Invicta I-Force Silver Dial Stainless Steel Black Leather Men's Watch 13009

Watch Complications: A Brief History Of Useful To Useless
It seems these days, that in order to get truly noticed in this crowded watch market, the watch companies have taken the complication pact to ¡°boldly go where no one has gone before.¡±It seems that the one-upmanship of each new watch release keeps breaking the sound barrier of mechanical ¡°complications¡±: coaxial; tourbillion; moon phase; fly backs; geographic world time; minute repeater; perpetual calendars; split second chronograph; jumping hours; spitting frogs; dancing Bears; Topo Gigio. I¡¯m ready to throw in the towel and wave the white flag¡­ I¡¯m finally finding these complications to be unreadable, overkill, distracting, and above all, really get in the way of what a watch is supposed to do¡­tell you the time.Of course, I must take off my hat and bow down to the gods of mechanical watch design who had the vision and conceptual ability to dream these mechanical wonders up, and actually bring them to reality in a finished product. But, enough is enough already.In order to understand h

Newbie wants Seamaster
I bought a Ltd Ed co-axial deville new in 2000 and sold in after about 5 years. I have an Accutron from 2007 for my sports watch and want a dress atch. I like the looks of the older Seamasters. What models are ideal in terms of reliability? I want a perpetual calendar. gold and a leather strap. I am worried about some of the maintenance stories. Can I buy something good for under $1500 that will sustain its value and is not going to need maintenance?I was a Patek fan when I had money in the good old days. Now I need to be frugalAdvice appreciated

Wednesday - WRUW?
Heading to the office with this...

Daytona 116500LN - black or white dial?
Hi All,My AD called me yesterday that after the long wait the SS Daytona that I ordered long time ago is now in store. I am in such a fortunate situation that I have a possibility to choose between the white and black dial version. I went in today to try both on but honestly speaking I could not make up my mind either way. I love the black rims around the sub dials on the white version but also like the homogen black colour of the dial & bezel on the black version. Also as I wear the SD43 and a YMII on a daily basis I am used to bigger watches, so whichever of the 2 appears bigger is also a factor for me to consider.Any thoughts to help me decide are much appreciated.Thanks, Adam

Excuse my ignorance... (Sub availability/Basel)
Two topics of discussion:1. I live in the PNW. Is it just me or is the 116610LN Andy the 116610LV sold out at just about every AD? Is this the case around the country and where they are available are they marked up or still MSRP?2. My local AD referenced that something with the SubC may be revealed at Basel in a few weeks. Any truth to this? If it¡¯s a new color option or something minor, I think I¡¯ll pass. If it¡¯s a redesign, well, maybe that¡¯s worth waiting for.