Seiko Black Dial Stainless Steel Men's Quartz Watch SRW037

The Omega Speedmaster X-33
Say Hi to the Omega Speedmaster X-33. Introduced in 1998, this is one amazing watch. Omega literally flight (and crash) tested it with NASA and military pilots, experimenting with several design iterations before settling on and shipping two commercial versions. It was designed for pilots and space flight, and is rated by NASA for the mission to Mars. Without a doubt, this is one of the coolest and most interesting analog-digital watches ever made.

19 th century minute repeater( pics)
I figured I'd post some pictures of this while I had it opened.It's an English minute repeater from around 1890.This is the view under the dial and again with some parts removed The piece in the center tells the repeating mechanism what time it is by the "steps" on it's arms. This is the minute and quater rack. Just remember this was made without the use of computers and modern cutting technology , just a saw and files.Here it is back in place. This is a replacement spring made for the watch about ten years ago when first purchased and the reason it made it's way to me.It's like seeing an old friend.

The new one unveiled at the ATL GTG today
I was not disappointed:These are phone shots from the ATL GTG. The top one still has the sticker on the crystal.I'll try to post some better photos and a review in a day or so. Bill will have a photo or two taken at this GTG which was well attended BTW. Lots of great guys, great watches, good food and fellowship. I'm already looking forward to the next one in October.

Vegas Incoming
I was staying at the Bellgaio in Vegas and won some money so went into Tesorini (Rolex AD inside Bellagio) looking for a Ceramic sub, or rhodium dial datejust. They had jus sold a ceramic sub yesterday so that was out of the picture. I was considering the datejust...but eventually passed on it. As I was walking out, my sales lady says ¡°you won¡¯t believe what we just got¡±. She goes to the back and comes back with a Sea-Dweller....I was shocked. Bought it right away. Had it shipped home to save on taxes.She told me the day before (12/21), they had received a surprise shipment of two subs, two Daytona¡¯s, and two BLNR¡¯s. Vegas stores must get allocated a lot of these hot watches due to their high sales volume? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Esquire Magazine cover- SD43
While at Barnes and Noble walked by the magazines and looked down and saw the watch I was wearing on the cover of Esquire magazine- pretty cool. Had to buy it.