Giveaway: Phosphor Reveal "His & Hers" Watches + Discount
Phosphor's recent announcement of the Reveal watch excited a lot of people - both men and women. So this month I have for you the opportunity to win two watches, one for him and one for her (but the winner can get two men's or two women's watches if they desire). I had the chance to review the Phosphor Reveal here, and found out that it certainly a fun and affordable range of timepieces. They use a special mechanical electronic magnetic technology to flip segments on the dial to digitally tell the time. At about 44mm wide in steel, these watches come in a few styles which you can browse through here on Phosphor's website. Priced at between $199 - $250, the winner will be able to choose any two Phosphor Reveal timepieces that they like.BONUS!: aBlogtoReadwatches-dealer readers can get a $30 off discount on ANY Phosphor watch when ordering on their website until April 10th, 2011. Just checkout using the discount code "ablogtoread" on their website.To Enter You Must: 1. Comment on this po

New Angular Momentun Eglomise Portait Watches: The Imperial Russian Collection
Did you know that watches make a good place to put paintings, other than just the plebeian task of telling the time? Thats right, don't waste valuable art real estate when you could be toting around portraits of dead aristocrats on your wrist.Knowing this obvious fact, Swiss watch company Angular Momentum has been making Eglomise watches for a while, and their new "Imperial Russian Collection" is perhaps the stateliest yet! They are part of Angular Momentum's Artisan Collection, which are produced at their Swiss location outside of Bern. How many times have you wished that you could carry around Admiral Ushakov on your wristand closer to your heart. Well, your ship just arrived, now you can. The collection of finely painted watch faces includes such favorites as 1) General Suvorov, 2) Admiral Ushakov, 3) Admiral Kutuzov, 4) Czar Peter The Great, 5) the Russian Empires Big Coat of Arms, 6) the Imperial Double-Headed Eagle, and more!For those of you curious how Angular Momentum can get

In-Depth: My Thoughts On The Four Watches That Could (And Should) Break $1M At The Phillips Geneva W
Lets get right down to it. There are four watches in Phillips upcoming sale that I believe could, and maybe even should, break $1,000,000. Two of them are from Rolex, two of them are Pateks, two of them are steel, and two of them are gold. What is perhaps even more interesting is that two of them are, in my belief, almost obvious “top lots” and two of them are slightly more under the radar. The Obvious Heavy-Hitters These first two pieces are absolutely incredible watches. They are the things that many of us dream about, and their excellence is universally appreciated by anyone that knows anything about collectible watches. Lot 214: The Rolex Oyster Cosmographer "Albino" Reference 6263 1 OF 17 From Rolex, we have a reference 6263 Daytona “Albino” that was formerly the property of some dude named Clapton. This watch is incredible, arguably within the premier echelons of all Rolex sport models not only because of the C

omega authenticity on red box question
What should an authentic red omega box look like? Should the Omega logo on the top be stuck on the or recessed in. It has the seamaster 2220.80 in the box. I have seen both but just curious if anyone can confirm

OMEGA and NASA - by OMEGA Watches - Official Facbook site
Haven't seen this one posted here before. I hope it's OK. First a link to the actual article;by OMEGA Watches - Official on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 4:28amThe NASA testsThe story of how the OMEGA Speedmaster became the Moonwatch – the only wristwatch approved by NASA for all manned space flights – has been re-told often enough that it is sometimes difficult to determine where the history ends and where the myth begins.The true story, without embellishment, is so remarkable that it’s worth a trip back to the 1960s to re-examine how the Speedmaster came to be considered in the first place, the nature of the strenuous tests to which it and four other chronographs were subjected and finally, how it was chosen over its competitors to accompany every manned space flight since the launch of the Gordon Cooper’s Faith 7 mission as part of the Mercury program on May 15th, 1963.Chosen to competeIt all began in the early 1960s when two NASA officials anonymously visited se