Roger Dubuis Excalibur Automatic Skeleton Carbon (Updated with Live Photos and Price)
Roger Dubuis kicked off its “Year of the Diva” at SIHH 2016, with new product releases almost solely restricted to its Velvet collection of haute horlogerie ladies’ watches. However, the brand’s many male fans still found a few new timepiece made with them in mind, notably the Roger Dubuis Excalibur Automatic Skeleton Carbon.The new watch continues the skeleton theme that dominated last year’s SIHH output from Roger Dubuis (more on which here). It is a new version of the Excalibur Automatic Skeleton, the brand’s first non-tourbillon skeleton timepiece, powered by its first-ever skeletonized movement with automatic winding. But whereas the original model was housed in an 18k rose gold case, the new one features a case made of a high-tech composite called carbon fiber sheet moulding compound (SMC).Carbon fiber SMC is a lightweight material, prized in the aerospace industry for its ability to deliver high productivity and cost efficiency, and enabling t

Tempvs Compvtare Sea Shepherd Watch
Some people speak for the trees, and others speak for the whales, and dolphins (and porpoises, sharks, turtles, and umm.others animals). Enter the Sea Shepherd Conservation society, its boats, and its vagabond band of activists. Some people call them eco-terrorists, some call them the only people out there actively trying to do something about the problems of illegal whaling and other vicious anti-Earth activities. Personally, I am glad that someone is doing more than just whining on a sidewalk in Berkeley. You can talk all the crap you want to about people like those who volunteer at Sea Shepherd, but dammit they mean what they say, and are proactive. They kind of realized that protesting alone was the worst way of getting anything done. Oh, and they actually sink ships I hear, which is pretty cool.Here is a special edition watch dedicated to Sea Shepherd and the activist writer Farley Mowat. The watch is based on the standard Tempvs Compvtare watch that I wrote about here. You can te

First Patek; I think I got it right - 5146g
I have always been intrigued by the Patek brand, and have been collecting watches for a few years, with Patek always in the back of my mind. Until recently, I never really cared for the simple time only models, and I felt the Complicated variants were out of my price range. Eventually I came around to the basic Calatrava, and I was about to bite the bullet on a Patek 5296g-010 until I realized that if I traded in a few watches I could get into a complicated Patek, which is what I really wanted. I would rather have just a few watches that I really love, than a bunch that I am just merely happy with. So, I went shopping, thinking I would want the 5205 , but when I saw the 5146 in person I realized that was the one for me.It has all the Patek DNA of their classic range of grand complications (3940, 3970, 2499 etc..), but has a cleaner Sub-dials than the Perpetuals, has the ever useful power reserve display, and a Second hand, which I really like. The size and thickness are a perfect balan

Where is pam 356???
How come pam356 (chrono daylight) is not on the panerai website anymore?I think its a great piece. Anyone else likes panerai with 3 meters in the dial? (Forgive my noob language, similar to daytona is what i mean)

My Simona straps arrived.
Hands down, some of the best straps I've come across. Wanted the desert T-rex but I already have a similar looking JV strap. Cheers.