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

Frederique Constant Takes on the High-End with Their New In-House Perpetual Calendar
Perpetual calendars are one of the darlings of complicated mechanical watches. Traditionally, they display the time, day of the week, date (day and month), and moonphase, all while keeping track of how many days are in a specific month and accounting for that extra leap day every four years. That means that once you set the watch to the right time and date, it will know that September only has 30 days and every fourth February has 29, staying correct for a very, very long time. To do all that mechanically is a feat of design and engineering, a feat which usually carries a very big price tag.When you're talking about mechanical perpetual calendar watches, you're usually talking five figures��to start.? Prices can easily reach 20��50��100 thousand dollars for an automatic perpetual calendar from a famous brand. That's why what Frederique Constant have done here is relatively amazing: an in-house automatic perpetual calendar starting at $8,795.The Frederique Constant Manufacture Perpetual Ca

omega seamaster 300m chrono
Hi all, was thinking about getting Omega Seamster automatic chrono, st/st with blue face. Any thoughts and what would a good price be new in Canadian bucks ?thanks cheers

Idea for tie pin/tie tack
I'm not the type to wear jewelry other than watches. I don't even wear my custom made carbon fiber wedding band but my grandfather left me some diamonds and a horseshoe diamond tie tack (some of you horseman may have knew him. Loyd Ford Sr. He got Larry Jones into training back in the 80s/90s. Filled his barns way he could pursue the life of training with his wife Cindy Jones. They've had some Ky Derby shots including Eight Bells). Alright enough babbling just making my point that our family was a horse racing family and the horse shoe tie tack was part of it but since I am no longer in the horse scene I was thinking of having a Calatrava symbol made with the diamonds for a tie tack or pin. I think the tack would be better and less dressy but any and all thoughts welcome. Any pics welcome too! I've seen the solid gold Calatrava cuff links and they are nice but silver will be my style for them since would go with WG or Platinum.

Change my mind
If you are wearing a yellow gold Rolex president, other fashion rules do not apply to you.Change my mindJust looking for a fun debate