Trivia Quiz: Brand Ambassadors
How well do you know your brand ambassadors? Grab a pencil or fire up your word processor and find out. We’ve assembled 20 ambassadors and 20 watch brands for you to match up. Some are current, some are from days gone by. Some are well known, others are more obscure. As always, the answers appear at the end. Good luck! Match the ambassador on the left with his/her brand on the right. Our answers take the form 1K, 2C, etc.

Hands-On with the Melbourne Portsea Heritage
Almost one year ago I had the pleasure of reviewing the Melbourne Watch Company's Portsea models. A play on Marine chronometers, these nautically themed watches had great style, unique elements, a cool movement with calendar complications and a great price. They were, and still are, one of my favorite casual watches under $1,000. By taking a classic style and adding some modern elements, namely a layered dial that utilizes ceramic discs, they created something very successful and very wearable.To follow up the first series, Melbourne has taken the interesting approach of making a more stripped down and therein more affordable version with the Portsea Heritage. Typically, brands tend to add in more complex versions with the success of a simple three-hander, but in a move that speaks to Melbourne's goal of making very obtainable watches, the new Heritage version drops the Miyota 9120 for a Seiko NH35 and sheds about $200 of the price tag coming in in the low $400's (currency and model de

Incoming SIHH novelty!
Wasted no time snapping this one up. I predict this will be a huge success for AP. Much better in the flesh than most of the photos I had seen. Also offered the titanium at the time of purchase but waiting a little on that one.

What Audemar is this?
This watch was sent into AP in Switzerland and had a full service, from what I was told, they weren't sure what the model was? Anyways, I was just curious what this is and if anyone has a rough idea on year. What would be a good price for this also?

Its not what you know, its who you know!
Looks what happens when you mention a certain members name from this forum to a particular AD in London while visiting them. From asking tongue in cheek, what was the availability of a 5167A, and being informed about 2 months. To then receiving an email only hours later, that one was on its way from Geneva and would be here within the week.Thanks Brian:thumbs:Who incidentally was totally unaware, until I contacted him a few days ago.I am looking forward very much to collecting it in a couple of weeks.