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Phosphor Touch Time Watch On Kickstarter + Interview
If you are in need of any additional proof that Kickstarter is a great place to fund the development of a new watch, look no further than the Touch Time project from California based Phosphor Watches. Phosphor is well-known for their innovative digital watches which often feature E Ink (e-Ink) displays and have a sense of eye-catching charm. On August 6th, 2012 Donald Brewer and the team at Phosphor launched a Kickstarter project for their newest design, dubbed "Touch Time". Within 24 hours they had reached their $50,000 goal and, as of the time of posting, they have over 1000 backers and well over $125,000 in funding. Perhaps this is not surprising given the success of other watch projects such as the Pebble. Nevertheless it is further evidence that the Kickstarter crowd really loves watches.The Touch Time is a digital watch that offers a series of features including an alarm, stopwatch, reminders, world time, calendar, calculator and moon-phase which are all controlled via a touch sc

Airport that uses clocks with style.
Singapore Airport uses AP clocks.

A real pilot wearing *the* GMT for pilots.
I do fly pretty regularly. Stayed on the plane during a short stop. Pilot came through the cabin to shoot the breeze. We chatted about his watch and his wife bought it for him waaaaay back in the day and he told me he almost told her to return it when he found out how much she spent.I wasn't changing time zones so I didn't have the BLNR on but he was super happy to hear about how much a totally original GMT is worth these days! Untitled

First world problem complaining about BLNR
I've owned the watch for 2.5 years now and enjoy it for the most part. Just wanted to share some weak points that prospective buyers might not be aware of as, imho, the watch is held to a higher standard here than it deserves:- Lug edges are pointy and sharp, feel unfinished- Chamfers on top of lugs are almost non-existent. I always liked shiny chamfers on my Rolex- Brushing of mid-case on top of lugs is straight, no longer brushed diagonally toward the midlinks - Quite frequently, the crown gets stuck in 2nd position when trying to pull out to 3rd position/hacking the movement. This has been widely discussed on this forum. It has not 'loosened' up over time so far. Usually winding it a few more times helps. Will have this addressed when it's going in for service in a few years.- Lume is fairly weak, only bothers me when I'm flying overnight and the lights are off in the cabin- In addition to the above, the GMT arrow is extremely hard to find when it's dark. It virtually disappears whe