iPhone App Smart Enough To Read Watch Names
When "Watch Radar" sent me an e-mail about their new iPhone app that is able to detect the name of a watch just by looking at the dial I was intrigued. Until now we've all had to read the name of a brand on a watch dial to know what it is - but no longer. Finally technology has come to the rescue. Using the camera on your iPhone, the Chinese made Watch Radar app takes a picture of the said watch and uses its whiz-bang technology to scan the internet and read the name for you. Wow! It even goes so far as to pull data from the net and give you some brand history. Now this is the future.Watch recognition has come a long way for sure. Those pesky luxury watch makers usually print their brand names in complicated English, even if the brands themselves aren't based in English speaking countries. No fair! Watch Radar is there to look at your Rolex and tell you that for sure, the name on the dial is Rolex. It can even tell you the model of many watches - now this is progress.At this point I in

Laco Watch Company - A Brand Highlight with a Family Perspective
Sometime around 1992, when I was in the seventh grade, my father presented me with the gift of a new watch. I had started in a new school, entering into a new phase of adolescence, pressed with the task of making new friends and fitting in. The watch was nothing extravagant, a simple Victorinox Swiss Army watch, grey plastic case with the classic white dial, luminous hands, enameled red bezel and a canvas strap with a leather buckle. Despite its quotidian standard, it was mine, and receiving it felt somewhat like a rite of passage, like the old-timey schoolboy who wears trousers for the first time, at last too mature for knee-socks and britches. It was also a considerable step up from the rubber Casio I had been wearing, with the sallow, miniature incandescent lightbulb inside �� the 80's had ended, after all.A few modern Laco’s that pay tribute to their pastMy father has always been a man of subdued taste, with a preference for blue jeans weathered by shop oil, white t-shirts, go

Diver owners rise up and celebrate
Celebrating the release of the new AP Diver in ceramic. Rise up and show me your Divers. Here's mine.

Congrats Paul!
Well the AP bug has bitten, and it's getting ugly . First the Diver this week, and now another AP just ordered from my AD--just got off the phone. May not be what people are thinking from my earlier inquiry today.Here's a clue :In the BLACK THEMES of the night, the NAVY went on a PANDA SAFARI. They ran into a VOLCANO and noticed a lot of BEES hovering around something that looked like a RUBBER CLAD substance--no, it was more like a CARBON substance. With that they ran back to their boat not even noticing the SKELETON they just passed. Now the 'bad news'. Quote from AD AP Distribution in NYC does not have in stock so they are waiting on a shipment from Switzerland and it will be two weeks. But, I am willing to wait (oh man this is going to try my patience) for one so FRESH. 1 week, 6 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes left PS - Normally I would never post this early, but I can't contain myself--AP is dangerous :-)

First Rolex - Submariner 114060
Hey guys!I just bought my first Rolex and thought I would share my story on this forum. I started getting into watches a few years ago and my small collection already contains a Tag Heuer Carrera Calibre 5 and an Oak and Oscar Sandford. I guess I caught the rolex bug a few months ago... So, the Rolex bug being hard to cure I pulled the trigger on a submariner today at lunch. Here's the story.At first I was unsure about which model to get, I was torn between the Submariner and the Batman. In the end I decided to go with the Submariner as I feel it fits me better and is more discreet. So during the holidays I wrote to a local AD to inquire about the availability of the no date submariner and the Batman. I got a negative response on both watches and they also told me that there is a waiting list for these models. Damn that sucks, but gotta move on... Then last Saturday I placed a phone to another AD located 2 hours away from where I live. Well guess what he had both the Submariner and th