IWC Portuguese Hand-Wound Eight Days Watch: Upgrade In Simplicity
IWC Schaffhausen just recently released their third new model in the Portuguese lineup for the year, a line that looks to combine the love of travel and adventure with classic, elegant style. The latest model leaves no guesswork as to two of the major features - it's called the Hand-Wound Eight Days.The star of that model name would be the movement, of course. In this case, it's the 59215 calibre, which is a higher-beat movement (28,800 BPH). More intriguing (at least to me) is that 8 day (192 hour) power reserve. Bigger power reserves on automatics are nice, but when it comes to manually-wound pieces, it's something that makes life that much easier. With this model, IWC has created a watch you really only need to worry about winding once per week - though, if you're like me, small bits of winding end up occurring throughout the day.The manual movement also allows for a thinner profile, with the 43mm case coming in at a fairly svelte 12mm. With the three models launched for this line,

EHF Horlegere Mk Zero Watch Giveaway Winner Announced
Congrats to Michael A. from Snohomish, Washington who was last month's EHF Horlogere Mk Zero watch giveaway winner.? We hope he enjoys the watch and thanks to everyone who entered. Don't forget to enter this month's incredible holiday giveaway where you can win a trip to Switzerland and build you own timepieces to take back home with you.

Great WHite
I was bored and decided to pop the mesh on. What do you think?

Take a dip in the Planet Ocean with me!
OK ladies and gents,Picked up my Planet Ocean XL Black on Black (orange is not my thing) yesterday from my mail service just over the US border, paid my $5 fee and wore it back over in to Canada with no hassles (this is the 7th watch I have picked up like this) if any of my fellow canuck TFRers want the address for the place just PM me. Bought it from a great guy on Timezone who took very good care of it (I believe him when he says he only wore it a few times)What an excellent watch! Big, solid and tough as nails! The applied markers and Omega logo are just stunning! The crystal has anti-reflective coating and the face has the perfect pitch black colour to allow the broad arrow style hands to be seen in any lighting conditions. This watch glows like a lighthouse at night and it lasts a L-O-N-G time! It fits very comfortably on my wrist and the weight is well distributed. I can't say enough about how comfortable the Seamaster style clasps are and as sturdy as any more expensive brands.

Refund after price increase?
Well, I didn't expect this. Was thrilled to pick up my 5960 from my AD less than 7 days ago and now it's worth $3,800 less. I jumped on board PP from Rolex about a year ago. I currently have two and two more on the way.I did the 'right' thing by Patek and bought from an AD. I've been walking on cloud nine since I bought it, but I'm sure you can appreciate my frustration - especially when you hear from ADs that the price will be going up due to the Swiss Franc, etc.By the incomings, I know there are others that are in this position. Have you done anything about it? Are you going to?Thanks for listening - this was therapeutic :)