Watch Winner Announced: Victorinox Swiss Army Officer's Day/Date Automatic
Congrats to Lee M. from San Francisco, CA who was the lucky winner of the March 2014 watches-dealer Victorinox Swiss Army Officer's Day/Date Automatic watch giveaway. It was a tough competition with over 1,100 entrants. Be sure to enter for your chance to win a UNIQ P-47 Chronograph watch this month.

Panerai Says "FU" With Limited Edition PAM336 Watch For China
Probably good that Panerai doesn't sell an "FU" watch in the western world as we are probably going to take it as a signal of their amusement that we are putting up with their prices. No, Panerai doesn't even care too much about the English speaking world for the time being. Richemont, and other luxury watch groups have their sights securely set on (primarily) China, and other parts of Asia, given the fact that the only excitement in watch sales to be seen now is coming from those regions of the world. Each brand is vying for the attention and respect of the Chinese consumer - who is fundamentally a different animal than that the western consumer as I understand it. I hear tales of how Chinese consumers actually understand the mechanics of watches, know the values, and have keen eyes for details. Scary stuff for some watch retailers and some brands! Actually this is good. Not that people like us are without knowledge, but we aren't exactly the "typical" watch buyer here in the states (

Get A Timberland Terrano Watch With Any $200 Or More Purchase At Ashford.com
Ashfordwatches-dealer was one of the first online watch retailers back in the mid 1990s, 199 7 to be exact. I recall sometime back then first learning about Ashfordwatches-dealer which had a strong impact on my love for watches. For the first time, you could digitally browse a catalog of watches, many of which most people had never even seen before. Ashford was a pioneer in high quality images, so watches could be viewed with remarkable clarity (for the time of course). Back then, such images took incredibly long to download with the available dial-up modems. I distinctly recall waiting long minutes for images of watches I so wanted to own appear on my screen.With the past behind us, Ashfordwatches-dealer is still around, and offers more watch brands than ever before. Ashfordwatches-dealer is also an authorized dealer of most watch brands it carries which ensures valid warranties and purchasing security. Price wise, Ashfordwatches-dealer remains competitive with similar outfits and pri

Rolex SkyD or AP ROC 26331?
I posted this in the Rolex forum, but wanted to get input from the AP forum as well.I've been on the list for 8 months at my AD for the SS Skydweller in the blue dial. #2 on the list from day one. Talked to the AD yesterday. They haven't even received the first one. No idea how long before I get mine.I'm getting impatient. It's not like I'm trying to order a Porsche GT car or a Ferrari 488 right? I know I know. Some folks are on waiting lists that span multiple years for Daytona C's and certain PP Nautilus models. Just not my thing though. I was sold on the Rolex ,but I got to try on the SS ROC in the blue dial. It's an amazing piece. Now I'm starting to think I should just forget about the SkyD and add the ROC to my collection instead? What do you think?

The unthinkable is happening
For those who know me and follow my posts you know that I incredibly love my Patek 5712, well I still love it a lot, but I can honestly say that I love as much or even a little bit more my ceramic diver, I have been in Ukraine for 1 month, in Odessa, not where the civil war is raging, and took both of them, and clearly I wear much more my diver, maybe 70/30, never imagined that I would love this watch so much, but it's a truly awesome piece, and I've always wanted a ceramic watch, almost bought a Pam 335 a few years ago but went with a 233 dot dial instead, as much as I liked the Pam before it is in no way in the same league as the AP IMO.So thanks to all the enablers, Benlee in particular who posted many pics of his ceramic diver, and all the others who posted as well pics of this model, as much as I prefer the Nautilus models to the RO models, well except for the RG pieces, love the RG Jumbo and RG skeleton, but clearly prefer the PP SS models to the AP RO SS models, I incredibly lov