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New Ball Watch Honors 100 Years of New York’s Grand Central Terminal
New York City’s iconic railroad hub, Grand Central Terminal, reaches its Centennial in 2013, and now Ball Watch, a brand indelibly linked to the history of railroading, is releasing a commemorative timepiece specially suited to the Big Apple’s homesick travelers and expats: the Engineer Master II GCT, whose second-time-zone function uses Grand Central Time (GCT) rather than the traditional Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Click below for pictures and pricing.The watch, limited to 999 pieces, is in a 44-mm, stainless steel case and contains an automatic movement, Ball Caliber 651. It is available on a stainless steel bracelet or calf leather strap with a pin buckle, and features 15 self-powered micro gas tubes ¡ª a hallmark of the Ball brand ¡ª on the dial and hands, which offer outstanding luminosity in darkness.The crowning technical touch is the second-time-zone function, on a subdial at 6 o’clock, which displays Grand Central Time (that is, the local time in New York City&

GMT.... Dual Time.... some thoughts on names
In another thread in the GDF there was a bit of disagreement over the definition of a GMT watch and a Dual Time watch.After years in the military, I know what GMT is, that's not the question here.Watchfan1 defined a GMT watch as one with a 24hr indicator that can be used to keep track of another time zone (and not just the time at Greenwich as some seem to think), and I would add to this by saying a Dual Time watch is simply a watch with another time displayed, often a two handed 'normal' clock on a sub dial.I imagine the term GMT watch would have been coined in the early days as pilots, military personnel etc would have had a good reason to track GMT as a common reference when communicating with units around the world (and still do). If I want you to know the time difference between where I am and where you are, it's easier for me to say I am GMT +12 and you can work out the rest if you know your own GMT offset.These days with a much wider range of people wearing this type of watch, t

State of the collection
BackgroundSome years ago Seiko produced some large watches that the aficionados of the brand affectionately called Big Freaking Seikos or BFS. These were regular movement cased in 44mm steel cases with 24mm lugs. I actually liked them a lot and managed to get two of them. However when in my hands, while I loved the dial design, I was not thrilled about the case shape, it was not quite comfortable for me and I was not crazy about the the looks. I ended up selling both of them. But kept admiring the dial design.Present timeSome months ago I was able to find a source for these dials and got them, one at the time, slowly as finances permitted. While doing this I started looking at a possible case that would match or at least look good with thos dials. I could not tell Seiko to make a new case for me so I had to choose between what was available. While Seiko does not make large cases generally I found some that at 42mm were at least not too small for me. These were watches made in

Happy Easter !
Happy Easter to everyone!Kindest Regards,G¨¦rard M. Diffin¨¦PresidentMontres Edouard Lauzi¨¨res - North AmericaVice PresidentSARO-Gem US, Inc.

14060 Bezel Questions
Hey guys, I recently joined the Rolex family after acquiring a 14060 a few months ago. In this brief period of owning the watch, I have broken the diving bezel clip spring. I've actually grown to like the ability to use my bezel in both directions, my question is will there be any issues not having that spring underneath the diving bezel from now on and secondly could I install a GMT clip spring instead.Cheers.