Hands-On with the Mondaine Helvetica 1 Smart Watch
About a year ago, I attended a press conference in San Francisco where Frederique Constant and Alpina announced their newly developed "Swiss Horological Smart Watch Platform". Analogue watches with health tracking capabilities that actually looked like real watches. It was an interesting concept, and a more clever reaction to the incoming "smart watch" genre than slapping a logo on a digital watch.To do this, they had teamed up with MotionX, a Silicon valley company with a lot of experience in the health tracker world. Beyond the functionality, they made sure the watch was made to last longer than typical pieces of tech. It was designed to be efficient, with a 2.5 year battery, and has a modular design where parts of the movement will be able to be upgraded for a small fee. I really liked that they made it, to some extent, have the permanence of a real watch. It's truly a shame that most smart watches will end up in landfills within a few years of their purchase.They also announced tha

FIFA Ballon d��Or 2012
A big congratulations to one of my all time favourite footballer Lionel Messi for the 4th consecutive FIFA Ballon d'Or award! Anyone already has the new AP ROC Lionel Messi on hand? Would really be interested to look for the wrist shots.

AP security features?
Wondering if AP has integrated any special anti-counterfeit features on their watches? We all know that Rolex has the laser etched crown and the rehaut printing. Although the latter may not be a security feature per se.But what about AP? Any external features?

Congrats!!
Greetings all,The new SMP arrived the other day and here are the pics... I have loved this watch since I saw it years ago but have never owned this particular model. Tell me what you all think and at the next Toronto GTG I'll be wearing this baby proudly...

Federer and Clilic, watches at Australian Open Final
Looked like Federer was wearing a blue dial skydweller. Who said there is a shortage of skydwellers?Don’t know what Clilic was wearing.