My First Grail Watch: Chris Vail
Welcome back to an original watches-dealer feature, "My First Grail Watch." In this series, we ask prominent people in the watch industry about the first timepiece that they lusted after. Today, we're speaking with?Chris Vail, the guy behind the Kickstarter darling, Lew & Huey.watches-dealer (ABTW):?Who are you, and what is your relationship to the watch industry?Chris Vail:?I own a micro-brand, Lew & Huey. I design and sell watches online. People either love what I do, or wish I'd fall into a tree-shredder. I think most of the industry would choose "shredder."ABTW: When did your fascination with watches start?Chris Vail:?Two years ago, when I stumbled on an online forum as I was looking for industry insights. I started off just thinking of them as a "product" like any other, very un-emotional about it. I ended up becoming as big a watch-geek as everyone else talking about watches online.ABTW: What was your first grail watch?Chris Vail:?I fell in love with the Omega Planet Ocea

GIVEAWAY: Hamilton Khaki Field Titanium Auto Watch As Seen In Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Movie
This month you actually have two chances to win a watch on watches-dealer. In addition to the Gc-3 Automatic watch giveaway, we are offering a special opportunity to win a Hamilton Khaki Field Titanium Automatic (ref. H70575733) watch - the same model as the one worn by Chris Pine in the movie Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit. This particular giveaway is for US residents only. See details below on how to enter.Opening on January 17th, 2014 movie goers will will be treated to the latest film in the Jack Ryan series. From Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger, to the sublime Hunt for Red October, Tom Clancy's idyllic American hero has been the central character in a long running series of books and films. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit?is sure to boast enough explosions, espionage and general extremeness to make Ethan Hunt consider calling in sick, not to mention a solid supporting cast of watches.Watchnerds checking out Shadow Recruit will surely notice a couple of interesting watch placements

Double Mini Incoming
I finally got the GP strap and I love it on my RG, the red sides work so well with the RG and black ceramic pushers. Also got a white cap, the quality is really nice and it's very well made, feels more substantive than the Gucci cap I paid an extortionate amount for on Bond St.

Satin Evolution
I was out at lunch today and saw an EVO on a guys wrist that looked like someone had taken a scotchbrite to the entire watch I asked him about it and in fact he did Scotchbrite the whole watch and it looked amazing it was his daily wear watch and he said he was tired of the scratches. It had what I would describe as light to medium grey face with white sub dials.We ended up eating lunch together as this all happened at subway, and talked watches and football the entire time.

For my first (and probably not my last) Navitimer World GMT...
What color is a more classic Breitling color?