GIVEAWAY: Egard Shade Black Automatic Watch
This month on watches-dealer you have an opportunity to win a limited edition (of just 50 pieces) Shade Black automatic watch by Egard. The brand is a father and son team who work out of Los Angeles and Toronto. The Shade Black is meant to be a contemporary dress watch, offering a unique take on classic themes. Though Egard does suggest the Shade Black "can be worn with just about anything."At 43mm wide, the steel case is in PVD black and contains a skeletonized Japanese Miyota automatic movement (a caliber 8N24). Some of the movement can be viewed through an open window on the dial, and more of it via the sapphire crystal case back window on the rear of the watch. The Shade Black is water resistant to 200 meters (pretty good for a causal watch), and comes on a black leather strap with deployant clasp. Retail price for the limited edition of 50 pieces Egard Shade Black is $1,295 and you can enter for a chance to win one below. egardwatcheswatches-dealerTo Enter You Must: 1. Comment on

Perrelet Watch Event August 29-30 At Lussori In Carmel-By-The-Sea, CA
You loved the Perrelet Turbine watch collection. It was not only a popular watch to look at, many of you enjoyed it. Will it will finally be available starting this weekend at a special Perrelet watch event that will be held at the Lussori luxury watch store on Carmel-By-The-Sea, California (August 29-30). In addition to the Turbine watch, there will be other interesting Perrelet timepieces that will amuse and delight (and possibly lead to a new purchase). Among the crowd will be Virginie Perrelet, who is related to the great Abraham-Louis Perrelet of "way back when." Please don't pester her with questions about what Abraham-Louis was like.The event will be at Lussori over the two day period from 11am to 5pm. In addition to Perrelet watches, they have an very impressive list of many hard to find luxury watch brands. If you are in the Monterey, CA area and can make it out, I recommend it for a enjoyable time.

Incoming : Just got my first . . .
We'll I always thought I was never going to buy oneBut suddenly it attacked me while working behind my MBA and the hunt started asap So I just bought this Chronomat Ref 81950A with a grey dialAll my other watches have a black dial so this is a complete changement . . . She is on her way to me and hopefully I will get her pretty soonHAGOne

Submariner history since 1954
I was wondering if anyone can answer a specific submariner history question. The first submariners were unveiled around 1954. They have always been black or blue, with the exception of the two special green ones I think. Currently, there are eight models in production and they are all 40 mm case diameters. I believe there are twenty-one discontinued models. Of those discontinued models of the submariner, were they all also 40 mm case diameters?Not sure why this popped into my head, but now that I cannot find the answer it is bugging me. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

DD bracelet
Just curious as to owners of PM sports models if you stay away from the DD36 or DD40 because of the lack of a glide lock or oyster lock in the bracelet.I have tried some on but cant seem to get them to fit as well as my BLRO and Smurf.Thanks.