New Victorinox Swiss Army INOX Watches Tortured To Illustrate Durability
Sponsored PostIn New York City, Victorinox Swiss Army held an event in collaboration with the New York Fire Department (FDNY) designed to subject its I.N.O.X. (INOX) collection timepieces to a battery of stress tests. Victorinox Swiss Army's goal was to assert its slogan of "Made To Last" for the new for 2014 collection of durable sport watches. See the I.N.O.X. movie here.In celebration of Victorinox's 130th anniversary, the company devised 130 tests meant to ensure lasting quality and reliability for its new?Victorinox Swiss Army INOX watch collection. 30 of those tests were specifically designed to demonstrate the "exceptional resistance" and the "made to last" values of the new?Victorinox Swiss Army INOX watch collection, putting them in torture situations. The watches all survived.During the New York City event, firefighters tested?Victorinox Swiss Army INOX timepieces as the watches were boiled in water, frozen in ice, tumbled in washing machines, blasted with sand, and run over

Hamilton Khaki Takeoff Review
Every year, Hamilton releases one wild, limited edition watch to generate buzz, show what they can do and, I honestly think, to have some fun. Last year's Face 2 Face is a good example of the latter. Not really a watch (or watches, to be correct) that I imagine anyone would wear, but a great conversation piece for the brand. The year before that, they made their great hand wound Khaki Navy Marine, which came with a gimbaled deck box. We reviewed the open edition of that, the Khaki Navy Pioneer Automatic, which is still one of our favorites from the brand.Last Basel, they announced the Khaki Takeoff Automatic Chronograph, which when I, and I think most others, first saw, really got our attention. Sure, their 2014 line had plenty of nice pieces, but this one stood out. It was bold and aggressive, with a bullhead design, black case and yellow highlights. Frankly, it didn't look quite like a Hamilton at first, though the flavors of their aviation watches do come through. The watch also had

Some group shots!
Inspired by Ben's post, I took some time out to take some up to date photos. My camera skills are poor, and my camera is 6 years old, so is in dire need of an upgrade; notwithstanding this, here are a few. Groups shots first, then one by one:

Pam 88 over weekend
I'll post pics later, but for years I've been told not to like panerai. The Watch Snob columns and others around the net bemoan in-house movements vs eta... faked history, and so on. I visited a rolex AD intent on buying a blnr gmt rolex and the blnr just didn't do it for me. The salesguy said I should consider panerai, or asked if i would. I scoffed a bit but noticed a gmt panerai. I had been to this AD before and always walked past panerai without a glance, straight to the rolex cases. I spied the pam 88, but didn't know it was an 88, 111, 123, or 123456 model.. I held it, loved it, then looked at 5 other pams... i wasn't supposed to like, much less LOVE panerai. But i do, and did. I loved the strap, layout, dial, and cosc certification. . Furthermore, a watchmaker/customer happened by and commented how easy an eta or valjoux movement is to service. I adored the pam 88 and it wore far better on my wrist than the sub c or gmt. I bought the pam 88 and am now a lifelong pam fan. Funny

SS Pepsi waiting lists
Waiting lists at Ad's have closed for the new Pepsi in some Australian ADs. How about in other countries?