Angular Momentum Urushi Red & Black Japanese Lacquer Watch Collection
Angular Momentum's newest timepiece collection is based on something very Japanese. Maybe Seiko or Citizen will be pissed? Angular Momentum's Urushi watch collection uses just that, the ancient natural Japanese lacquer. Urushi actually comes from a tree and is likely a specialized sap from a tree native to Japan, sometimes called the Varnish or Lacquer tree. For centuries, it seems that the compound has been used for various purposes, and still used today for decorative purposes. Angular Momentum has taken Urushi and created a series of watch that embody various manners of Japanese symbolism on them. The sap dries to be very hard (like plastic), and is very smooth. The sap itself is not black and red naturally when it dries as you see on the watches. Instead it is colored with iron or ferric oxide often for the black and red colors you see. It is quite an amazing natural compound, and is hard to believe it is not synthetic.The watches are each done with a different image - as capturing

Trademark and Copyright Challenge
Interesting ruling regarding copyright pertaining to Costco and sale of Omega watches...blogs.forbes/danielfisher...ght-challenge/

Concise breakdown of the iconic Speedmaster
A great detailed breakdown with photo's of the Speedmaster,which is quite topical for me at the moment and I thought some here might like to see it too. Its probably done the rounds before so apologies if already been posted

Patek Museum Preview Vol I & II
Has anyone noticed on the Patek Philippe website, that the Museum Preview volumes are available for download in PDF without purchase? Yesterday I was at an AD and the manager showed us a copy and I was just now searching and came across the downloads for them. Very cool stuff.

Newbie hello and a question
Hello, been reading/researching on the forum a while and thought it was about time to say hello. A wealth of information and clearly some really knowledgeable people on here. I am based in Australia and currently hunting for a Sea-Dweller 43mm and was looking for a little advice. I have contacted about every dealer in the country (and some overseas) and they are all quoting extensive waiting lists. My question is should I wait it out or pay a (pretty big) premium through, say one of the dealers on chrono24? Aside from the price any other drawbacks from buying from a non-authorized dealer in terms of warranty etc? Thanks very much. Rob