Nubeo Black Mamba Watch Sheds Its Skin: Shows Off Complex Construction
A typically complex watch case consists of about 5-10 parts. Sometimes you'll run into something with more than that, but it is rare. A watch case can't be too complex because it needs to hold up for longer periods of time and retain structural integrity, while at the same time ensuring water and dust resistance. So you can imagine that the pieces need to all fit together particularly well. Tolerances in manufacturing must be minute so that the many pieces fit together just right. Well, the Nubeo Black Mamba has 131 case components making it the most complex watch case every made. Plus, it still enjoys water resistance of up to 100 meters. Nice job.Let's explore a bit of the complex construction. Words on this will bore, but the images will impress. The case is made of mostly ceramic and titanium with bits of rubber and other materials. Some versions of this limited edition watch will feature various types of sapphire gems. The not so basic, "basic" model is show with the numeral appli

AP 15400 to the service centre
Right side of the deployant push piece fell off.I did not know when and I did not know how.The watch have been sent back to my AD which will send it to the service centre.Might take a month... sigh...Realized it today when the clasp push piece start digging into my wrist making it feel uncomfortable.The push piece for the left side is still intact but I am asking them to apply more loctite or whatever that they do to tighten it up so that it will not suffer the same fate as the right sided sibling.Yeah I am abit disappointed but will wait till everything is done and will reserve comments of the overall experience til then.

OMEGA and NASA - by OMEGA Watches - Official Facbook site
Haven't seen this one posted here before. I hope it's OK. First a link to the actual article;by OMEGA Watches - Official on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 4:28amThe NASA testsThe story of how the OMEGA Speedmaster became the Moonwatch – the only wristwatch approved by NASA for all manned space flights – has been re-told often enough that it is sometimes difficult to determine where the history ends and where the myth begins.The true story, without embellishment, is so remarkable that it’s worth a trip back to the 1960s to re-examine how the Speedmaster came to be considered in the first place, the nature of the strenuous tests to which it and four other chronographs were subjected and finally, how it was chosen over its competitors to accompany every manned space flight since the launch of the Gordon Cooper’s Faith 7 mission as part of the Mercury program on May 15th, 1963.Chosen to competeIt all began in the early 1960s when two NASA officials anonymously visited se

1171 bracelet for a Speedmaster?
Wearing my -71, 861 Speedmaster on leather and/or a noname bracelet. Like it, but thinking of buying a new 1171 bracelet, but before getting one I would like someones opinion about it. Anyone with experience of a 1171?

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