Come On Down! Grand Seiko Roadshow In Phoenix Arizona October 14th
Did y'all know Seiko is 130 years old? Yes sir! And this year their US roadshow event featuring Grand Seiko watches will be celebrating that fact with some fun events. Yours truly will be at the Phoenix, Arizona event on October 14th 2011 held at Seiko's number 1 Grand Seiko dealer; Arizona Fine Time in Scottsdale. Come for the watches - stay for the food/drinks/cigars (these are also the CigarKingwatches-dealer people).Release:Grand Seiko Roadshow at Arizona Fine TimeSeiko will be bringing out a master watchmaker from their factory to assemble a Grand Seiko here in our store. This master watchmaker is one of 6 skilled enough to work on the 9R series of movements. This will be a very rare opportunity to see the magic that goes into Grand Seiko, not only in the movement, but the assembly of the entire timepiece.There will also be many of Seiko's staff in attendance for the event. This will give you a great opportunity to ask questions and hear answers direct from the source. There are m

Ball Engineer Hydrocarbon Magnate GMT Watch
As much as I love GMT complications, I have to say that the name for this one is just silly. "Ball Engineer Hydrocarbon Magnate GMT." Four proper names plus GMT suffix?That said, the watch itself is pretty nice looking. I'm not fond of the Rolex-style cyclops over the date, though some quite like them [Ed. note. You'll see some hands-on images I took with watch here. I believe that the magnifier crystal is actually reverse mounted (inside the crystal) so as not to stick out of the crystal]. The fixed bezel is less useful than a rotating one, but on the other hand it's filled with luminescent paint for a cool look in the dark. The textured and detailed dial has good balance and attains the not-too-busy look a good dress watch. The dark green GMT hand lurks in the visual background, behind mirror-polished hour and minute hands and the signature second hand with Ball logo counterpoise. Overall a good looking watch, with the bulked-up look Ball produces.The bracelet is a variant on the cla

Interesting article on Gerald Genta
I came across an interesting article on the designer of the Royal Oak, among others, Gerald Genta. I thought some of you might find it an interesting read. .veryimportantwatches/...g_rules_en.pdfEnjoy

My First Omega!
Got it today! Picked it up here on trf from Watchbach!!

Pam320 Authentic?
So I just received my first Panerai which is the pam320 from Jomashop and I still have doubts about the authenticity without a warranty card. Anyone else here bought from Jomashop? I have to remove the serial no so I have to blur it out. Serial No. matches the box, not sure if it matters. Thanks.