Tempest Carbon Review
It wasn't long ago, a few weeks in fact, that we took our first look at a Tempest watch, the Commodore. Right out of the box, it impressed me with its thoughtful design and great execution. The fairly modest price of $638 for an all titanium diver with a solid titanium bracelet was impressive too. Well… shortly after publishing that, the owner of Tempest, Ben, wrote me something along the lines of "hey Zach, want to review a prototype of something really cool I've got in the works?" To which I responded, yes.What arrived was the new Tempest Carbon, a watch that is going to turn a lot of heads. As you've probably already deduced from the pictures, the case of the Carbon is… well, forged carbon. This is a material I've yet to encounter in the 3.5+ years we've been running worn&wound, at least not on an accessibly priced watch. Forged carbon is a material associated with the high-end in all its uses, whether in aerospace, race cars, golf or luxury watches the likes of Aude

Back to the Planet Ocean, except this time it's Liquidmetal
For 4 years up until last year I happily wore the previous version Planet Ocean on my wrist. It was a great watch, a design I admired, a watch I assumed would be my grail when it first came out in 2005. To me it had everything, seamaster history, a great design, quality finish and was comfortable to wear. In tribute here it isThen for some reason Rolex consumed the WIS in me and I went on to own and flip every version of the Submariner- ND, SD, date and the Sub C. After buying the Explorer 2 (which I confess to being my favourite watch) the Sub C just wasn't getting any wrist time. The Sub C is far too nice a watch not to be worn and there was no way I could afford to have an object of such value sit in a box, so I decided to flip it. Once I mad e that decision my mind turned immediately to the Planet Ocean. No other watch was in the picture. I went to the Omega dealor and tried on the new 8500 coax PO however I realised that I wouldn't be able to live with the thickness of it so my th

Wtb: coaxial deville st moritz edition chronograph
Looked at one forever and didn't pull the trigger. Now discontinued, but looking for one. It's got a white face and chocolate croc band.

Seamaster vs. Speedmaster
The following was originally incorporated into a response to Mike B's thread entitled Seamaster vs. Speedmaster for an everyday wearer ??. I did not want to risk hijacking that thread so am posting it separately for discussion:Quote:

which 5726 AC
so i've seriously been infected with the PP virus and would like to acquire a 5726 to complement my recently acquired 5711 blue. the only question remains is which version of the 5726 to get! would really appreciate some arguments for any of those options... the following is what i'm thinking... 1. grey dial on strap. it would be quite different from 5711 because it's on a strap and i don't own any other strap watches. like the dial color as well. strap may give it a different feel. 2. grey dial on bracelet. my favorite of the 3 independent of all other considerations, but afraid it may be too close to the 5711 as they're both dark dial with bracelet.3. white dial on bracelet. very different from the 5711 and has a super clean feel to it. definitely would fulfill a more sporty role than the 5711.