iPhone App Smart Enough To Read Watch Names
When "Watch Radar" sent me an e-mail about their new iPhone app that is able to detect the name of a watch just by looking at the dial I was intrigued. Until now we've all had to read the name of a brand on a watch dial to know what it is - but no longer. Finally technology has come to the rescue. Using the camera on your iPhone, the Chinese made Watch Radar app takes a picture of the said watch and uses its whiz-bang technology to scan the internet and read the name for you. Wow! It even goes so far as to pull data from the net and give you some brand history. Now this is the future.Watch recognition has come a long way for sure. Those pesky luxury watch makers usually print their brand names in complicated English, even if the brands themselves aren't based in English speaking countries. No fair! Watch Radar is there to look at your Rolex and tell you that for sure, the name on the dial is Rolex. It can even tell you the model of many watches - now this is progress.At this point I in

Oris Big Crown Pointer Date Watch
Oris is pretty well known to me as a maker of workhorse watches with all sorts of sporty themes. Maybe it is racing, or diving, or aviation - Oris has a handsome watch for the job. Less people know their retro styled watches. One such example is the Oris Big Crown Pointer Date watch. It has a terrible name (no effort there!), but totally falls into the category of what I call "the dad watch." Yea, that looks like something everyone's "dad" used to wear. It has that sense of classic no-nonsense functionality that seems to remind you of steady good taste for uncontroversial times in the past. This is for people whose father were not sports or action heroes but regular guys who wanted something nice, but "reasonable."The Big Crown Pointer Date watches come in a few styles and even in a smaller version for the ladies ("mom watch" anyone?). Prices are actually quite reasonable. You can a well-made mechanical Swiss watch for well under $1000. Of course there are version just over $1000 and a

Omega Speedmaster In Space
.watchprosite/?page=wf...pzt=1456703651Hey Guys:Here is a really cool link over on WatchProSite that gives us the real skinny on how NASA chose the Speedmaster....it may not be what you have been lead to believe!Image found on the internet.....

Help - looking at 3445 as first Patek
All: thank you so much in advance. Been looking at a 3445 Calatrava that has sat with a vintage dealer for over one year. (anybody know Swiss Watch Expo?). What can I do to avoid making a mistake here? I.e., should I expect this watch to keep perfect time or will performance degrade over decades? Can it be reconditioned to run perfectly and by whom? And how do I have it checked to make sure it's real? (The dealer sells a lot of Pateks but I'm still cautious). Thanks!

How would you feel?
Assuming a person knows the patek brand, how would you feel if you or they were consulting with an expensive attorney or doctor and he or she was wearing a complicated patek? Would it change your Initial Impression? Would it be different if he was wearing a gold rolex? Please try to answer with your initial emotional reaction.