Panerai Regatta Winner Awarded Timepiece
Officine Panerai kicked off its title sponsorship of the 2011 Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge in North America on August 12 with the Corinthian Classic Yacht Regatta at Marblehead, Massachusetts. The race attracted 65 classic and vintage boats. On Saturday night, the captains and crews enjoyed an elegant dinner with honored guest and speaker, the legendary yachtsman Ted Hood. Hood enthralled the crowd with his tales of the early days and his most memorable races, including his design and skippering of Courageous and its famous America's Cup win in 1974.The event culminated on Sunday evening with the Awards Party at the Corinthian Yacht Club where the 68' winning yacht Black Watch, co-owned and skippered by Trevor Fetter of Dallas, was awarded the overall prize: a Radiomir 8 Days GMT (PAM169), as well as a Panerai Barometer for placing first in its vintage class.In addition to Black Watch, the competition showcased an impressive range of beautiful vintage, classic and yachts �C from the

Poll: Your Hand-Orientation & What Wrist You Wear Your Watch On?
I'm left-handed and I also prefer to wear a watch on my left wrist. That makes me somewhat unusual because the traditional "rule" when it comes to your wrist watch is that it goes on your non-dominant hand's wrist. So if I were like more people and followed the "rule," I would wear my watch on my right wrist because I am left-handed.So why don't I conform to the more typical orientation of wearing my watch on my non-dominant wrist? I don't actually know. I am pretty sure that I started wearing a watch from an extremely early age (perhaps 3 or 4years old) and no one was there to explain to me what wrist I should wear my watch on. What I probably did (as any young child does) is observe where most adults were wearing their watches �C and I followed suit.A recent e-mail from an watches-dealer reader (thanks Jonno) in Australia asked me if I knew anything about the history of wrist watches for lefties. I realized that I wasn't aware of any such "lefty watch" history, and assumed that for th

buy it man...
Alright guys since James Bond started to wear the Omega Seamaster in Goldeneye I have always wanted that watch. I remember back in 97 the Automatic version was in the $1,500-2,000 range. Now its up to $3,800, inflation sucks!!I work at American Airlines as a Supervisor, very happy with my job absolutely love it. I'm sure most of you have read the news that we filed for Ch11. However, I assure you American is not going anywhere. Just like Delta, United, US Airways (twice), Continental (three times) they have all filed and emerged stronger. (Not gonna get into the pension losses and all that jazz from all the airlines ) Unlike many here who are Doctors, lawyers, etc. I do not earn that high of an income, however I do live very comfortably. No wife, no kids, no mortgage I kind of live the life of a Pilot. I am always traveling managing my 10 Southwest Region cities in the Customer Service Field, hardly ever home.I have lurked these forums for years now, I joined in 2010 and had the pleas

Rolex��s Swiss Watch Hegemony Threatened by ��Trendier�� Omega
I was going to post this in the Rolex General Discussion but since there are so many Basel threads on there now and this article concerns Omega as much as it does Rolex, I guess this would be a more appropriate place to post since it's a 'Omega is catching up on Rolex' kind of story anyway lol To me it makes no difference, I have Omega and I have Rolex, I appreciate both in their own ways.Quote:

Has there ever been a Speedmaster...
Has there ever been a Speedmaster with the following characteristics...1. Orange Dial2. Quartz Mov't3. 6,9,12 Chrono dials4. 3 oclock date window5. Arabic NumeralsI met someone with this watch, and it just looked off for some reason. He said it was a gift. He had replaced the bracelet with a non-standard model so this info is worthless.Just wondering, thanks!