Ebel Women's Beluga Tonneau Watch

Angular Momentum Il Moretto Watch: Historical Talisman Timepiece
This is a pretty incredible new timepiece from Angular Momentum. The figurine is actually part of the watch, and is situated on one of Angular Momentum¡¯s new Time Gallery watch cases. Even if you have no idea what Il Moretto (aka "moretto Veneziano"), or a Morcic figure is, this is a pretty significant departure from your typical luxury watch. Let¡¯s go back in time for a moment a few hundred years to Italy and Croatia to understand the development of this symbol. A Morcic is a bust figure of a Moor. The figures always have Caucasian features with dark skin, and are luxuriously dressed while wearing a turban headdress. The idea of the figure was to be ¡°exotic,¡± and was typically used a good luck charm. Sailors began to have Il Moretto figurines as earrings or pendants as a ward against pirates (mostly Turkish) , who often plagued sailors who sailed along the African coast and in the Mediterranean sea.While the figure's face does not have a specific analog, it obviously has influence fro

Time to Fess Up!
While looking at Ben's beautiful collection, his name didn't dawn on me until a DUH moment-I know Ben from the Ebay watch discussion board where he's offered excellent advice to others and I'm sure he'll recognize my handle- Crab783 aka Forrest when we used to use our real names on there.Glad to see you here Ben, I'm new here also, but this is a nice group that appreciates fine timepieces.Any others I might know by their ebay names?Forrest

Think Fakes are an innocent 'no-harm' product? Think again...
Found this article today on MSNBC from BusinessWeek It shows just how rampant fake items in the world are. And I'm not talking just watches Even military aircraft & ships now have to contend with fake products in their computer systems Think fakes are a small, insignificant issue in the greater scheme of the world? You couldn't be more wrong.I've posted the full article on dangerous fakes in US warplanes & ships below, but here's some surprising numbers from the rest of the report on fakes in the consumer / business goods:Counterfeit IT items costs the IT industry $100 Billion dollars a year.Counterfeit goods represent 10% of worldwide trade - approx. $500 Billion a year.US officials alone seized over $113 million in fakes so far this year, up 2% from last year.The $113 million is seized products is only about 5% of experts estimate make it into the US each year.Almost every industry is impacted, from footwear to pharmaceuticals to batteries..Here's a couple excerpts from the

Any watches which fit this description...
or at least most of them? Here goes:- up to $700 max (but hope to spend less ofc :cool:)- automatic (citizen eco-drive could do too)- heavy, solid build- solid link bracelet- round dial/case (don't like square shaped watches)- water resistant (swimming/diving 10m at least)- not too large case diameter (ideal size would be of Rolex Submariner, but heylarger could do also, as long as it doesn't look too large for bracelet width )- rotating bezel would be nice- date indicator (day indicator or perpetual calendar would be a plus)So far been looking at Boschett Reef Ranger and Cave Dweller (not sure about the quality of their braceletswould be grateful for any thoughts about them, or overall quality), Citizen Eco-Drive BL5373-53E (which I already ordered), Invicta Specialty Ocean Ghost Mechanical Chronograph 4732, and few others.Thank You!EDIT: For now Reef Ranger w/ blue dial (and probably w/o date magnifier) has the lead.

black sub and black daytona
I have a black sub c date and can get a Daytona c.q - is the black sub and black daytonac too similar in appearance or 2 black dial watches are fine?