Audemars Piguet Royal Oak

Gavox Legacy Navy Review
It's always very exciting when a brand surprises you. Whether through the quality of a piece that belies its price or the thoughtfulness of a design, it's reassuring when a brand seems to surpass what you expect. Gavox's newest releases, the Legacy Navy line, are an example of a brand doing something quite unexpected that made me adjust what I think about them.The Gavox watches we reviewed last January were pretty straight forward quartz pilot's watches. They had a few unique twists, but ultimately used the vocabulary of modern pilot's that we are very familiar with. As is typically the case, when a brand's first watch is of a certain type, the proceeding watches are an evolution on that idea. But, with their newest watches, Gavox has taken an entirely different direction. The Legacy marine watches have a classically inspired design that is elegant and refined, with dials that have very interesting asymmetry and texture.Loosely based on marine chronometers and the classic aesthetics of

Recommended Reading: IWC Releases A 164-Page Online Book About The History Of The Portuguese (Nee Po
IWC has a wonderful history of no nonsense, beautiful, and impactful wristwatches. I'm talking Mark XI pilots watches, Ingenuiers, and of course, the Portuguese. To be fair, there isn't a more important IWC family to any real collector than the Portuguese, and just yesterday, IWC released a 164-page online book about this most important collection. 1 OF 3 This online book covers not only the earliest days of the Portuguese family – including how many examples of the early reference 325 were made and in which series – but also every subsequent variation of the Portuguese family. Of note, you will find a detailed section on the Jubilee models of 1993, which revived the collection, and on the several limited edition pieces – some of which I bet you've never even seen. 2 OF 3 This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Portuguese and this a great way to encourage collecting and scholarship of this family. You can read the entire 164

Adding pics
Seems to be a lot of confusion on how to add pics to a post. I did a few quick screenshots to show how for those that aren't familiar with the process.First, like most members suggest, register with photobucket and create an account if you don't have a host for your pictures.To add a picture to your account, click on the browse button and then navigate to your picture. Maximum size of the image should be 800x600 to help with viewing the posts in a thread.Click the open button and it will add it to your upload list.Click the upload button and it will upload your pictureyou can add a title or whatever else you want to save with the picture.Click the save and continue button and then it usually takes you back to your main account page with thumbnails of the pics you have saved. If you click on the thumbnail of the pic you are interested in, it will bring up the details.Select the image tag text in the "IMG Code - Forums & Bulletin Boards" box. Put the image tag text in your post. I

Explorer II
The Explorer II is an awesome watch and its definitely in my list to get but it still has the same clasp as the older GMT's correct? Will the explorer II get a new clasp next yr?Cheers guys

Khaki Navy Pioneer
This is just beautiful. I need a blue dial in my collection.