St. Dupont "Service Without Fail" RAID Watch
Here is some serious French testosterone in a watch. Made for or influenced by the special, elite operations branch of the national French police known as RAID. The highly secretive special force is interesting because they often recruit people directly from the public, as opposed to existing police or military personnel. The purpose of the group as part of the national police, is to combat and investigate major crimes and terrorism. RAID stands for "Recherche Assistance Intervention Dissuasion." In English, "Research, Assistance, Intervention, Deterrence." They seem to kick enough ass to get a watch made for them with their logo on it.St. Dupont make watches, among other luxury items, and will soon release a limited edition set of these RAID watches. The "Service Without Fail" part of the name is apparently RAID's motto. At first glance I like the watch. It is a bit "heavy" on the eyes, and does feature a extreme boldness, but in an appealing way. Although the watch does feature a des

Tag Heuer received Red Dot Awards
The Red Dot Award is the most desirable "good design" awards over there. The focus is always on the form and function. You will find that most of the recipients are often excellent products for sale. The prize is awarded by the Design Zentrum Nordheim Westfalen in Germany. This year, two of the watches Tag Heuer received Red Dot Awards, and it is the fifth time in seven years that watches Tag Heuer received the Red Dot Awards for the design of products good.

Modern bracelet for...
....older Speedmaster Pro model # ST 145 022.Looking to replace my stretched original 1171 SS bracelet with a more modern Speedmaster Pro bracelet.Checked Ofrei and came up with SS bracelet. OEM 020ST 1998 849 $746.00Would like to confirm this is the right one before I start searching for a used bracelet.Did a search and all I found was the grail of Speedmaster bracelets, the #1450. Unfortunately too rare and pricey for me.Thanks in advance, Mark.

I swear I am done....
I have been on the hunt for this for a while now after a couple of quick transactions from TS'ers here in our community. But I expanded my search criteria about 100 miles from home and got an email yesterday after only a couple of weeks that what I was searching for had arrived! AD, no line to speak of, really nice family owned store and I will continue to give them business whenever I am looking for something. But I think there is not much else on my list at the moment, at least from Rolex. First impressions are that I absolutely love the 43mm being accustomed to 42mm offshores and think the wear is similar, if not a bit smaller. Dial is gorgeous, red just pops and I think it will be a fantastic daily! LOVE IT!Thanks to all of those current owners I PM'd with questions, was very helpful! Quick shots below!

Rolex Yatchmaster 116621 - yay or nay?
Hey guysI'm getting this watch (116621 Yachtmaster) as a replacement for my solid gold rolex. But I'd like to know what you gentlemen think.Think of this as a dressy/hot-humid-weather watch with a bit of 'uumpph' when you want to dress it up a bit above just plain SS while still keeping it sporty.