Defakto Kinetik Hands-On
Simplicity is the hardest thing to pull off well. So as a driving philosophy for a brand, it's pretty risky. Yet, Defakto, who we've followed since we started worn&wound, pursues it with every new design. A feat made more impressive when one considers that their vocabulary of forms consists of rectangles and lines in black or white. Yet, despite these self-imposed restrictions, Defakto has 5 unique watch lines, creating many different watches when taking finishing and dial color into account, and has one a German Design award for their efforts. Not too shabby.Last October, Dekafto announced their newest line, a 39mm 3-hand mechanical (their first to fit that description) named the Kinetik. The name clearly being inspired by the addition of an active seconds, giving the watch motion. Additionally, the design focuses on how things overlap and the shapes they create, but with their signature highly reduced vocabulary. Starting at $565 and going to just over $600, these German made min

Steel bracelet recommendation...
Hi all, and happy new year.I want to replace my 233 strap with a steel band, after trying a bunch of leather straps I am realizing that I prefer the feel of steel band, probably from wearing a Rolex for so many years... Any recommendation on well made/ high quality steel band for Panerai?Much appreciated.Cheers.

Just received my new toshi strap!
HiJust wanted to share this little incoming for my 233. Color is storm grey with light stitching.I am really impressed by the quality of the strap!The leather is very flexible and robust at the same time, I love it.I want to get another one already.

I need some decision making help (yellow gold models)
so i'm looking for some feedback/advice. I have been collecting for about 15 years at this point. been through a dozen or so watches. now i'm at the next fork in the road. Current watches (hulk, 90s pepsi, 90s YG Yachtmaster white dial)so i had a mid 70s presi. it wore small on me, i'm 6 foot 220. so i traded and made some moves to get a mid 90s 16628 YG yachtmaster to get me into the 40mm world. i've had this for about 2-3 years, i told myself my next watch would be a 40/41mm presi. however, i walked into an AD the other week and they had this watch 18348, factory diamond dial and bezel with the blue vignette dial from 1989 with ALL the original paperwork. I never saw myself with this watch ever in life, but in hand it was gorgeous, almost brand new condition, and from a collector stand point, it being all factory everything with paperwork is something that I cant stop thinking about. I know i'd have to give up a couple extra bucks on top of my YM to get it, but all in all, is this a

Insurance Question - New Day-Date
Hey Guys,I'm considering buying a new day-date (118238) and want to make sure I cover the insurance side of things properly. First of all, I live in Canada (which may or may not matter). Also, I already have an OP 116000, and a Datejust 116234 which I also want to have properly insured.So, here is my situation: My current home insurance (TD Meloche Monnex) has an endorsement for up to $50,000 for jewelry covering all risks (which includes mysterious disappearance, robbery, etc), and this endorsement has a $1,000 deductible. The endorsement only costs me an extra $200 per year. My agent told me as long as my watches have accepted appraisals on file with the policy that they would be fully covered (except for the deductible of course). I have already done this for my current two watches of course. I also looked into adding floaters for the watches, and was told the price increase would be about 2% of the appraised value of the item, per year, so in the case of the day-date, something