Baselworld 2013: Casio PRO TREK PRW-3000 - New Sensor In Smaller Case
The Casio PRO TREK PRW-3000 for 2013 has been announced, and let me tell you why I am?particularly interested. In a nutshell Casio has released a smaller, sleek looking, very capable PRO TREK watch with improved sensors (at a reasonable price).You probably know that Casio PRO TREKs are found on the wrists of people engaged in all manner of outdoor activities, on mountain trails, in deserted places or for everyday activities where risking a very expensive watch is not an option.I have always been interested in compass watches in some form or another due to a?latent?survivalist?mentality that wanted to anticipate what equipment I would need in a?disaster scenario. Aside from food and water, a compass watch would always be in the mix, so that I could, in my?hypothetical?emergency, find my way somewhere to safety.This obsession is almost laughable now that I think about it.?Back in the days before the PRO TREK, I bought several of the early compass watches that Casio had introduced to the

Took a dip with the FC Diver...
Anyone else getting their APs wet this summer?Regards,Adam

Excited to share my new leather band
Loving the new look

No love for the 5235.......
I saw on IG patekonomics that our own patekaholic mentioned that a 5235 was recently passed in at a Sotheby's auction in HK (6th Oct)The low estimate was approx. USD 45k.Now this leads to the question where to from here?Lots of discussions about a connoisseurs watch, legibility, over supply etc but as an owner of the watch I love it. Reading the time is simple and if anything my only criticism would be it is hard to read the day and month.What does everyone think? Soon to be discontinued, new model coming, Patek flop or instant classic?For my take I love it and think that if Patek discontinue it (yes I hear the usual people saying that it won't happen) it will quickly be appreciated as a classic.Supply seems to be abundant now but the may be a function of initial problems and inventory issues.Anyway enough of what I think....let me know your thoughts?

The Officine Panerai Logo..the True meaning by Eng. Mario Paci
The Logo OP represents the stylised beginning letters O and P of Officine Panerai name, but not only.Do you know which is the meaning of the two arrows, one towards up and one toward down? It’s very simple and intuitive. Officine Panerai, since the origins and up today, has been always specialist in manufacturing underwater products and landing aid systems.The firsts (wrist watches, compasses, depth-meters, tank level probes, mechanical timers for underwater mines and many others) were used under the sea.The seconds (Deck landing systems, Helipad lighting systems, Portable landing systems) were used on surface, for those arriving from the sky.The meaning of the two arrows: the one toward down shows the underwater products, the one toward up shows the products for who arrives from the sky.The OP Logo was born at the beginning of years ’80, designed by an Architectural Office of Florence and, in the first drafts, had a rounded form; Eng. Zei (CEO of Offcine Panerai since 1972