Sony FES Watch Re-Introduces You To E-Ink
E-Ink screen based watches seemed to be a big deal a few years ago, but they have recently become less popular for some odd reason. Is that going to change? Maybe. It turns out that Japan's Sony has been working on a secret e-ink watch under a skunks works company called Fashion Entertainments (FES) that is currently being crowd-funded (again) here on the Japanese site Makuake. Seiko seemed to begin the e-ink watch craze in 2007 when they introduced the very interesting and very expensive Seiko Spectrum - a bracelet-style watch with an e-ink screen totally wrapping around it.E-ink later found popularity in other more expensive Seiko watches such as EPD Active Matrix collection, as well as in less expensive models from brands such as Phosphor.? While news of the Sony FES e-ink watch has been around for a few months as a concept under the "TAKT PROJECT," what is new today is that Sony has announced it is behind the upcoming timepiece whose crowd-funding campaign is just about over (for t

Tutima Glashutte Homage Minute Repeater Watch
The big news is that Tutima just opened up their own movement manufacture they call the Glashutte Factory. To celebrate this they have released the first factory watch. It is the Tutima Glashutte Homage that is not only their first in-house movement, but also a minute repeater. According to Tutima (which is located in Glashutte), it is the only minute repeater watch that has been made and also developed in Glashutte.At first I wasn't of Tutima's claim.? Glashutte Original and A. Lange & Sohne are also located in Glashutte Germany, and should have minute repeaters of their own right? Turns out that they don't. I would have guess that by now the two high-end brands would have a minute repeater or two under their belt, but that isn't the case. A. Lange & Sohne has long since been rumored to be working on one, but it hasn't come out yet. So Tutima now has the credit of the first Glashutte minute repeater watch.The Tutima Glashutte Hommage watch is a classic looking timepieces with

H. MOSER CIE Swiss Alp Watch
With the smartwatch invasion upon us, there are those who have hidden their heads in the sand, those who have hopped on the technological bandwagon to design hybrid models at breakneck speed to turn an easy profit, and there are those who have rolled up their sleeves, stayed true to their roots and taken a stand for traditional mechanical watchmaking. Turning the trend on its head, Edouard Meylan, CEO of H. Moser & Cie, has unveiled a timepiece whose design is inspired by a smartwatch but its 100% Swiss core has a mechanical heart: Swiss Alp Watch. The special edition (50 available) has a white gold case (38.2x44mm) enclosing a manual wind HMC324 calibre which provides a 4-day power reserve (96 hours). The movement brings to life key time functions: the hours and minutes adorn the centre of the signature smoky dial as leaf-shape hands glide over the applied indices and the seconds appear in a counter at 6. Price: 24,900 CHF. Sharmila Bertin

New Bracelet for Omega Planet Ocean -- Mesh
Has anyone seen Omega's new bracelet offering for the Planet Ocean? It's mesh with a reinforced spring bar housing attached -- looks very similar to the Breitling SuperOcean Heritage mesh bracelet. Any idea as to cost and availability? I believe the watch is coded as: 2200.53.

Archie is feeling really really sick....
Archie is having a terrible week.....Found out my job is about to end 27/3/09Multiple infractions on this forum......and to top it all off......Just got a call from my tax accountant to say the tax office wants to know more about my ebay trading to work out my GST liability....WTF!!!!I only horse trade to support my collection of stuff... this is a relatively small collection built up over 20 years.......I am starting to feel really sick......THE GAME IS OVER - archie is not well....