Last Chance To Enter To Win A Free Dievas Zeta Automatic Watch
Hey watch lovers - the aBlogtoReadwatches-dealer Dievas Zeta Automatic Professional free watch giveaway (sponsored by GnomonWatcheswatches-dealer) will close at the end of this month and a winner will be chosen. You have just a few more days to enter if you want to have a chance at winning. All comments made to the giveaway post (not this post) will be valid if made on or before June 30th at 11:59pm. The winner will be able to choose from either the black, red, or yellow (pictured) dial version of the new Dievas Zeta Pro watch.To check out the free watch giveaway and enter see the giveaway page here. Good luck!

Omega in "Killing Kennedy"
My copy of this months National Geographic just arrived this morning and I was having a flick through it while I had lunch.On the inside back cover I noticed an advert for a new National Geographic docu-drama called Killing Kennedy staring Rob Lowe. In the ad he appears to be wearing the square Omega that Kennedy made famous...I can't tell whether it's original or the re-issue but at least they're making the effort.After the Argo debacle, with Ben Affleck wearing a Rolex Deep Sea throughout despite the movie being set in the seventies, it's nice to see producers looking at watches and trying to get it right!

White metal collection
A small collection of white metal watches, with a mix of daily sports watches and a few special watches.

First Panerai, dilemma...
I have been thinking of getting a Panerai for a while now and I hope to pull the trigger before christmas. I want a base model with only hour and minute hands, preferably titanium but steel is also fine. I also want a sandwich dial and max 44mm, this is the problem. I have looked into the 560 and 562, only the Q series has a sandwich dial. I have looked at used 176, 112 and 000s too. My options so far: I have looked into getting a new 562 from Jomashop with a sandwich dial(they claim the one they have for sale has it). The used 176:es I have look at so far were too expensive or too polished. I started noticing that polishing can not be unseen when you spot it and I think I need an unworn/unpolished specimen. Questions: Have I missed a model that looks like the ones above(max budget about 5k USD, the 172 is out...)?I don't mind buying it from the US, they are so cheap there that the 25-30% customs + VAT still makes it worth it. But how reliable is Jomashop, can I trust them that they di

Polished Center Links Wear/Patina
Does anyone have pcl watch that you wear daily with the center links scratched up (normal wear and tear)? I love the newer bracelets but don't like the polished jewelry look. I'm interested to see what this watch or similar and its bracelet look like out in the wild with normal wear and tear. I'm interested in the 36dj ss dome bezel.