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Sarpaneva Korona Moonshine Watch
Helsinki, Finland. Not the typical place for watch makers, but it is where the wild Stepan Sarpaneva calls home and creates his vividly interesting timepieces creations. Playing with his popular moon face, Stepan creates a new watch that utterly features the now popularized serious looking artful lunar gaze. Called the Korona Moonshine, the watch tells the time via a single rotating disc that moves around the periphery of the dial.You read the time in the lower region of the dial where a window opens up to reveal the moving disc. Right at the 6 o'clock position is a small arrow that is used in conjunction with indicators on the disc to tell the time. It isn't the most precise way to tell the time, but the trade-off might be worth it to have this "face" on your wrist.The time telling disc itself is covered in lume for night viewing. I think this is where the "shine" in moonshine comes in. It can be interpreted that the moon above the little window metaphorically provides the shine. Well

Wayne Gretzky Joins Breitling as Ambassador!
Canadian-born Wayne Gretzky is a living legend in the world of ice hockey. Nicknamed the great one, this champion renowned for his professionalism and his fair-play has a record-breaking list of achievements to his credit, including four Stanley Cup Championships, 61 NHL records, and being named 18 times to the All-Star teams. In tribute to his absolute superiority, his famous jersey number, 99, has been retired by all NHL teams.

Tuesday Hamiltons - 10/19/2010
Cushion form with O4 dial today. One of the first Hamiltons in my collection.

Vintage National Semiconductor Watch
I have inherited my grandfather's wonderful NS Watch from the 70's . The problem is that it was designed for a mercury battery and that is of course not going to be very fruitful. So 2 questions,1st : I put in a 1.5 volt cell out of ignorance and it of course didn't work. Is it totally fried?2nd : I have seen a lot of information on mercury battery work arounds that end up lasting only a week or two. I was wondering if someone had come up with a better solution then changing the battery every week on the watch. Thanks a million,Jopisjop2

Mondaine: overlooked "entry level" Swiss?
It seems like the Swiss Army/Swiss Military brands dominate the lower end of the Swiss watch price spectrum but I recently came across a few very nice looking Mondaine watches (at the Museum of Modern Art store, of all places). I searched the forums and there has been very little talk about Mondaine, but it seems like they are well-respected and have good movements all at very reasonable prices.To be honest, though, I tried on a quartz Evo and it felt light. Although that could just be because I haven't worn a non-Eco-Drive quartz watch in years and years.I also looked it up on the Web and found very little info about the company. Does anyone know more about them than just "they're the Swiss railways watch"? Does anyone own a Mondaine? How does it stack up against Victorinox/Wenger/Hanowa?