Renovated Omega Museum in Biel Reopens
The Omega Museum in Biel reopened on May 3, following several months of renovation. Originally opened in January, 1984, the museum is the oldest dedicated to a single watch brand. Located just opposite Omega's headquarters in Biel, it features items representing the brand's entire history, from Louis Brandt’s 160-year-old watchmaker's bench to the Olympics, moon landings, James Bond, and beyond. Omega president Stephen Urquhart likened the period of renovation to an archaeological dig. Not only did we renovate the whole museum but we also restored many of the period features of this listed building. The project gave us a chance to review our entire collection. Some of the objects displayed are being presented to the public for the first time, including things which we didn't even know were hidden in the archives. Displays vividly recreate Omega’s history, presenting the brand's most important stories. Visitors can examine equipment Omega developed and used in its role as o

Pebble 'Time' Smartwatch Puts Pebble Back In The Game: New User Interface, Notable Design Updates
The original Pebble, released in 2013, was among the first widely accessible, and indeed hugely successful, smartwatches on the market. Its bulky, uninspiring rectangular case, black-and-white screen and nerd-friendly user interface did put many off. Today, a promising new replacement has been announced: the Pebble Time. It is, as you would expect, more refined in every way, from overall design, through user interface, to the ever-so-important display.With the Apple Watch being?released in less than two month's time, and with other?renowned companies like LG, Samsung and Garmin coming out with ever-more-refined and ever-less-compromised smartwatches, many considered Pebble to be out of the game. Their answer to those claims is the Pebble Time, which they like to refer to as the "awesome smartwatch, no compromises."Let's start with the overall design: the Pebble Time is 20% thinner than the original, being a truly slim 9.5 millimeter thick. The case, available in black, white or red, is

AP paying AD's to stop selling watches?
I know everyone was a bit shocked that AP pulled the AD status of Marcus a while back, but it now appears they might have actually paid out over ��17 million to have them stop selling their products by canceling the contract early. Very odd. I wonder if all the other AD's are getting similar payouts as there are a ton of them being pulled at the moment?Cost cutting to add low cost lounges instead of boutiques makes sense in this context.watchpro/audemars-pig...ion-agreement/thoughts? I know Marcus also sold his personal collection of AP to the AP museum but AFAIK that would have not been tied up in his companies profits. But, maybe it was and thats the explanation for the pay out.

Transocean GMT
My wife and spent the day at Clarkson Jewelers, our local Rolex AD. They had a Holiday Open House all weekend. I don't think that many people knew they were open on Sunday. We had the run of the store for the majority of +2 hours. We got to try on just about every watch they had. Then my wife spots a Yatchmaster, about the same I spotted this Transocean GMT. And now we have two new watches.We didn't take pictures of all the watches we tried on but I included the ones we did try.And the chrono I REALLY wanted!

Water resistance of the Speedy Pro
I am considering wearing my Speedy Pro on an open ocean boat trip for 10 days. Can it withstand getting wet, humidity, shallow immersion and constant exposure to salt water? Any thoughts?