Watch Winner Review: Mark Carson Hawaii Ka La
Shawn H. from Simi Valley, California was the lucky winner of the Mark Carson Hawaii Ka La watch that was the watches-dealer giveaway piece in August. Here are his thoughts and wrist shots:The human mind is a complicated thing. Upon entering The watches-dealer Giveaway, I left a positive comment and I said that I was going to win the Individual Design Mark Carson Ka La Watch. ?How did I know that? ?I'm not quite sure. Because, to be honest, I thought to myself that it was a pretty nice watch. ?But, it's not a watch that I would spend my hard earned money on.Long after forgetting about this watch, I received an email from Ariel Adams that I was the winner. ?I couldn't Google fast enough to see which watch that I had won. ?I said to myself, " Oh yeah, I remember that watch". ?So, I started learning as much as I could about this watch. ?And before the excitement wore off, I was in love with it. ?So, now the wait began. ?Mark Carson was away from his home on the Hawaiian Islands, where the

5960/1a on a strap. PICTURES
Was grabbing lunch in boston so decided just to swing into one of my favorite places, European Watch Co on newbury just to browse and say hi. They always have a great selection and are all passionate watch guys. I was telling them how I wanted to get a strap on my 5960 and next thing you know I purchased a grey Patek croc. Here is a teaser pic. Make sure you make a point to stop in Euro Watch Co if you are around boston. More to come.

SD43 Box Sizes
Hey guys, I have a situation where my AD came me two different box sizes. Which one is the correct one for the sd43? Looks like they giving me a sub box set? I only noticed this bc i purchased my first SD43 two months ago, i came back to take a look and there was another SD43 in the display case. I was surprised and purchased that one too. Maybe one of my family members or friends would want it.Box on the left measure 7-3/8 x 5-3/8, right box measure 8-3/8 x 6-3/8 inches.

Tudor Black Bay Black 79220N Advice
I've been kicking around the idea of a new everyday watch which would fly under the radar at work. After watching the forums for the past few weeks I've been drawn more and more to the Black Bay Black ETA. I don't buy my watches as investments as I tend to enjoy all of them upon purchase. My question is this, would I be purchasing at the high of the market by doing so today or would it be possible to wait a bit and buy on a dip? From what I've read these seem to be fairly rare in terms of a short production cycle.

At Long Last!
I'm aware it's a bit of a read, but I'd love to share my story:I've had a love for watches for quite a while now. From $150 Diesel watches to my Squale 20 Atmos that I've worn lovingly for the past few years, the goal was always the same: a Rolex submariner. I grew up constantly eyeing my father's 16613LB. I recall at one point, long before I was old enough to realize the severity of my careless action, I put his watch on while he wasn't home, and proceeded to run around playing outside with my neighbor. I can still remember the look of his jaw dropping as he pulled into the driveway and I came running up to him to show off his watch on my wrist (still surprised he didn't kill me back then).At long last, my own turn has finally come. I made the mistake of lurking on TRF a while back, which only fueled the fire. I made it a point to begin saving up. Back in August, I hopelessly walked into an AD (#1) and asked about the Hulk. Naturally, they didn't have one in stock, but I gave them my