Orbita Sparta 1 Mini Giveaway Winner Follow Up
aBlogtoReadwatches-dealer reader Michael L. was the lucky winner of the Orbita Sparta 1 Mini Watch Winder giveaway help a few months ago. He was nice enough to take some images of his winnings and provide his thoughts. I reviewed the Orbita Sparta 1 Mini myself here. Overall I think he really liked the winder for its easy functionality and quite use. Though Michael is a man which larger wrists, and some of his watches may have felt large (but not necessarily too large in the winder). Here are his thoughts (I comment a bit in there as well).The winder is not overly large, yet I was very pleasantly surprised that it could hold my watches just fine. I have larger than normal wrists, 8.25-8.5" around and tend to wear larger watches. A good size for me is 46 mm, and I can go up to 52 mm without it looking too silly. Most of my automatics are between 46 and 48 mm.The Orbita winder comes with two different pillows. The thicker of the two fit perfectly for my watches with bracelets sized to my

Potentially Shallow Offerings From New Watch Company Deep Blue
There is a new diving watch brand in town. It is not particularly unique or exciting to me, and it looks like the bastard love child of Ocean7 and NauticFish. "Style" copying in the watch world is pretty prevalent as the look of a watch is almost impossible to copyright. The only practical things you can protect from an intellectual property standpoint on a watch are the logo (trademark), and potentially functional elements that you can get a patent on. Of course assuming they satisfy the requirements to be patentable. As for expressive elements like style, it is hard as hell to protect them with copyright as most of it has been done before in some watch at some point.At some point, it seems that NauticFish and Ocean7 met in a seedy tavern already under the influence of too much schnapps, only to hit it off. Both capable diving watches, each has a bit of a loyal fan base, they both pride themselves on being heavy pieces of metal, and so forth. A few drinks later nature took its course,

seamaster 300 Click bearings under bezel
hi does anyone know how t remove-replace the three click bearings on a vintage seamaster 300 166-024 case thanks respectfully Mike

New Info on Dark Side of the Moon
Just heard from an Omega Boutique that the watch will be available in January for roughly $12,000. I can't vouch for the accuracy of the information, but I thought I'd pass it along.

Replacement Value - Insurance Issue
Hi everyone. I recently lost my house and everything in a fire. Insurance has either ACV (depreciated cash value) option if you just want cash or a Replacement Value amount if you want to actually buy it back. For my DJ, I'm going with the Replacement Value because I want my 2 Rolexes back. With a fire, there is no jewelry cap like in theft.In your experience, will they price them at the current new retail value? Or the market value? I have late 90s models.ThanksEggman