WATCH GIVEAWAY: Traser Classic Automatic Master
This month on watches-dealer, you have a chance to win a Traser Classic Automatic Master - an interesting hybrid design which melds the utility of a tactical field watch with the versatility of a more formal dress watch. The Traser Classic Automatic Master is also one of the few mechanical watches produced by Swiss Traser, who is owned by the MB Microtec - better known for producing Tritium gas tubes.All Traser timepieces contain self-illuminating Tritium gas tubes on the hands and hour markers providing for unparallelled dial visibility in the dark. The Traser Classic Automatic Master has a slightly textured black dial and comes with a 46mm-wide steel case which is just 11mm thick. Over the dial is an AR-coated sapphire crystal, and the case is water resistant to 100 meters. Around the dial is a rotating diver's style timing bezel.Inside of the Traser Classic Automatic Master watch is a Swiss ETA 2824-2 automatic movement providing the time and date. If you love the tactical watches t

Bvlgari Introduces An Octo Chronograph Watch
In the run-up to BaselWorld, Bulgari has released some information on their newest watch, the Octo Chrono. No, this one isn't emblazoned with any eight-legged sea creatures. Instead, you've got an octagon, a representative combination of a square and circle (and, if you follow their hyperbolic press release, it symbolizes the combination of Italian design and Swiss precision). While the design is sure to garner attention, that's not the main thing that makes this watch interesting to us.For that, you actually need to look past the angular skin (though, with 110 alternating brushed and polished surfaces, that might be a tad hard to do). What I really want to draw some attention to is the movement that's beating away. With it's silicium escapement, 50-hour power reserve, and high-beat (36,000 VPH) nature, you've basically got what amounts to a Zenith El Primero movement (you can read more about the El Primero and column wheel chronographs here).Now, I don't care what watch a movement lik

One Year Of Watch Blogging: The First Anniversary Of aBlogtoRead.com
I'm not going to get all mushy or dramatic. It has been a year since I started aBlogtoReadwatches-dealer and it has really come a long way. When the site began, I had little idea that it would be solely a blog about watches. Could I really handle writing about watches all the time? Well the answer to that question is pretty self evident. At first, I really thought that watches would merely be a regular, albeit shared category, along with other things that I know about. While I do occasionally remark on legal or business items, and Internet marketing, my passion has obviously laid with those little time telling machines that I wish were more ubiquitous.Over the past year the look of the blog has developed, and so have my contacts in, and knowledge about the watch world. I have a lot of plans in the works to further improve the site, and your ideas are more than welcome. Among those things that I have learned, not all are pleasant. Getting to know the watch industry and online watch reta

Sunday morning blues
Sunday morning. Deciding what to wear...

5960/1a vs. BLRO?
Very different watches, but which would you guys fancy more (ignoring price difference) as a daily wearer?ImageUploadedByTapatalk1405899212.441434.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1405899338.268820.jpg