Pebble Time Round Watch
When it comes to the smart watch segment, you have a multitude of options these days. One of the earlier brands to hit the scene was Pebble, with their selling point being the e-ink screen that was, for one, always on and, second, made for some long battery life. All of their previous offerings have been more of a square or rectangle, which sort of conforms to the rectangular slab aesthetic we have come to expect from the phone manufacturers. When it comes to watches, there is something that just feels "more right" when it is a round case �C and the folks at Pebble must agree, as they have just announced the Pebble Time Round.Round is obviously the story here - the Pebble Time Round looks more like a traditional watch. You can, of course, make it look as traditional as you would like via watch faces in their store. Of note is the e-ink screen which is in color now, rather than monochrome. Do not expect to see quite the colors an LCD would give you; instead, think of it as a way to accen

Zenith Watches: From Movement Maker To Outstanding Manufacture
Zenith watches are my newest fascination because they represent unique styling and technical prowess. Zenith Watch Company began in 1865 as a movement maker, and stayed that way through most of its existence. Most of Zenith's endeavors involved providing its strong movements to other watch makers. Zenith movements have been featured in Rolex watches for a long period of time. Regardless, Zenith proved a dynamic manufacture and began producing a line of very high quality watches aggressively priced against the competition.In the late 1990's Zenith re-imaged itself and began to produce high quality watches to house its legendary El Primero line of movements. Today, Zenith produces some of the most interesting line of watches available from house Manufacture (meaning the watch maker also makes its own movements). A signature feature of many of the Zenith watches is an open window into the movement. This they refer to as "Open" in a watch. Through this window you can see one of the main ge

Planet Ocean + Blacklight = Orange Lume?!
Today, I went to the Hong Kong Science Museum (great, but not quite as good as the one in Vancouver, Canada). They had a special exhibit featuring deep-sea animals, and one area with a blacklight for fishes that are bio-luminescent. When I went in, I glanced at my watch and thought I was wearing a Ball tritium watch! (Then sadly, realized that I don't own one yet.)I am well aware that UV blacklights cause lume to glow (ala cosmic bowling), but I had never worn my PO under a blacklight before, and was surprised to see that the tip of the seconds hand was glowing bright orange as well.I'm an amateur, but what causes that? A special fluorescent pigment in the paint? Perhaps it would be an easy way to easily sniff out the fake POs which admittedly are becoming scary-good nowadays.Anyway, nice lume shot...so bright without extended exposure. I love blacklights.

Best Omega Service Center
My SMP is due for a service. My last service I sent it to Omega's New Jersey (or was it Penn?) service center. It took something like five months for a routine service: that was 6 or so years ago. Does Omega have other authorized centers that might have a better turn around?

Question about Ladies Seamaster
I have a question, I really like the ladies blue wave dial seamaster. Is this an automatic watch? I like the ladies version of the one Kyle has, if that helps.And if anyone knows, what sort of price would I be looking at to purchase one new? Is it as durable as my Rolex?Thanks, Kaya