Patek Philippe Calatrava 37mm

Historical Perspectives: The Surprisingly Not Totally Boring Search For Who Invented The Spring Bar
(The original impetus for this story was a question asked by commenter MrGrentch, in the comments section of our story on the Speidel Twist-O-Flex bracelet.  Little did I know where it would go.)It’s probably a good thing that nobody has ever asked me who invented the spring bar, because up until about a week ago, if they had, I’d have had to admit that I had absolutely no idea, and had never given it a moment’s thought. In fact, aside from occasionally cursing at one when it flew across the room during an ill-advised late-night impulsive strap change, I had hardly given spring bars any thought on any level at all for pretty much the entire time I’ve been interested in watches (which is longer than I feel like admitting). 1 OF 14 They seem far too flimsy to have any of us trust a $200 Seiko diver to them, let alone, say, a $50,000 vintage Rolex (or whatever) and yet, they seem to be almost boringly reliable – mos

I can't believe this.
Hey Guys,I was reading my highly regarded Rolex book, "The Best Of Times" by James Dowling and Jeffrey Hess earlier and came across this (I've copied it exactly to the letter. It is a lot of text but please bare with it):"The untold story of the GMT-Master is of it's role in the United States' space missions of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Every one knows that the NASA astronauts were issued with Omega Speedmasters, but anyone who has read Tom Wolfe's definitive book "The Right Stuff" or who has seen Philip Kaufman's movie made from the book will know that the astronauts were fighter ot test pilots (or both) and most definitely not conformists. Instead they were of the last of the rugged individualists with a long tradition of obeying orders only when they agreed with them. Following the tradition started by RAF pilots in World War II, U.S. pilots also wore Rolex watches, and those who later became test pilots continued the tradition. Chuck Yaeger, a figher pilot during the war, bec

Olympics desk top
There are quite a few beautiful Olympics desk tops from Omega available at their web site. I downloaded a couple, the US version and the Olympics version (shown below). Worth checking out.OMEGA Watches: Home

Brothers or first cousins?
Here's a chunky/funky '70's era Movado "Surf" I acquired recently. It's back from a sevice and my rehabilitation of the case.The similarity to a '70's era Zenith "Surf" is quite apparent; same hands, nearly same indices, zenith logo on dial and crown, both with cal 2572 PC movements.The case is 40mm excluding crown, which is large for the era.Just what was Movado's affiliation with Zenith during this period? Did Zenith OWN Movado? Lou? D? Anyone have information?Photo's:Crazy contours:Movement:Comparison with Zenith:My thanks.T

Super Ocean thoughts????
Thinking of picking up a super ocean 42 with the rubber strap. Any feedback? Just bought a DJII to replace my Tag Link and want a sports watch.