Seiko Chronograph Black Dial Stainless Steel Men's Watch SSB045

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar in Yellow Gold (Updated with Live Photo & Price)
At SIHH 2016 in January, Audemars Piguet has gone for what many would consider old-school horological luxury ¡ª releasing a new version of its Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar in classical yellow gold.Why yellow gold, you might ask ¡ª a material that has in recent years fallen out of vogue in the watch aficionado community. Audemars Piguet, whose motto “To break the rules, you must first master them” is on bold display here, refers to it as luxury watchmaking’s “most elemental material… the universal emblem of indestructible beauty, energy and light… symboliz[ing] wealth and power.” Like the most recent models of the Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar, in steel and rose gold (and more on which can be discovered here), this watch has a 41-mm case in the classical octagonal style of the Royal Oak collection and featuring a clear, glareproof sapphire caseback. It has a screw-locked crown, ensuring water-resistance of 20 meters.The au courant b

Seiko Prospex Spring Drive Tuna SBDB008 Watch
Seiko SBDB008The Prospex line of professional divers from Seiko has long been a rich source of fine watches and superb engineering, sadly less known than they deserve due to Japan-only sales. This one is worth questing for though, it's the new-for-2013 SBDB008, in the Prospex Marinemaster collection. Spring Drive (cal 5R65), DLC titanium shroud, titanium nitride (the gold colored bits) highlights, date window tucked in at 4:30, and a new handset. From the sheen, it looks like the bezel insert is ceramic, which would be a nice touch. I like this one, though it's tall at 16.2mm thick. Width not known, but we know that those are 22mm lugs so probably 44mm plus. 72 hour power reserve, and that movement is rated at +-15s/month.It's on page 41 of the Japanese-language Seiko 2013 catalog (PDF). From that, list price is 399,000JPY, or about $3,900USD as of today. Limited edition of only 300 pieces, on the bright side AZ Fine Time has announced they'll be getting these for US sale.A hat tip to

Swarovski Watches
Does anybody know anything about Swarovski watches such as this one: Click HereI'm curious who makes them, because I'm assuming Swarovski has someone else do most of the work. I just bought that one in the eBay auction; my friend had that same watch and it was stolen so I figure I'll surprise him with it for Christmas. He paid $500 for it new soo I got a little better deal. Now if only I could find the original bracelet that should be with it (the eBay seller said he threw it away because it didn't fit??? ok kinda odd ).

INCOMING!!! My PATEK 5960/1a from THANH DO AKA TAKUYA - THE BEST SELLER EVER
Just a teaser, more to follow

Luminor overhaul
Some pictures of the Panerai I'm overhauling atm, will do an after-picture as well.