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Doxa Launches Diving With Legends Book and Watch
Peter Millar's book Diving With Legends profiles some of diving's greatest living legends, and Doxa Watches was proud to be on hand to help announce the launch of the book and a limited edition Diving With Legends watch. Several icons of the deep included in the book were on hand for the launch, and the event was made even more special as several members of the Doxa Watch Forum traveled from near and far to meet their diving heroes and share their Doxa diving stories. The legends in attendance included David Trotter, Martha Watkins-Gilkes, Dan Crowell, Richie Kohler, Howard Hall, Ralph Wilbanks, Stan Waterman, Paul Oberle, Leigh Bishop and Jarrod Jablonski. In his presentation, Dr. Millar introduced the book and its contributors. Following the presentation, each contributing author was presented with a copy of the Diving With Legends book, as well as a limited edition Doxa Sub 1200T Professional Diving With Legends watch. Based on the new Doxa Sub 1200T, each of these high-quality dive
ToykoFlash Kisai Intoxicated Watch With Breathalyzer
If you're even remotely familiar with TokyoFlash, you're aware that their design studio turns out some rather interesting pieces, with all manner of twists on what we'd call the "classic" digital readout. Today, they've jumped in with a watch that's ready to tell you when it's time to let someone else drive home. It is the Kisai Intoxicated, and it has a functioning breathalyzer incorporated into the design. Unlike the hoax Casio Breathalyzer that turned out to be a fake, this is the drunken deal. How is it that both of these came out in the same week?Yes, that's right - the Kisai Intoxicated contains a breathalyzer to give you a sense of what your blood alcohol content (BAC) is . The tube, such as it is, appears over on the right-hand side of the case, and you have to unscrew a crown to access it. In all likelihood you'll need to remove the watch to use it. To use this function, you uncap it and press the alcohol button (yup, that's what they called it) and wait for the sensor to warm
Watch Modding Piece by Piece
Modding a watch can be addictive. If you are a creative type, finding just the right parts to make your very own perfect watch can be an interesting journey.?As we've covered in the past, the Seiko SKX007/009 dive watch has the most aftermarket products available for modification. But what's fun is checking out the world of watch hobbyists and small companies that produce very specific parts for very specific watches.Suppa PartsLet's take the Citizen BJ8050-08E, nicknamed the "Ecozilla." This tank-like solar-powered dive watch has a proprietary strap and lug attachment that makes sense from a functional standpoint, but limits collectors' ability to use straps with standard width ends. In comes Suppa Parts, a co-brand of Stevral/Raven/Benarus, which makes an adapter to fit the Ecozilla and its automatic counterpart the NH6930-09F (the "Autozilla"), so they can use standard 24 mm straps. This opens up opportunities for Zilla lovers to use any leather, steel or nylon bands to secure their
price increases
how often does omega increase prices? and idea of how much when they do?thanks
Sd 43 in the UK, an off the record discussion.
Today I phone my AD(Midlands UK) who I think I've have nice relationship with(My perception is perhaps different to theirs, but I have bought 3 other different Rolex models there in the last 12 months, over ��20,00.00 worth). to see where I am on the list for a SD43 to be told they get one a month.I'm 3rd, so next March was the guesstimate. Food for thought?