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Artya Arabesque Tourbillon Watch
Yvan Arpa's Artya watches once again debuts a surprise piece unique model at the upper end of what we might expect from the boutique Geneva-based Swiss "art watch" maker. Rather than deforming a watch case with high voltage electricity or decorating a dial with spiders, insect wings, or human blood, we get the Artya Arabesque Tourbillon that is decorated with hand-engraving. What type of hand engraving? Arabesque engravingand they threw in a tourbillon.While timepieces such as this are rare for Artya, they aren't totally unheard of either. Moreover, Yvan Arpa has plenty of experience with extremely high-end watches. Just a few years ago, watches-dealer covered another brand he is involved with called Spero Lucem, with the "crazy hands" La Clemence tourbillon minute repeater. We also went hands-on with the Artya Son of a Gun Tourbillon watch here. For summer 2015, we now have the Artya Arabesque Tourbillon, and according to Yvan Arpa it is inspired by the Wild West.So much of the design

there can be only one...
hi gang,my deepsea came in today. i really like the watch, more then i liked the gmtIIc, which i also liked alot.in addition to all the other comments, the one thing that really surprised me was, out of a dozen new and vintage rolex watches, this was the first watch i had to remove links. i had to remove 2 links and the bracelet was still in first position or still had full expandability.this is really and truly my last watch. i have no more money. back to ramon noodles.will report back with more impressions and pics soon.cl...give me the luxuries of life and i will do without the necessities...

Friday Hamilton pics - 9/17/10
0-size 983 (not 981 as originally posted ) movement Cushion for me today.

NATO Straps Comfort - yes or no
I must be missing something? Maybe it has to be an ideal combination of casebody size, weight, height, strap length, material?I've been trying for several years now to wear a NATO strap throughout a workday on several of my watches. Seiko Monster, Ball Night Train, and today wearing on my friend's Sea Dweller 16600. Each and every time, the canvass material gives off a scratchy feeling. The buckle has to be pulled tight to bear the weight, which cuts my circulation and makes the material even more uncomfortable against my skin. If I wear it a notch loose, then I can¡¯t even swing my arm without it rotating and banging on that wrist bone that pops out.Typing is a strenuous activity and I can feel my veins flare up..I generally have to place it on the desktop several times a day to allow my pulse to calm down. I can only imagine wearing this in hot summer time heat and sweating with it on would be impossible to tolerate as well. So who can explain why this strap is considered "e

Platinum day date 40
I am looking to buy a day date 40 with black dial but unsure to get the black diamond dial and also would the diamond bezel on top of that be too much bling? I¡¯m thinking it would be best left untouched with no diamonds but would like to hear your thoughtsCheers