Eyeing the Dots: The Red Dot Award-Winning Watches of 2015
The Red Dot Awards are international prizes given annually for design excellence in myriad products, from eyeglasses to cars to household appliances. The 2015 winners in the watch category have been announced. (This is the first year that the Essen, Germany-based Red Dot organization separated watches and jewelry into two different categories for judging.)There were two top winners, each earning the title Best of the Best. One was the most famous, most highly publicized, most vigorously hyped watch in history: the Apple Watch. No need to describe it here. The other was made by a company nearly no one outside the watch world has ever heard of: MB&F, or Max Bu?sser & Friends. Its Best of the Best watch was the Horological Machine No. 6 Space Pirate. The watch has five domes: two show the time and two are for, as MB&F describes it, twin sphered turbines that spin horizontally, automatically regulating the winding system in case of excessive speed to reduce wear and tear.

CX Swiss Military Watch Survives Shotgun, Dynamite, and 20,000 Feet
It may not slip discretely beneath your dress shirt cuff, but the CX Swiss Military Watch model called 20,000 Feet is what you will want on your wrist the next time you dive to 6,000 meters. The watch will also come in handy if you plan on standing directly next to a large explosion, or if you need something that will stand up to a 12 gauge Winchester shotgun at close range… and there are videos to prove it. As recognized by the Guinness Book of Records, the 20,000 Feet is the only mechanical timepiece certified to a depth of, well, 20,000 feet. For most watch companies, that Guinness Book entry would probably be enough. Fortunately for entertainment-starved watch junkies, the Swiss manufacturer Montres Charmex goes several steps further to prove its timepiece is tough. The brand has produced a series of short videos (with the CEO as presenter) that answer the question “What do you get if you cross an old Timex ‘It takes a lickin’ and keeps on tickin” comm

What are you wearing to start out the weekend?
It's a Snoopy kind of day! Great weekend to all here!

Quick shot of the 3572, speedy
still loving it after a year

Patek 5960/1a (steel)
Just wondering what most people's thoughts are on this piece. The majority of the opinions I've read so far have been mostly negative but I wonder how many have actually seen it in the flesh (I haven't). I'm strangely drawn to it, especially the dial. I also respect the work that must go into the bracelet and polishing of the overall piece.Opinions?