Sarpaneva Korona Moonshine Watch
Helsinki, Finland. Not the typical place for watch makers, but it is where the wild Stepan Sarpaneva calls home and creates his vividly interesting timepieces creations. Playing with his popular moon face, Stepan creates a new watch that utterly features the now popularized serious looking artful lunar gaze. Called the Korona Moonshine, the watch tells the time via a single rotating disc that moves around the periphery of the dial.You read the time in the lower region of the dial where a window opens up to reveal the moving disc. Right at the 6 o'clock position is a small arrow that is used in conjunction with indicators on the disc to tell the time. It isn't the most precise way to tell the time, but the trade-off might be worth it to have this "face" on your wrist.The time telling disc itself is covered in lume for night viewing. I think this is where the "shine" in moonshine comes in. It can be interpreted that the moon above the little window metaphorically provides the shine. Well

Domain of your personal name taken? Mine was, but I got it back.
In deciding the name for this blog I briefly played with the idea of titling it arieladamswatches-dealer. In doing so, I had to make sure that I could register the name domain name "arieladamswatches-dealer." Therefore, you go to Network Solution, or any of the other registers and check the availability of the domain name. I did so, and to my surprise, the domain was taken! Who could have used my domain name?!Checking out the WHOIS section, I found out that arieladamswatches-dealer was registered by MetaPredict or otherwise known as UltraRPM. From my limited research online, this company utilized various types of bots or spyware to determine search terms that people are looking for. If a term shows up enough, and the domain is available. They register the domain. The lowest form of speculative investments.Obviously, the practices are not universally loved, and the registration of personal domain names is annoying to say the least. Well good thing I recalled a piece of Federal legislati

15400 vs Day-Date [Picture]
My 15400 is a gigant compared to my Day-Date Is bigger better? I love both. And for people who say the Royal Oak in steel is a scratch magnet, try wearing gold daily...

Sebastien Buemi
Tried it on at the AP boutique in Singapore a few days back. And I almost forgot that I was wearing it before leaving the boutique! It was that comfortable! I like the design too, especially the titanium/ceramic combo, stick hour markers, 42mm case with conventional turban pushers and crown, as well as the Diver-style strap & tang buckle. The only thing that didn't sing very well to me is the bead-blasted finishing on the titanium watch case. But that's just a personal preference. Otherwise the entire watch is perfectly harmonized in design and really a gem on the wrist. Some quick shots at the boutique...

Quit while you're ahead...
Last week I got a 214270 Explorer and love it. After going through many watches, including the MKI short hand version, I feel I have finally landed on the watch that best suits me. I sold a few others and have always loved 36mm Datejusts, but never had the right one for me. I found a nice one, a silver tuxedo 116200 at Authenticwatches. They list many watches that they don't have but I thought they can come through on those indicated as in stock. I made the purchase. I called to double confirm. They specify overnight shipping. Today I am wondering where the tracking number is, and I call them; they put me on hold and say there was a mixup, the watch had just been sold before I ordered it, and they were hoping to get another one tomorrow. I cancelled, doubt they'll be able to do that.I was upset. But in the end, I think they did me a favor. I love the 214270 and don't want or need more confusion, or anything to interfere with my enjoyment of this watch. The DJ was similar to the one I a