At The Intersection Of Watch Lover And Asshole
Gawker blogger Hamilton Nolan once again recently waxed poetic on his love of hating assholes. A January 2013 Nolan opinion piece is one that made me chuckle more than once on his rather astute observation that "assholes love watches." Pointing out this fact, he then asks the rhetorical question of why [do assholes love watches?]. Though he doesn't leave the reader without at least a theory. So do assholes love watches?Nolan's post apparently isn't a reflection of what Gawker media feels about watches. About two weeks later the site posted an article titled "A Dozen Watches That Cost More Than Your House." That sounds like just the sort of article that would attract none other than the asshole Nolan was irritated with. And he was irritated. The familiar venom in his voice was no doubt livened by some recent encounter in New York City, where many a watch-asshole lives. People say that many a Wall Street man has that sort of "money is a reflection of how good a person I am attitude." The

Luxury watch brand Bell Ross presents a new model for BR Instrument
Luxury watch brand Bell & Ross presents a new model for BR Instrument, whose technical characteristics specifically target the needs of long distance travellers. Inspired by the functionality of the instrumentation of the aircraft, the Bell & Ross BR 01-93 in surveillance 24 H GMT provides a platform to display simultaneously the time in two regions of the world. Measures of the watch 24 H GMT 01-93 Bell & Ross BR 46 mm x 46 mm. made from stainless steel, case is given a finish dazzled glass beads and black carbon powder stealth to eliminate the reflectivity.

Ugh....Stauer's knockoff of the Navitimer:
Saw a click-on ad for this while browsing CNN:.stauer/itemd.asp?Item...RWEBBACNN10MFWSheesh, what a shameless knockoff...have they no shame?

Nautilus blue dials
Hi all, as a few already know I have a 5712-1A, and honestly I have never seen in real any other blue dial Nautilus, well apart from the 2 tome 5980, but it has a very special kind of blue, which to my knowledge no other Nautilus has, except for maybe the 5711P, but I still think they are different since I don't see any high end watch maker putting a platinum blue on a SS watch, and when I look at the Patek website, on pics the 5712 blue has nothing to do with the other blue Nautilus dials, so was wondering, is it just the pics which give this impression and is the 5712 blue the same as the 5711, 5980 blues of the SS models or is it really different? For those who haven't noticed I invite you to look on the Patek site and the difference is clear, at least on pics.Thanks in advance for your insights and helping develop my Patek culture, yes I know I am just at the beginning of the road there is still a long journey ahead but as much as I know about Patek since I am a child, I never had

Grail Challenge: 5164 or 5980 As Daily?
The 5980 Nautilus chrono has long been my grail. Not getting it soon. Which gives me (too much) time to (over) think...Would I be better off with the chrono as a daily wearer, or the 5164 Aquanaut dual time zone?I don't travel much, but then again I have no urgent need for timing things either. So as far as functionality goes, they're both evenly interesting and useful.Hard to find used 5164, but used 5980's are plentiful. A new 5164 is nearly as much as a used 5980. Which way would you go? Why?Bonus question: will the steel bracelet from an Aquanaut 5167 fit a 5164?Thanks for indulging me.