Vulcain Anniversary Heart Cricket Watch For President Barack Obama: Thoughts
I wanted to go over the new Vulcain Anniversary Heart Cricket watch that was given to President Barack Obama once again. I have discussed the watch on Luxistwatches-dealer, and in other places as well. You should know that Vulcain has been giving new US Presidents watches for over 50 years. It is part of the Cricket watch heritage and started with Truman. He liked the Cricket watches from Vulcain because they not only had an alarm, but one that would actually wake him up. I can't say without a doubt (cause I don't know them all) that the Vulcain Cricket alarm movements are the "best" mechanical alarm watches out there, but you probably won't be disappointed in you get one cause you want a mechanical watch with an alarm function.It also makes fantastic marketing sense for Cricket watches to be presented to Presidents by Vulcain. Talk about effective and easy marketing. What a sell that is if you know a few world leaders are wearing the same watch. It is certainly a step up in value from

Xemex Concept One Chronograph Watch
It feels like it has been a while since we have seen something totally new from Xemex. The last few years saw increasingly up-market timepieces from Xemex as the Swiss watch market kept getting stronger. We all know what happened recently and this new Concept One Chronograph watch is going to be quite reasonably priced. It does beg the question if Xemex's Ruedi Kulling decided somewhere in the design process that an up-market watch would not have as much market appeal these days, and decides to place a quartz movement inside instead of a mechanical movement. Who knows, but it is a good speculation.The quartz chronograph movement is likely a Ronda, as Xemex has been known to use their movements in the past. The functionality is simple and straight forward, but it is the interesting design direction for Xemex that interests me. The entire watch is focused around the asymmetrical case, with a lot of it leaning toward the pushers. This concept is not new (though it is for Xemex). Asymmetr

The Value Proposition: The Zodiac Super Sea Wolf 68 Limited Edition
In 1953, the modern diver’s watch was first presented, by three watch brands. Two of them are very well known for this accomplishment: Blancpain, for the 50 Fathoms, and Rolex, for the Submariner. But there’s a third brand which also debuted what’s recognizably a modern diver’s wristwatch: Zodiac, which launched its Sea Wolf the same year. The original Sea Wolf had all the attributes of a serious diver’s instrument watch, including great legibility and a rotating timing bezel, and for a couple of decades, the firm – always a contender although never the juggernaut that Rolex was – continued to make tough, durable, relatively affordable watches that were enthusiastically adopted by military personnel, among others, including the Navy SEAL teams (a fact that Zodiac enthusiastically pointed out in its advertising). 1 OF 8 2 OF 8 However, as Jason Heaton pointed out in our earlier coverage of the Super Sea Wolf 53, history is w

Today is a sad day :(
So here is the story:I was walking out of the bathroom at a club in Orlando last night with my AP Ceramic Driver on and someone bumped into me and the next thing I know my watch was no longer on my wrist and it was no where to be seen. I immediately checked the floor to see if it maybe fell off my wrist. It was gone! Someone stole my watch right off my wrist! I honestly feel like I want to cry! I filed a police report and called AP. I unfortunately did not insure the watch. Any suggestions... Everyone be careful with your watches. You never know...

Gunny Straps - recommended!
I recently bought a Gunny strap for my PAM 346 off of strapfreaks. Some of the stitching started to come loose within a few days. I wrote to strapfreaks but their warranty policy is literally voided once the strap has been worn (I should have read their policy closely... that's on me), even though this was obviously a workmanship issue. They did offer me a repair which would have meant shipping the strap all the back to Indonesia on my dime. I ended up emailing Peter at Gunny Straps directly and he was very understanding and stated that he would send me a replacement ASAP. He definitely stands behind his work and takes obvious pride in his customer service.I would not buy from strapfreaks again, but I will definitely not hesitate to contact Peter for any of my future PAM strap needs.