TIME TEST: The Name Game
Ever wonder how your watch got its name? Test your knowledge of watch-brand handles by matching these brand names with the explanations of the origins. Answers take the form 1-C, 2-G, etc. Good luck! Your list of brand names:1. Citizen2. Omega3. Hautlence4. Bell & Ross5. Fr��d��rique Constant6. Casio7. Girard-Perregaux8. Seiko9. Oris10. Maurice Lacroix11. Movado12. TAG HeuerMatch the brands to these explanations of their origins:A. This brand was named after a brook and a valley near H?lstein in the northwestern part of Switzerland, where the company was founded in 1904.B. This brand's name means always in motion in the artificial language of Esperanto. The language was founded in 1887 by an ophthalmologist from what is now Poland. Within a few years it gained a following in Canton Neuchatel in the Jura mountain region of Switzerland, and some schools, including the region's main business school, began teaching it. It was therefore in the air in La Chaux-de-Fonds, in Canton Neuch

Incoming!!!!
Well, I did the unthinkable everyone... I traded in my beloved 44mm FC towards the 44mm Platinum! I can say I'm in love still with this piece, though I def miss my FC, I do NOT regret this. The heft is a nice change, and weighs a mere 245.4 grams. The brand new gator strap is pretty stiff, and I'm looking forward to it loosening up for me. I know about the comfort of the rubber strap from my FC, but the gator is a MUST to me. I do wish it was a Horn Back strap though!It was close to a 7 hr ride to the shop, but for this, I had to see it in person to be sure. Here are a few pix...

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Well, the most recent purchase is usually my favorite one. So now for some honeymoon pics:Wait, not till tomorrow when there is light.