My First Grail Watch: Victor Marks
Welcome back to an original watches-dealer feature, "My First Grail Watch." In this series, we ask prominent people in the watch industry about the first timepiece that they lusted after. Today, we're giving you some insight into what drives one of our team members, Victor Marks, along with some philosophical pondering on "the one that got away."watches-dealer (ABTW): Who are you, and what is your relationship to the watch industry?Victor Marks:?I'm Victor Marks, and I'm a watch aficionado and tinkerer. As a child, I took apart and re-assembled my toys. My parents built the family TV set. I used to make robots from electric typewriter motors. Whatever we wanted, making was an option instead of buying. It's been a family value of ours that we made instead of buying and did all the service work ourselves.When I bought my first car, I bought a set of tools and a shop manual and worked on it while my father would read the Sunday paper. When I taught myself to play guitar, I learned how to

USAgency Air Force One Watch Bundle Giveaway
This month's giveaway is a fun one because the winner will get a bundle of items from USAgency Watches. They have the official license from several US Government agencies and supply watches to them as well. Agencies they work with include the CIA, FBI, LAPD, NCIS, as well as the people who work on Air Force Oneand more.Up for grabs is the Air Force One Tritium watch. The lightweight tactical watch is in polycarbonate and is 47.5mm wide. It contains tritium gas tubes for dial illumination. Not just any gas tubes, but the high-powered T100 tubes. Inside the watch is a Swiss Ronda quartz movement, and the watch it attached to a black silicone strap. Water resistant to 200 meters, this piece retails for $399.Next you'll get a covert box that can be used to store anything you like. The box looks like a book and is made of wood. You can open it up and store your watch or other valuable goods. It also comes with the special US Agency coin. In addition to that you'll get a pair of American Opt

What price the packaging?
After buying the pride and joy, and it's cost a small fortune, again! it's arrived in the various boxes with ID and warranty cards and it looks very nice, but what price are we actually paying for all of this? We're not just buying a watch but all the boxes and plastic, anybody know of the costs?

so do you remember to wind?
all you manual guys? im leaning towards making the 372/422/423 my next purchase. (one of them). would be my first manual and pam. so say with the 372 and no power reserve, do you just wind it every day? all the time? when you remember? also, is it like most autos. 35-40 turns to full wind?thanks

I now understand why Rolex loves waiting lists...
Because while waiting for my DaytonaC i couldn't help myself and picked up this dynamic duo.