Remembering My Dad's Watch And The Birth Of Responsibility
This article is unlike most that you'll read on watches-dealer because it is inherently personal. Those who know me are aware of the fact that I am the most comfortable behind the camera, and while I regularly make a point to inject a healthy amount of opinion into our coverage of timepieces, I don't normally talk about myself. Today will be a bit different, because I am talking about the very special role that the "dad watch" can play in our lives. A dad watch is quite simply the (or a) timepiece your father wore while you were growing up. Maybe you remember it, maybe you even now own it. In any event, I think we too often forget how much we may have been influenced by our dad's wrist watch in our own tastes and lives.While this article is likely going to publish on Father's Day, it is being written a few months earlier in March of 2014. The reason is because in a sense this is my eulogy to my own father, who passed away somewhat unexpectedly a few days ago. He was always proud of wat

Weight of SS, ceramic and forged carbon divers?
Hi allJust wondering if anyone happens to know the weight of the SS and ceramic divers vs. the forged carbon?Thank you

Seamaster 300 Master Co-Axial (Images)
Omega kindly sent me over one of these babies a few weeks back, was impressed but not overly impressed - did a write-up here What do you guys think?

Service rant
OK, not being a native speaker I am poor at rants How can it be fair that you have to pay regularly for overpriced servicing to a watch that was very expensive in the first place. Say, you buy a watch water proof to 300 meters, but if you don't change the 1$ rubber parts every 4 years, for like 200$ you can't trust taking a shower with it, and it's all YOUR fault It is a bit ironic, because I bought a high quality watch with some idea of it lasting for generations. Do I really own a watch or if I am an indentured servant to Omega? Am I the first one to get that thought?

Best trade for a 2011 Mini Cooper ever!
So I'm generally a Rolex girl...but it seems my significant other may have caught the bug! Here's the result of a trade she worked out for her old car: