Suunto Launches New eCommerce Web Site
Finland-based sports watch manufacturer Suunto has launched a new e-commerce Web site at SuuntoWatches. The site offers the full range of Suunto watches, which are designed for diving, training, mountaineering, hiking, skiing and sailing. The site offers same-day shipping, free shipping, and lifetime returns. The site provides user-friendly navigation, a streamlined checkout process, simplified product pages, and good-quality product pictures. Account holders have access to order management tools that allow them to see recently viewed products, check the status of orders, manage contact information, and easily reorder previously purchased items.The site was developed by Niche Retail and runs on the Magento open source eCommerce platform. Click the screen capture below to visit.

Ulysse Nardin Watch Manufacture: Where Technology Meets Pride
Patrik Hoffmann was given the position of Ulysse Nardin CEO after the brand's long standing CEO Rolf Schnyder sadly passed away in the spring of 2011. He recalls Rolf with extreme fondness, referring to how he treated him like a son in many ways, and how for long periods of time he would live at Rolf's Swiss home while Mr. Schnyder lived in Malaysia for long parts of the year. In many ways he was being bred to take over the historic brand that Rolf saved during the quartz crisis in the 1980s.Just a few weeks before his death I saw Rolf at Baselworld who offered a small speech on the future of Ulysse Nardin. He seemed energetic but those closest to him knew he had been not well for a while. Nevertheless, it was important for Rolf to share news on the brand's upcoming caliber UN-118 movement that would be placed in the brand's highest volume watches such as the Marine Chronometer.The UN-118 will contain technology that I believe is very important to the watch industry's future, and its s

Panda on Brown hornback?
Anyone thinks this would look good? I've got the brown hornback, but no Panda Maybe someone can post pics of it?

5205g dial options
I once heard that light color dials seem to wear slightly larger than darker ones. Not sure I'm fully convinced by this statement, but I wonder what your views are. I'm particularly interested in the 5205g. Does the light grey model wear any larger than the other 5205g model (black/dark grey)? I never had the chance to handle the two models at the same time. Thanks

Kain Heritage Straps' Presentation Wins
I had zero intention of making this thread - I'm certainly not going to create a thread every time I try a new strapmaker, but what started as a Hey, the shipping box branding is cool grew to this packaging is pretty ridiculous especially at this price point and finally became OK, I'm shooting this thing whole hog.I'm impressed. The well-presented shipping box:With even more killer packaging inside, as each strap had its own carrying case, smaller strap case, and certification card. Again, at the very reasonable price point that Kain heritage sells these straps I am pretty blown away by the presentation here:I actually became worried as I opened the final case containing the strap. The pessimist in me screamed that all this fluff was potentially trying to disguise or justify a substandard product, and I'm very glad to say that I need not have worried. The two straps I purchased were true to the colors as-represented on the Kain Web site, and their fit was new-strap-slightly-tight (as u