Luminox Sponsors USA Olympic Bobsled and Skeleton Team
The U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Team is well on the way to achieving medal-level victory in the Winter 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, in February, and Luminox is a proud partner in the team’s effort. Both the men's and women's teams have been performing with outstanding success on the 2009-2010 World Cup tour. The U.S. team has collected 13 medals to date, five of them gold. Reigning World Champion Steven Holcomb contributed six medals to the overall count after adding four gold medals to his growing resume, and currently leads in four-man standings.Bobsled legend Todd Hays had to give up his dream of racing in his fourth Olympics after he suffered a life-threatening brain injury from a crash during a Winterburg, Germany training run. Nonetheless, he was at the Lake Placid, NY America's Cup competition to bolster the US team forward. Only the top three ranked sleds among the nations will be granted a spot at the 2010 Olympics, and the U.S. has a strong chance to qualify the ma

Anyone Had PO Polished/Repaired?
Any PO owner experience a accidental drop incident and then had the victimized watch repaired by an authorized Omega service center? Had my mishap when a wasp gave me a painful sting on the palm of my left hand -- whipped my arm about in response to the sting and the watch went flying. Abraded scratches on the metal band and screw-down crown. There not bad and should polish out. I'd love to see some examples of re-polishing and repair. Please make me feel better. Thanks, Scott

Price increase in Canada!
Was at the AD today. . .price increase starting May 1. 8-10% across the board, not a light increase given the starting price point. Part of the increase may be currency related as the Canadian dollar has weakened against the Franc. Luckily I picked up my latest in January!

ETA 6497 vs P.3000
Well, it's only a matter of time before the venerable 6497 is retired and replaced by the P.3000 in-house movement (or something like it). It's still too early to tell what impact it'll have on the desirability of the old 6497 based watches but would you still want an old 6497 driven PAM vs a newer model?

Jimmy Page Watch
What's Jimmy wearing here: https://youtu.be/vVi6rMo2Ppo?t=2415