Brown Chronos Safe: Secure Watch Home
You are a man of taste and means. Where do you keep your stuff? Luxury consumers often embark on an "acquisitional journey," starting with simple-to-desire items such as expensive clothes and cars, to more exclusive items such as boutique shoes and watches. Given that there is a market for every taste and every need, this path to possessions fortunately (or unfortunately) never ends. Don't you feel better knowing that there is someone, somewhere thinking about producing that next thing you don't even know you need until they help you discover it? The world just keeps offering cool stuff to consume.Each person with means and the items it purchases needs a safe place to store their loot. With the help of Brown Safe Manufacturing and the knowledge I have acquired over the years, I would like to explore the infrequently discussed topic of how to keep your valuables safe from damage and theft.Safes have been around for a long time. The iconic image of hidden wealth stored for later pleasure

Global Watch Market Continues To Buck The Trend
It is no secret that many international financial markets are currently in a state of turmoil, in large part due to the sub-prime mortage crisis and the resulting fall-out. However, this constant threat of recession has not yet seemed to have any apparent effect on the global watches market, which is projected to exceed US$31.6 billion by the year 2009, growing at a compounded annual rate of nearly 4% during the 2001-2010 period. This growth is largely being fueled by the changing trend in the watch industry which is now seeing many consumers buying several different watches to suit their needs as opposed to one for all occassions. Many consumers, this author included, have several watches in their weekly rotation and may even buy a watch for a specific occasion or outfit.An excellent indication of future trends in the market comes from a recent report entitled "Watches & Clocks: A Global Strategic Business Report" published by Global Industry Analysts, Inc. This report provides a

RAAF Breitling
Nancy's son out west has an old friend, now living in Australia, visiting for the holidays. He's now a fighter pilot in the RAAF. I received the pic below in an email this morning, and here's the text of the messages: Very cool, definitely not a safe queen!Is it a RAAF issued watch?AlYep...he flies an F-14 Tomcat for the Australian Airforce.79 of these were made. He got #11. It was the number of his first plane.His watch is light. Made of Titanium.Cool watch...

Old Seamaster
Anyone have an idea what year(s) this Seamaster might date to?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

New SS Pepsi Try On
I saw in the comments of this article (https://.hodinkee/articles/ro...26710-blro-new) that Rolex will have the new watches at the authorized dealer May 12th for try-on. I'm curious as to whether this poster was speaking of his local AD, or that applies to all ADs? Looking forward to trying this beauty on!