On The Media's TLDR Explains Swatch Internet Time
Back in 1998, Swatch tried no small task: to fundamentally change how we track time around the world. The idea was called ".beat time" and "internet time," and was supposed to simplify communicating across the world in the age of the internet by doing away with timezones and small units like seconds, instead dividing the day into 1000 event units. The experiment has been largely forgotten, but NPR's blog and podcast TLDR decided to take a closer look into why .beat time was born in the first place and why we're not all wearing .beat watches today. This is definitely worth a read and a listen.The basics are pretty straightforward: with internet time, the only units are "beats" and there are 1000 even beats in one day. This makes each beat a little shorter than a minute and a half (1 minute 26.4 seconds to be precise). They record time after midnight, so the @950 time shown on the watch above is equivalent to exactly 10:48pm at the Swatch headquarter

My first AP -- the new 15710 ST Diver
Happy to join the AP family. Been considering an AP for a while -- but wasn't sure which one and finally pulled the trigger when on a business trip in Hong Kong at an AD there.Just got back and only time for a quick iPhone pic -- but looking forward to learning more about the watch. I am already thinking about getting a bracelet for it as I've seen some of the other pics in this forum with the Diver on a bracelet and it looks great! Does AP make a bracelet to fit this new model with the sapphire caseback? If so -- will any ROO bracelet fit? And how hard is it to change the strap?Thanks,Ed

312 Inbound!
I just joined the Panerai family and couldn't be happier! It literally took me years to finally decide, but I landed on the 312. My requirements were limiting: 1950-style case, second and date complication, 44mm. I debated the known issues and people recommended other models, but I always came back to the 312.I should receive it Tuesday. And now the strap obsession begins.

Favorite modern Daytona
I know this topic has been beaten to death regarding the stainless pieces, black v. white and everyone has their favorites....But....let's expand this poll a bit to include PM Daytonas. There are a number of new PM Daytonas in the last couple years that have been causing quite a stir, the Oysterflex models in particular seem to be very popular.If you could only have ONE modern Daytona, which would it be and why?

Daytona Chrono Question
I may possibly buy a Daytona. One hesitancy is I love watching the 2nd hand sweep the face on my other watches. Obviously you don't get this on the Daytona unless you have the Chrono running all the time. Is there any problem letting the chrono run all the time? Does anyone else do that?