Giveaway: ELYSEE European Automatic Watch
Newer German watch brand ELYSEE (pronounced "elle-e-say") wants you to win one of their simply named ref. 70935 European Automatic watches. Combining styles from a few genres, the European Automatic is a steel watch in a 40mm wide case with an easy to read black and white sporty dial. The watch contains a Swiss ETA 2824 automatic movement and comes on a black leather strap with contrast stitching. Retail price on the watch is $995, and you can enter to win one below before May 31st, 2011.To Enter You Must: 1. Comment on this post below before the giveaway is over with your valid e-mail address where required. In the body of your comment mention the perfect width of a watch for your wrist (for example 42mm).2. Be a pal. If possible, Facebook friend/fan all or any of the following:Friend me on Facebook Like aBlogtoReadwatches-dealer on FacebookLike ELYSEE Watches on FacebookWant aBlogtoReadwatches-dealer articles automatically sent to you via e-mail? Sign up here:Enter your email addres

AP Crown Stems Very Thin?
I went looking at a number of AP's today and one thing i noticed was that the crown stem appeared very thin. I found this a bit strange especially on the more 'robust' ROO's. When i unscrewed and pulled the crown out it looked like it could just snap off and it could bend very easily.Has anyone had any problems with AP crown's? I think i may have just found a deal breaker

Home Alone with your ROO???
Take it out to dinner. My wife's been traveling all week so I decided to go have a nice dinner in the company of my ROO. We headed to The Palm and started with a refreshing Negroni. ImageUploadedByTapatalk1343440508.421857.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1343440523.634505.jpgThen we enjoyed some pumpernickel bread (with raisins and walnuts with a touch of butter) and fried calamari to start our meal. ImageUploadedByTapatalk1343440583.532355.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1343440613.436515.jpgFinally the coveted bone-in Rib Eye cooked to perfection and accompanied by crispy delicious hash brown potatoes. ImageUploadedByTapatalk1343440667.353159.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1343440686.903558.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1343440705.815167.jpgTo wrap up, a Key Lime Pie. Yumm!ImageUploadedByTapatalk1343440756.036964.jpgSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk. Watches are the new currency!

CK2998 or Official Timekeeper
Saw both of these at a boutique recently and liked both of them, but for different reasons. They are obviously very different watches, but if you could only get one, which one would you get? The CK 2998 is a bit more eye-catching, and has a beautiful dark blue panda dial. It is also a bit more versatile, especially if you get a couple of different straps and Natos, but I have a few casual watches in my rotation already. The Official Timekeeper is in gold, and clearly a dress watch (which I currently do not have). It is also about double the price of the CK, but at 188 pieces total, it is much more limited, and has a very interesting manual wind co-axial chronometer movement. It hasn't really gotten much attention, which might actually be a good thing, but I'm not sure about the red Omega logo.

Speedmaster website
I just saw it and I have to agree that it makes me want one SO bad! COngrats OMEGA!!!.omega.ch/index.php?id=1277