HourTime Show Watch Podcast Help Desk 1
In addition to the regular HourTime show format, we are experimenting with a new Help Desk show. The idea is that you can call, chat, or e-mail in with your questions. Using the POWER OF THE INTERNET - lol - you can be a part of the show. The idea of the Help Desk is to address what you have on your mind, as well as to make the show more interactive. The first show is a bit rough, but we are going to be making it better and better. For more details on how to call in or contact us with questions for the next show, see the link below and stay tuned.Listen to the HourTime watch podcast Help Desk episode 1 here.

Introducing The IWC Portuguese Perpetual Calendar Digital Date 75th Anniversary Edition
Continuing the 75th anniversary of its Portuguese family, here we have the Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month from IWC. The name gives a pretty apt description of the watch itself, and if the Hand-Wound is a contemporary throwback, the Perpetual Calendar is a modern adaptation of recent design trends seen in the Portuguese family. The digital date and month display are nothing new to IWC, but this is their first appearance within the Portuguese line. Oh, and what is hardly mentioned in the press release, this is also a chronograph, meaning this is our favorite combination of complications there is. 2 OF 8 The Portuguese Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month Edition "75th Anniversary" packages a familiar complication set-in fact, just last year we saw this very same movement come packaged in an oversized Aquatimer limited edition. However, the caliber 89801 feels a little more appropriate within the context of the Portuguese. In its latest guise, the Portuguese Perpetua

Historical Perspectives: Just Because: An Original Zenith A386 El Primero Chronograph And The Awesom
The watch on the left is the awesome Zenith El Primero Striking Tenth chronograph, a watch we reviewed in detail here and absolutely loved (sidenote, if you've never seen one of these in action, you have to watch the video here).? The watch at right looks a lot like the 2010 Striking Tenth, doesn't it? It should, because it's the reference from which it was birthed.?You see, the Striking Tenth borrowed its tri-color dial from the original El Primero chronograph from 1969 - reference A386.? This early automatic chronograph (some would say it's the first self-winding chronograph, some would say the first high-beat self-winding chronograph, and others, the first self-winding integrated chronograph) is something of a cult classic, as Zenith themselves say no more than 2000 examples were ever produced.? The tri-color dial of the A386 has since become Zenith's trademark dial configuration, but did you know there is more than just aesthetics behind its design? The story goes that rey was chos

The new Speedmaster Date 3210.50 arrives . . .
Well, my new Speedmaster Date 3210.50 arrived yesterday from my out-of-state AD. It's really pretty. I've got to get use to looking at the sub-dial at 9:00 o'clock for the sweeping second hand, but this watch is very cool. I sold my 36.2mm Railmaster, so now I have three Omegas (see my signature).As a point of interest, I have ordered COSC certificates, at 50 CHF per certificate, for my 36.2mm Railmaster (January), SM GMT (February) and my new 39.2mm Railmaster (March). Yesterday, I e-mailed Omega SA to order a COSC certifcate for the new Speedmaster Date and received the following: Quote:

The 43mm dial...it's pretty good.
Finally took the plunge and bought a Seadweller 43mm, to replace the SD4000 I sold just before they were discontinued. I was a bit wary given the increased size. But it works for me, and I do prefer this model. What strikes me is how the extra size of the dial creates more space, so it seems less cluttered than the 40mm model. Add the red writing and it just becomes a more interesting watch.Which I never expected or noticed from photos.