Hublot Depeche Mode Album Cover Watches
This pretty awesome collection is going to make a lot of Depeche Mode fans angry. Not because they are bad homages to the band, but because there will only be one set of them made, which will be auctioned off for charity. Each of the 12 piece unique watches will be auctioned off separately (February 8 - 24, 2010) , but that isn't to say that one super rich, super fan is going to buy them all up. There is one watch for each of the 12 Depeche Mode albums. You can see that in the center of the otherwise black toned Big Bang model watches is the album cover art, with a unique image on the sapphire crystal caseback as well for each album. In order to give room to the Depeche Mode album cover art on the dial, Hublot removed the subsidiary seconds dial. A good way to add space without removing too much functionality. If someone really want to measure seconds they can use the chronograph. Hublot designers have even matches the stitching of the watch strap to match one of the prominent colors o

A Look At The Real Military Watches On This Memorial Day
Today we are meant to remember those who fought and fell for America. In doing so, it is hard for me not to think about the endless stream of "military inspired" watches that we see advertised so much. The oodles of pilot watches, special forces watches, officer watches, the list just goes on really. Some of the most popular watches stem from this lineage, and yet I wonder who ever actually wore the watches that many of today's timepieces are based on.It is true that various elite special fighting units are given watches, or at least they have the option of purchasing them. This represents a very small number of soldiers, and I have no idea whether they actually wear the watches, are given the watches, or if it is just a cute marketing strategy. For those individuals, we should consider them lucky, but the trade off is that they are placed in a pretty high degree of danger.Brands like Luminox claim that special forces units wear their watches, but I am unsure of this accuracy. I imagin

Service Question
I bought an AP royal oak 15300 F series from one of the sellers on here and while the Watch was cosmetically in good shape, I took it to 2 different watchmakers and they confirmed the amplitude was running low. 190-230 and +10-15 seconds consistently at both AD's. I paid what I consider a premium for the Watch which is frustrating that I may now have to ship it off to Clearwater and throw and extra 1k into the watch. Was my fault seller didn't confirm service history only said it was running very well and I trusted him. My fear is it could have been never serviced but I don't know. Is it worth sending in now?

Chronomat B01
I saw the B01 at an AD in Houston this past weekend... Absolutely gorgeous! The one I tried on was the two-tone with the amber dial and roman numerals, and the brown alligator strap. I mean, this watch was STUNNING!!! Even my fiance, who is by NO means a WIS, was amazed at how good it looked! This is most definitely going to be my next acquisition! And as big as it is (43.7mm) it fit my relatively small wrist very well. The AD offered 20% off retail. I can't find that watch anywhere on the internet, much less at a discount. I'm thinking I might have to do it!

Any 5110 or 5130 owners??
Any 5110 or 5130 owners?? Would love to see some picturesThanks!