Orbita Avanti 4 Vertical Stack Watch Winder Review
While there is nothing radically different or innovative about this watch winder, it represents an interesting flavor as part of Orbita's Avanti watch winder collection. Watch winders do come in a lot of varieties, but consumers still have a tiny choice of decent brands compared to those who make watches. I find that interesting especially since making watch winders is arguably more simple than making watches. Nevertheless, the humble watch winder is still seeking to gain mainstream acceptance.But you?reading this are an enthusiast and adopter of all things able to make your watch buying, wearing, and storing experience a success. So you want one (probably more) watch winders to use for your collection of automatic watches. Which leads me to a funny thing Orbita (and many other watch winder brands) do - place quartz watches as models on their winders when photographing them. Am I being nit picky or is that just silly?[youtube youtubewatches-dealer/watch?v=tOLZzq8xv6E]This model is the

Frederique Constant Takes on the High-End with Their New In-House Perpetual Calendar
Perpetual calendars are one of the darlings of complicated mechanical watches. Traditionally, they display the time, day of the week, date (day and month), and moonphase, all while keeping track of how many days are in a specific month and accounting for that extra leap day every four years. That means that once you set the watch to the right time and date, it will know that September only has 30 days and every fourth February has 29, staying correct for a very, very long time. To do all that mechanically is a feat of design and engineering, a feat which usually carries a very big price tag.When you're talking about mechanical perpetual calendar watches, you're usually talking five figures��to start.? Prices can easily reach 20��50��100 thousand dollars for an automatic perpetual calendar from a famous brand. That's why what Frederique Constant have done here is relatively amazing: an in-house automatic perpetual calendar starting at $8,795.The Frederique Constant Manufacture Perpetual Ca

a Pre-Owned incoming! and its rosy!
Well, the obsession with AP is never ending. I told myself after the orange ceramic diver in december no more!...lo and behold, two more incomings since. and now...a THIRD for the year. (I have issues, clearly )well, I am waiting on my 2014 grail to arrive sometime in late July or early August from AP's NY boutique (thanks to my buddy Texex91 who did some SERIOUS enabling), BUT, in the meantime this is something to hold me over...It's an H serial and it was a daily wearer for my friend who I purchased it from so it definitely shows some wear but for me that's a good thing. I tend to baby watches that are new and flawless too much. (it was too good a deal to pass up anyways). LOVE how well it wears with casual clothing. You can't go wrong with it!

Speedy looks great on Nato
Probably the best watch for NATOs out there...

What does a speedy on a brown strap look like?
I wonder what a speedy on a brown croc pattern will look like:Before:After: