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Linde Werdelin Gets In The DLC Game With The Hard Black Elemental Biformeter Watch
I've appreciated the Elemental watch from England based Linde Werdelin for a while. I still don't understand the "Biformeter" name on the watch, but it sounds cool enough. The watches were always nice looking, very rugged, and techie looking timepieces better suited to James Bond style excursions rather than lumberjack journeys.The newest Elemental is the "Hard Black" and shares most of its features with the previous Linde Werdelin Elemental watches save for the new case material. Getting on the DLC bandwagon (that I predicted would occur) with other fine watch brands, Linde Werdelin likes what DLC can offer. Again, DLC stands for "diamond like carbon" and is a coating on metal that makes it crazy hard, and crazy scratch resistant. This might explain why this new watch is called "Hard Black." The nature of DLC makes for a glossy black/dark gray colored case which is increasingly refined in its look. The earliest DLC watches found a home on Japanese watches such as Casio (the MR-G). The

Bring a Loupe: Vintage Chronographs And Dive Watches From Universal Geneve, Breitling, Lip, And Others
This week is dedicated to the new releases of Baselworld, but never fear, Bring A Loupe is here for your weekly dose of some of the most interesting vintage watches out there. This week, we will focus on chronographs, starting with a sumptuous Universal Geneve from the mid 1940s. We will also feature a couple of surprising dive watches, from an obscure Lip to a famous modern Blancpain Aqua Lung. Finally, you will find one Tudor Monte Carlo that you should not bid on. This is your Bring A Loupe for March 18, 2016. A Breitling Top Time Reference 7656 ¨C A Large Reverse Panda 1 OF 8 Breitling introduced the Top Time line in the mid-1960s to appeal to a younger market; as a result those watches featured more playful dials than their tool-watch counterparts, including the Navitimer. This Top Time reference 7656 offers the same great reverse panda dial that can be found throughout the Top Time range. A late edition, it comes in a rare 42 mm case, versus 38 mm for the earl

Congrats to Milos...
I just realized that sometime within the past month, that quietly, and without any fanfare (unless I'm blind and COMPLETELY missed this in another thread), Milos surpassed the "five digit mark", and eclipsed the milestone of 10,000 posts. Congrats, my friend!! - Dan -

Wind from zero?
I now have a watch winder and put an old seiko kinetic in there. After a day, nothing had happened, it wasn't ticking. Are winders not supposed to be used to wind watches that havs stopped? Do then need a "jump start"?I would also like to say that this watch does have problems keeping it's energy up. If I wear it, after about two weeks it stops. In the shop they say that the "generator" is fine, but that it needs to be cleaned, but still, I thought it would start with the winder...

Need Some Advice
I haven't thought about new watches in a very long time, but my niece who's just out of college, wants to buy a watch for her fianc¨¦.....so she came to me......and now me to you.She's looking for something that balances between casual and dress, leather band or stainless bracelet. With a $500.00 cap, what do you suggest? Should she stay away from automatic movements in this price range? Thanks in advance.