Now Make Payments Using Your Wrist Watch
Good news everyone! You can now make payments with your watch, or that is to say, a watch. The LAKS Watch2pay combines a very simple quartz watch with the Mastercard Paypass contact-less payment system to allow you to pay up by placing your watch in close proximity to a vendor's Paypass terminal. Only catch is that the watch looks like this.The LAKS Watch2pay is a 42.7 x 15.5 mm watch featuring an ABS (polymer plastic) case and a silicone strap. The Watch2pay sports an acrylic crystal and is powered by a Seiko-sourced quartz movement with date. Available in a wide range of colors, the Watch2pay is available to UK residents for ��99. From a watch nerd standpoint, there isn't much to get excited about as the Watch2pay is essentially just a platform for a small Mastercard Paypass chip that slots into the back of the watch like a?SIM card. We consider this timepiece a good execution of a proof of concept.Mastercard Paypass uses a technology called EMV which is the result of a collaboration

Hands-On: The Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Chronograph, And More Thoughts On "In-House"
The Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Chronograph is a pretty unique offering nowadays – an under $10K chronograph with a great look, an in-house movement, and a very versatile design. It’s not a new watch – the Master Chronograph was first introduced five years ago, in 2010, and the movement – the Jaeger-LeCoultre self-winding chronograph caliber 751 – was introduced all the way back in 2005. At the time, it was introduced as the very first automatic chronograph ever produced by Jaeger LeCoultre, and while no one was exactly surprised to see one from JLC it was still greeted with a lot of fanfare, and rightly so – a new automatic chronograph movement from any manufacturer is always a big event, simply because self-winding chronographs are actually hard to design – as a witness to that just consider the fact that of all the complications, the very last to appear was the automatic chronograph, and that it showed up in 1969 which was the same year the firs

AP 15400 White - Hard to get?
I'm interested in a 15400 white/ silver. Are they hard to find at AD's? I was quoted over a year from the AD I deal with.They are available at the boutique, but would prefer not to pay boutique pricingThanks for any input!

Ceramic Diver pic request + other questions
I am in the market for a used Ceramic Diver and previously posted a question about the relative comfort of the Ceramic vs SS Diver. I owned a SS Diver an liked it a lot but never loved it, however I am convinced I will love the Ceramic version It would really be helpful to see some side-by-side pics of the Ceramic and SS Divers, on or off the wrist. Can anyone help me by posting some?A few other questions.Is it true that the Ceramic Diver was only sold through AP boutiques and not ADs?Will the ROO Rubberclad tapered strap and buckle fit the Diver case and plots?I know there is no right answer to this but ... does anyone think a Diver is too much watch or too out of place as a daily watch in a business casual (i.e. no suit) environment? I love the watch but sometimes wonder if wearing a hulking block of SS or Ceramic that is designed for deep ocean exploration day to day at a desk and around the house is a bit of a poseur move��.like driving a Zonda in downtown London (although I wish I

INCOMING - something blue
Hello All- So I’ve developed a small bad habit. I evidently love to trade in pursuit of the perfect watch. I own other Rolex watches but have been trading back and forth with DavidSW. I ended up trading my Rolex Datejust TT on Jubilee bracelet (116233) silver dial for a SS/WG Rolex Datejust on oyster bracelet (116234) blue dial. I have to say that I love dials with color on them, and I also wear a ton of blue. This being the case, I am very excited to have it. I also love the WG bezel too. Pics below! IMG_1449.JPGSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk