Citizen Extends USTA Partnership Through 2015
The United States Tennis Association has announced a multi-year extension of their long-standing marketing partnership with Citizen Watch Company. With the current partnership agreement set to expire following the 2010 U.S. Open, this new five-year extension will keep Citizen in place as a USTA Corporate Champion and as the Official Timekeeper of the U.S. Open through the 2015 event. Citizen has been a partner of the USTA and the U.S. Open since 1993. In addition to extending the current partnership agreement for the U.S. Open, Citizen will become an Official Sponsor and the Exclusive Timekeeper of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters & Women's Open tournament, beginning in 2011. Citizen will also maintain its position as an Official Sponsor of Arthur Ashe Kids' Day, the interactive tennis and entertainment festival that serves as the unofficial kick-off of America's Grand Slam. Citizen is one of our longest-standing partners and it is a testament to the power of the

Temption CGK205 Version 2 Watch
German brand Temption is a boutique watch maker that I like to follow. With very few new releases each year, this is one of the ultimate "in the know" brands that won't require your life savings to buy. For 2012 the main new release is a slight update/variation on the long standing CGK range. This one is called the CGK205 Version 2. Why not the CGK206? Probably just not enough new about it to go that far. I would just have called it the CGK205.5.This Version 2 is based on the CGK205 which I first covered here and then did a hands-on article with the CGK205 among other pieces here. As far as I can tell the new version has merely a new dial - which is almost a hybrid between the CGK204/205 and the earlier CGK203.Legibility on a watch like this is very high. Ever since the prominence of the Omega Speedmaster (for instance) high contrast black and white dials have made a strong case for themselves. The look of the Temption CGK range is almost like an artsy version of what Omega has popular

Anyone who owns both a RO Dual Time 26120 and a Rolex GMT 116710?
If so, could you please post a few picture of the watches next to each other?I am considering getting the RO white dual time 26120, but there's only one AD in the vicinity of where I am living at the moment (non-US).So I would like to see how the size is visually next to the current Rolex GMTIIc.Can anyone help out?

Omega Watches Will Be ��Officially Certified�� By New Swiss METAS Certification
Omega Watches Will Be Officially Certified By New Swiss METAS Certification, COSC AbandonedToday, Omega has announced some very exciting news in regard to how it will certify the performance and accuracy of their timepieces with in-house produced movements. In short, Swiss Omega watches will abandon COSC Chronometer certification in favor of a new and more comprehensive certification by the Swiss government controlled METAS agency. One major reason for this is that moving forward more and more Omega watches will contain the company's Master Co-Axial technology which includes both a unique type of escapement as well as anti-magnetic propertiesFull Article - .ablogtowatch/omega-me...certification/

PP 5164 Service Intervals
Hey guys,I am considering buying a PP 5164 Travel Time and the watch in question is approximately 18 months old. I am wondering what the service intervals are on a watch like this.For my Rolex watches I push the service intervals out to around 7-8 years (some as far as 10) and I have never had any issues. Because the PP is a completely different animal, I am wondering if I am going to need to send this particular watch away 2-3 years after I buy it because it is mint preowned.Another question I have is about PP service in general. I have owned a couple APs and they have excellent customer service and fairly quick service turnaround times. It seems that the consensus on PP is that service is glacially slow and fairly expensive. Is warranty work quicker? Do most owners just accept this fact as part of the ownership experience?The last thing I want to do is buy this Patek, get two years wear out of it and then have to send it away for an 8 month service.Any insight is greatly appreciated!