Baselworld 2013: Swatch Sistem51- Only 100 Swiss Francs for a Mechanical Watch!
Today sees the launch of the Swatch Sistem51 and the fire burns bright once more.Swatch watches were one of the guilty pleasures of my youth. When the Swatch craze took over the world in the early 90's, I was there in the thick of it. I remember going to Swatch boutiques looking for the "Bora Bora", the headline watch of the Scuba 200 series, and even starting a collection of the Swatch quartz chronographs when they first came out. Then, when the Midge Ure song "Breathe" came out, I was singing along like no tomorrow, making sure that I had a carefully selected Swatch on my wrist when it happened.There was something very cool about the attitude that Swatch embodied, and as a young boy whose only other option was a Casio or Seiko, everything by Swatch was instantly?elevated?to something special.?Of course, I grew up and Swatch was resolutely forgotten in?favor?of more sober watches in more traditional?colors. The?bright and sometimes gaudy designs of Swatch were put away.My early love f

It's 5:00 somewhere !!
Looks like it's about that time !!!!

More info regarding the Panerai disgrace...
...another post from Paneristi regarding the unfinished movement in the PAM318, closeup shots comparing the unfinished movement to the finished....network54/Forum/35339...terious+PAM318I owned a 318 with a movement with that finish I would slam it in the AD's table claiming my money back, it is a disgrace that Panerai quality control will allow that! /masterkiller

First shipment of new Basel Releases?
I've heard that the first wave should appear late May/early June. Does this sound realistic?

18k WG watches and Bracelets
Just looking through the 2017-2018 Rolex book and my question is... are 18k WG watch bracelets steel or do they have 18k WG PCL? For example an 18k WG Sky-Dweller or DateJust, it seems the only 18k WG on the watch is the bezel. Do they only use gold on either the 18k YG and RG and steel for the WG versions?