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Autodromo Stradale Line Debuts As The Brand's New Flagship Watch
Since we first covered Autodromo in 2012,?the brand has remained true to its name and kept on expanding its?range of retro-styled watches inspired by classical automotive design. With their latest line of watches, called the Autodromo Stradale, they continue this tradition by?lifting some key aesthetic?elements?of dashboard instruments from Italian sports cars of the late 1950s and?incorporating them?in the design of the Autodromo Stradale.Blending automotive?and watch design is?not a new thing by any stretch of the imagination, and while we have seen a large number of high-end as well as?more affordably priced brands have a go at it, few could?pull it off in a memorable way. Basically, where Autodromo stands out is that all their watches are inspired by?motoring, with the Autodromo Stradale set to "evoke the age of Gran Turismo, when driving across the continent involved more than hopping on an expressway." Sounds nice and swell, but let's see how that translates into horology.The pri

Vintage Found Brand New
I couldn't believe it, but today I was at an old watchmaker's shop, and when waiting for my watch to be cleaned, I was looking around to the shelfs...Almost all were new model watches, and some old Orients, but surprinsingly I found a BRAND NEW 1959 CK 14704 Omega Seamaster I'm not in vintage watches, but this looked so nice, so shiny, and it has all, box, papers, beautiful...I'm thinking in buying it, he asks $650, what do you think? is fair, is cheap or is expensive?

Factoid of the Day 5-8-08
Not exactly a factoid - but part of this week's theme:007 Style Geiger Counter Watch.State of the art wrist watch Geiger counter. Detects Beta, Gamma, X-ray, and Radiant Energy. Continently monitors exposure and accumulated levels. This device is useful for a wide range of paranormal investigation. From possible UFO landing / contact safety issues, crop circle and landing site investigations. This is the most versatile radiation monitoring device, always available on the wrist of any well quipped paranormal investigator.

Why has AP stopped production of forged carbon's watch?
Is it something to do with the material itself? not durable?

Patek 3970 day date aligmnent
So I am seeking out a 3970. What I am seeing is that many have the watches I have looked at have alignment issues with the day and date wheels. Sometimes one of the indicators is not vertically centered but in many watches the indicators are crooked and are slanting down towards the center. I have never seen this on the 2499s or 1518s. What are your thoughts? Is this how they came from the factory or is this a wear or wrong-time setting issue? If it was only a need for an overhaul I would doubt the indication would be in the box but crooked. But I really do not know. I do not want a costly repair to change out the underlying gears for the wheels. Any experts out there who are familiar with this?