TIME TEST: Signed, Sealed, Delivered
How much do you know about the various quality seals and certificates awarded to watch movements these days? Find out by taking the WatchTime test. As always, the answers appear at the bottom. 1. Which of the following is required for a movement to receive the Geneva Seal?A. The escape wheel axle must be set in rubies.B. The bridges must have Geneva stripes.C. The movement must have a screwed balance.D. The jewels must be set in gold chatons.   2. Which of the following brands only sells watches with movements bearing the Geneva Seal?A. Vacheron ConstantinB. F.P. JourneC. Roger DubuisD. Richard Mille  3. The Geneva Seal requires that a movement be accurate to what mean deviation per day:A. -4/+6 secondsB. -3/+5 secondsC. -5/+6 secondsD. None of the above  4. Which of the following is NOT true of the Patek Philippe Seal?A. Its precision standards are the same as those of COSC (Contr?le officiel suisse des chronom��tres).B. It has different requirements

Ploprof Returns Better Than Ever
The name makes me think of a bad guy in a James Bond film. I hear Sean Connery saying, The game is over, Ploprof. The name of course belongs to an icon of the 1970s �C a dive watch created by Omega for the wrists of PLOngeurs PROFessionals, French for professional divers. To quote Omega's press materials, it was one of the most rugged, robust and seaworthy divers' watches ever manufactured. The newly reborn Ploprof 1200M maintains the original's instantly-recognizable design while incorporating Omega's Co-Axial technology. 1200M refers to 1200 meters or 4000 feet, the answer to How deep can it go? In this image, an original Ploprof from the 1970s is on top, and the new model is below…The crown sits behind a protective buffer. Time and date adjustments are made by unscrewing the crown to release the buffer. The hour hand can be adjusted independently for changing time zones, springing forward, and falling back. Turning the bezel requires that the owner depress the orange-anod

HourTime Show Watch Podcast Episode 66
We talk details on watch repair, Ennebi, and a great new piece from Chronoswiss.Listen to the HourTime show watch podcast episode 66 here.

Incoming from Tony(JUSTROLEXES)!! Got the Blues!!
I spent years wanting a Daytona 116520 black dial, it's a large chunk of change for a watch, a nice-to-have, and I always kept putting off till next week, or next month, which turned into next year, yada yada yada.Then I'd get the bug again and look at Submariner's, thinking it's a little easier pill to swallow, then waffle again to just bite the bullet and wait to pay for the Daytona.Toss in during the years a Tag, an Omega SM, and a Longines, all Chrono's, to lighten the symptoms but never cure the disease.... Recently looking through this fantastic site, I came really, really close to the Datejust 41, smooth bezel, blue face as my next watch, but always heard this voice in my head:How can you own a Rolex without owning a Submariner?And then I saw a Rolex Bluesy, and much research began, and I realized I had to have the 5 Digit 16613 Bluesy...took my breath away, and it completes me.....The countdown begins, from San Diego to Toronto....tracking to be at my door by tomorrow afternoon

GMT 16710 and the "old" Rolex sport watches....
Hi,As discussed many times before, the prices on pieces like 16710 are high at the moment. Do you think that this is due to some kind of hype or is this a situation that we will see long term? The pieces that are more semi vintage like 16610 and 16710, what do you think will happen then the new generation of gmt's will be presented? Will the 116710 be the new 16710...?Speculations, but what do you think?