamonds. Despite this lofty ambition and young nature as a watch maker, they are succeeding. My favorite among their growing line, is the Men's Berkeley watch. And what

Introducing: The Panerai Lo Scienziato Luminor 1950 Tourbillon GMT Titanio
Panerai has released their hero piece for SIHH 2016, and we were not disappointed. The watch is a very cool skeletonized tourbillon GMT, the Lo Scienziato Luminor 1950 Tourbillon GMT in titanium.   1 OF 3 The watch you see here is 47mm in diameter, made using the new technique of Direct Laser Sintering, which allows for the case to be extremely light (the movement only weighs 23 grams). Direct Laser Sintering is the 3D printing of .02 mm layers that are welded together to create a full form. The movement used is the manual-winding P.2005/T, which Panerai’s in-house movement used in the previous Lo Scienziato skeletonized watches. The new laser process allows for the watch to weigh 35% less than the P.2005/S movement. Additionally the sapphire crystal case back allows you to see the movement and power reserve (which is 144 hours). 2 OF 3 Pricing and more pictures to follow. For more information on Panerai, please visit their website here.Follow HOD

Incoming! First Audemars Piguet.
My first AP is scheduled to arrive tomorrow from San Diego, CA via Tony G aka Justrolexes. Just closed the deal midday here on the east coast and already have my tracking #. I have not even seen one before outside of pictures. I hope my expectations aren't too high.

Omega PO Bracelet / End Link Question
Hi everyone,This might be a silly​ question, but I tried looking and couldn't find the answer. I want to put a steel bracelet on my 45.5mm 600m PO Ceramic Chrono. My question is whether the bracelet from the 45.5mm non-chrono version will fit. Do they use the exact same bracelet or is there a small difference - end links perhaps due to the thicker case and lugs?Thanks in advance!

INDUSTRY NEWS: Basel '09
Hopefully more to come. These are models schedule to be released by Omega, the world's timekeeper.mage borrowed from TZ mod Damon who got the image from an industry insiderThis is a remake of a 1970 model nicknamed the PloProf (Plongeurs Professionnels).I don't have detail about the 09 version but the 70's version had a monocoque case milled from one complete piece of metal, a security button for the rotating bezel, and a square crown on the left sealed by a fluted compression nut. It was water resistant to 600 meters.