Going To Be In The Netherlands In Early December? Attend Watch2008: The Independent & Innovative Watch Maker Show
Wow, I really want to go, but being in the US makes things hard. Watch2008 (Yes, there will be a Watch2009, etc...) is going to be an excellent show and dedicated to smaller and innovative watch makers that are more dedicated to the craft of making quality watches than some marketing image. An impressive list of manufacturers includes several I have never heard of, and plenty whose watches I will be lucky to ever see at all. There is something exciting about this. Especially owning one of these watch and knowing that you are likely the only person in your county (if not state) to own one.See the complete list of Watch2008 exhibitors here.Watch2008 will located at the Castle??Hoogenweerth in the Maastricht region of The Netherlands between Belgium and Germany. I've never been anywhere in the Netherlands outside of Amsterdam, and the Masstricht really couldn't be much further than Amsterdam and still in the country. It is situated in a scenic region between Germany and Belgium. Interesti

Patek 5170 G
Had to try it on again. I don't know why I keep dong this to my self. A very interesting piece indeed.

Rolex Daytona - Correct Winder Direction for 4130 Movement
I realize that my Rolex Cosmograph Daytona 116523 with in-house 4130 movement has an exceptional power reserve at 72 hours, and no date function; however, I still like to keep it on a watch winder when not being worn. The issue is this: I want to be certain that I am setting the wind-cycle to the correct direction (i.e. CCW, CW or bi-directional) for this particular movement. The Orbita Winder database indicates the required winding direction for the 4130 movement, as CW. Posts on various watch forums indicate that for the 4130 movement, winders can be set bi-directionally. In fact, some forum posts indicate that the Orbita database is plainly wrong in stating the required setting for the 4130 as CW. The conflicting information is confusing, and I suspect that it does indeed matter what direction is selected for the winding cycle for a particular movement. I would normally communicate on the subject directly with the movement source i.e. Rolex; however, there is no contact feature at R

Done (again). A semi-permanent 6 watch rotation.
A couple years ago, I wrote about how my meteorite DD had turned me into a 1 watch guy. I lived every day with that watch for almost 2 years and sold off a bunch of watches I never wore. Then, I began to get the itch to add a yellow gold DD. The color was growing on me, and I thought it would be a nice change of pace to swap metal colors back and forth.Then we took the family to Hawaii for Christmas in ��16, and I realized I no longer owned a dive watch. I had to remedy that before we went off for beach time. And down the rabbit hole, I fell.Well, I've decided to forcibly limit myself to just the slots in my winder, so here is my completed 6 watch rotation, which I hope will remain stable for at least a year or two!Feel free to share thoughts about what could be improved, as long as it isn't to recommend a PP. For reasons not worth debating, I won't be adding a Patek any time soon.Thanks for reading!118239 36mm Day-Date in white gold with meteorite masterpiece dial118238 36mm Day-D

Hulk or Smurf
I can't make up my mind!