New York Exhibit Celebrates 40 Years of Audemars Piguet Royal Oak
Audemars Piguet’s iconic sports watch with the octagonal bezel, the Royal Oak, turns 40 this year, and the Swiss watch firm plans to celebrate the milestone in style, kicking off a touring exhibit of 100 rare Audemars Piguet watches, set against an artistic multimedia presentation showcasing the brand and its history, with an opening engagement this week at New York’s Park Avenue Armory. Click “Read more” for photos from the exhibit.In 1972, with the quartz revolution gaining momentum, Audemars Piguet caused a stir in the watch world when it introduced to the market a luxury sports watch with an ultra-thin mechanical movement and an unconventional, octagonal steel case, at a price point that at the time was unthinkable for any watch not made of a precious metal. Despite the naysayers at the time, the Royal Oak was not only successful, it influenced the look of many other sports watches that followed it and has become the mainstay of the Audemars Piguet collectio

Azimuth Xtreme-1 Collection Watches
I really like a lot of what Azimuth does (even though some of it is really weird), and their functional pieces are pretty great as well - including these watches here. But most of the new Xtreme-1 collection watch have the name of "Sea Hum." Who OKed that name? It sounds like a bad sailor's song. "Not again with the bloody sea hum Morris!" I met with Azimuth and checked out then neat watches.The Xtreme-1 collection includes three new Azimuth watch models. This includes the SEA-HUM 3TZ (three time zones), the SEA-HUM GMT, and the Xtreme Deep Diver (with the latter being the best or worst watch depending on how you see it).The collection is done in honor of a Mexican explorer Fernando Lozano. I am not sure who he really is or what he does, but he climbs real high, and dives real low. Maybe if I was a Latin spelunker I would know who he was a bit better. He says that he needs a watch like this, does that mean you need one as well? Probably.SEA-HUM 3TZ and GMT are basically the same watch

PO 2500... Not an Omega hater...
Usually when I post on the Omega forum I am complaining that the new Omega line is getting thicker and over priced... (flame suit on )Omega was actually what got me into watches many years ago (Bond seamaster from Golden Eye) even though I have been away from the brand for a while and disliking the newer line, I Finally got the PO I wanted... 2500d version to go along with my Rolex Explorer.I got to say the 2500 PO is a great watch...

Planet Ocean GMT (Dial Choices)
I'm a big fan of this watch personally, but I know some are not. Some of the contention is related to the color scheme (blue w/ orange), others just have an issue with the GMT bezel because it's not a true dive watch. As you know, the only dial option now is the Good Planet blue dial w/ orange accents on the bezel, however the other dial choices below will be available soon. Just curious what everyone's thoughts are on the other dial choices...1) Black w/ Orange Number 2) Blue w/ Orange (Good Planet - Available Now) 3) Black w/ SS Numbers 4) Orange Misc Blue/Orange Bezel Pics (Awesome Watch - IMO):

Omega Auction 3 watch for $123,000AU
Guys, Can you guys believe this???? Excuse the quality of the pics got it from the newspaper yesterday. This is what's stated on the bottom of the picture..CHECKLIST FOR BOND WANNABES: WATCH? TICK Three Omega watches - two worn by actor Daniel Craig during the filming of Casino Royale, and one, right, worn by Pierce Brosnan in Tomorrow Never Dies - are pictured at a preview at Antiquorum auction house in Geneve, Switzerland. The watches, expected to reach $123,000 EACH!!!, will be the highlight of an Auction later this month DRSD anyone???? White shark anyone???? Paul Newman anyone????? Hell I can think of a lot of watches to buy for that amount of money $123,000 EACH....Dammmnnnn Let me know what you guys think Pat