Two for the Road: A Pair of Titanium Ingenieurs from IWC
For the new timepieces in its re-tooled Ingenieur collection, IWC Shaffhausen wanted a direct connection to Formula One auto racing, in both the watches’ design and in the materials used to make them. Hence the use of carbon fiber, high-tech ceramics, and, for two of its new models, titanium.Like all of the new IWC Ingenieur watches, launched at this year’s SIHH watch fair in Geneva, the design and construction of the Ingenieur Double Chronograph Titanium and Ingenieur Dual Time Titanium are influenced by IWC’s partnership with the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One racing team. The distinctive bezels feature five screws, instead of the more traditional bores, which secure the bezels firmly to the titanium cases. IWC was among the first to introduce titanium to the watch industry in the early 1980s, recognizing the same properties that make it popular in the automobile industry: lightness (half the weight of stainless steel), resistance to corrosion and magnetism, and

Modding Heaven: The Dagaz Storefront
In the beginning it was two Canadian ex-pat watch enthusiasts in Hong Kong riding around the streets on a motorcycle dreaming of one day opening a store dedicated to watch modification and their own line of custom built watches.This year the dream was realized.The two guys, Jake Bourdeau (who we've profiled) and Noah Fuller, are early pioneers in the watch modding movement, where stock watches were customized with different dials, hands, chapter rings, bezel inserts and other elements.While Fuller sadly passed away in 2011 after a year-long battle with cancer, his partner and prot��g��e Bourdeau kept their dream alive, operating their online business Dagaz Watches/10Watches and bringing to market the "TII-Typhoon" 300m dive watch, a homage to the Seiko 6105-8000 series, released as a limited edition sequel to the "Tsunami" 300m, Fuller's vision and a tribute to the Seiko 6309-704x series.Today, Bourdeau has recently opened a retail location in a Hong Kong mall where customers can now wal

AP service center experience?
So, today I went to the AP SC to send my AP to have a pressure test to get the 3rd year guarantee sticker. The staff at the SC in Bkk was very nice and was giving me advice like I should bring my AP to service before the 3rdyear guarantee run out so I can save the service cost. However I was quite surprised that the price of the rubber strap is just around 400$ and if I pay by cash I'll get another 10% discount which is much less than I expected. Then I also saw the AP travel case which is all made from leather and cost around 95$ when I've seen offers in the forum or in ebay for around 215$ even ! Does anyone have this particular case did you get it and how does a large Ap fit ? And how does the pressure test take normally? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Vintage AP Chronos
These pieces were just too nice to not share with you! You can see the whole lot here

First 5370p delivery
And I love it !!!