Interview With Watch Lover Om Malik Of GigaOM On Smartwatches And The Samsung Galaxy Gear
With the announcement of the new Samsung Galaxy Gear, we had a chance to talk a little bit with Om Malik, founder of GigaOm. Om is an accomplished (and award-winning) journalist, with much of his work focused on the tech industry. What many may not know is that he's also a watch guy and friend of watches-dealer, which makes him the perfect person to talk to about smartwatches. Let's see what Om has to say about the smartwatch segment in general, and more specifically the Samsung Galaxy Gear:watches-dealer (ABTW): Given your background and interests, you've spent time around the smartwatch segment - how do you feel the category is shaping up?Om Malik (OM): I think we are still in the early innings here. Despite all the hype and noise around it, none of the companies have come up with a killer, mass market product. Most of my friends in Silicon Valley are obsessed with them, mostly because they are alpha/super early adopters.ABTW: What do you feel are the biggest strengths and weaknesses

Is Omega a Fashion brand?
Do you think Omega is a fashion brand? Ranked just below Gucci, but above Movado? United Brands does Check out this link:.rolexforums/showthread.php?t=108059

Cracked rubber strap
Hey guys. My aged Panerai rubber strap has cracks. I'm looking to replace but noticed the OEM one I'm looking at is made in Italy, not Austria, as my original. Does anyone know if authentic Panerai rubber straps are now manufactured in Italy? Thanks.

In the wild today....
In a 30 minute span while walking down Abbott Kinney in Venice Beach California today, I have seen a vintage looking AP (two tone I think), a Daytona ceramic white dial and a WG BLRO!!!! In just 30 minutes.I hope they all consulted TRF first about whether it was safe to walk around wearing these fine timepieces...I feel like a bum in my 116610LN right now.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Any chance of Diver bezel + GMT hand Rolex?
Has there ever been a model that has both a diver bezel for timing stuff and a GMT hand for keeping track of second time zone? Probably it would be quite messy looking for a Rolex as there would have to be two numbered 'rings' but other brands (Omega for instanse) have done it with more or less aesthetically pleasing designs. Is there a chance Rolex would conceive such a watch? Speaking against it is 1) cannibalisation on both Sub and GMT models, and 2) it doesn't really fit any known professional category of usage which Rolexes are known to have. Any thoughts? New to this forum so apologise if this has been discussed before.