Rado D-Star 200 Dive Watches
While I like this new watch range a lot I am torn because it is a Rado without being a modern Rado. What do I mean? Well for the last long while Rado watches have been mostly typified by having mostly ceramic cases. In fact Rado was pretty much the innovator behind ceramic watch. For 2012 a cool re-done diver collection comes out and it barely has any ceramic! Well, a bit more on the chrono model. If you can get over that then you'll probably like these new D-Star 200 Dive watches a lot.I am not sure of all the color styles that will be available but so far we have blue and black trim models. The D-Star 200 will also come in three-hand and chronograph variants. The three-hand model will be 42mm wide and the chronograph will be 44mm wide. The cases are in steel and sort of retro-barrel shaped. I actually like this case design a lot. Interestingly enough Rado claims that the deployment clasps on the bracelets will be in titanium.The D-Star 200 names stems from the fact that the watches a

Orbita Privee RX Watch Winder Review: High On Looks, Low On The Rest
Orbita is a well regarded watch winder manufacturer here in the US, as many of you know. They recently released their Privee RX single watch winder to a limited number of people for a discounted price. I was eager to get my hands on one of these luxury watch winders as I could never pay the retail price of most luxury watch winders, which is in the several hundreds to thousands of dollars.The Orbita Privee RX, which I will refer to as the "RX" was originally designed to be sold with a Breguet logo, but the deal went sour with the Swatch Group. Having designed the winder, Orbita decided to market it directly to the consumer. Frankly, I think this is wise, I only wished the RX was a better winder. I cannot speak for any other Orbita winder, as I hear generally good things, but the RX is a sub-par watch winder in design and function. Frankly, my investigation of other Orbita watch winders yielded positive results for the most part, and this review strictly concerns this one model.The pack

Incoming, 15400 Black Dial
Long time reader first post. Own several watches from other brands but this is my first AP.

Never seen one before
I thought I'd share with you one I came upon last night. Serial #1 out of 20 made. You should hear the chimes for the hour and minutes. An amazing piece..

New shoes for my Patek
And you thought it might be a strap.No, new shoes just as the title states.Blue shoes to go with my 5711 blue dial.Midnight navy cordovan or crup as the English call it.Unfortunately I'm still working on capturing the beauty of the blue correctly.