Marvin M109 Watch Offers Handsome Looks, Value, Unavailability In The US
I swear, this watch has no real name, just "model m109.14.43.65." That looks almost like an IP address. Marvin refers to it as part of the M109 collection. So for the purposes of this article, I will just call it the Marvin watch or M109 (even though there are other M109 watches in various colors and styles). They should have called it something cool like the "Squaropolis." Yea, I just made that name up. The company shares the story of many current watch companies: it started a long time ago (1850). Died, then came back via a name purchase. This was about a year ago, and the company was wise enough to have a wide enough range of prices to make them accessible. Their watches are prices from about $400 - $4000, and they offer both men's and women's watches with mechanical or quartz movements.This particular Marvin watch is pretty cool, with a nice design. Actually, the design is mostly Bell & Ross (dial and numeral design), Glycine (compare logos, even though the Marvin and Glycine l

Introducing: The Bvlgari Octo Finissimo Minute Repeater, The World's Thinnest (In Current Production)
Records in watchmaking are increasingly elusive, and generally transient. However, pursuing them has given rise to some very interesting watchmaking. Breaking a record may be hard, and holding it is even harder, but for now, it looks like Bvlgari has managed to do both, with the launch at Baselworld 2016 of its Octo Finissimo Minute Repeater. 1 OF 5 Ultra-thin wristwatch movements are rare; complicated ultra-thin wristwatch movements are even more rare, since the challenges in ultra-thin watchmaking tend to rise exponentially as the watch becomes more complicated. For that reason, the most complex watches are made in ultra-thin variants by only a few companies, and as a rule, they're those firms with a very long technical history in such watchmaking – Vacheron Constantin, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Audemars Piguet, Piaget. Bvlgari came late to the ultra-thin game but they're playing it like they mean it, with such watches as the Octo Finissimo Tourbillon (see our int

Anybody seeing more discounts?
With the recent reports of poor sales by Omega and the Swiss Watch Industry in general, leading to increasing inventory, I'm curious - has anyone noticed an increased willingness by Omega ADs and Boutiques to give discounts? Earlier this year, the Boutiques I visited were pretty firm with only giving around 5-7% discount, while ADs were around 15-20%. I plan to visit a couple of ADs and Boutiques in the next few weeks, and will ask, but was curious if anyone else has had experience recently.

Help on a Speedmaster please.
To make a short story long....many moons ago I decided on a Sub over a Speedy. After that I went for an AT Chrono, bypassing the Speedy once again. To make things even worse I added a Panerai and a JLC after that. Now I feel almost guilty that the speedy has been overlooked for so long. So time to act!Anyway, I have found this 3570.50.00 Speedmaster. It's a 2006, comes with papers, has had a light polish, and comes with a 12 month movement warranty. Asking price is AU $2,999.Can i have some opinions on this watch/price pls. Also should I be going for the Hesalite or a sapphire?

A day late.....but it's finally here!
Fedex was nice enough to missort my package yesterday, so after rasing much hell they were nice enough to deliver it today!And of course some obligatory wrist shots...More to Come!