Jean Daniel Nicolas Watches: The Real Daniel Roth Brand
An oddity in the watch world are watch brands who bear the names of actual living watch makers, but who no longer have anything to do with the watch makers themselves. What makes it most interesting is that there never seems to be a lot of positivity about this. Meaning that the men whose names are being use often refer to ignore what the brands are doing and never seem to happy about it. How does this occur? Well, it starts with a watch maker being able to offer an fantastic line of watches that are commercially popular, and when that watch maker can properly market himself as a charismatic "haute horology" personality. A major brand or group then is attracted to the small brand and offers to either invest in it, or purchase it. Often times when this happens, the watch maker who bears the name of the brand is often out of the picture. Or there, but not happy. Why do they do this? For money most likely. But perhaps there are other reasons as well. I am not an expert to these situations

Just got my Chronomat GMT!
Very awesome watch. Very big. I am just barely able to pull it off and so happy that I could do so. I used to think my Panerai was a giant compared to my other watches and now this dwarfs it. Nice and heavy. Also great that it uses the same strap size as my Panerai since I have a bunch of extra straps sitting around.

Grand Seiko hi beat peacock or wait for LV
Finally I have found an alternative green dial. I've not seen the peacock dial in the flesh but it looks nice in the pictures. Its a limited edition and I have the chance to buy it now, one read lots of good things about Grand Seiko but not own or held one before, anytime with any experience with GS?

Size Matters...
Been wearing my Black Bay and Explorer 42mm exclusively for the last couple of weeks. I put on my Daytona last night and wow, now it looks and feels tiny.

Polish a Oyster bracelet???
Can anyone recommend best practices for cleaning and polishing a Oyster two tone bracelet?