Ulysse Nardin Freak 28800

Saturday 1/27/12 What do you wear on the weekend?
I'm wearing the Coleman today. I could use a little guidance on this one. Here it is with the new hands but they don't match the green dots. My question is whether these hands are the correct style and color for this model. Are the dots the correct color or have they aged to this color? Should I have the dots relumed to match the hands or the old hands redone to match the dots? Or just leave it as is. In person, the dots do not stand out prominently like they do in the photo. Edit - Although after comparing mine to Tom's Coleman, it looks like my green lume is sort of piled on top of the dots while Tom's looks more like the lume is recessed into the dot surrounded by a gold ring. Maybe I'll just try to scrape the green off and see what's underneath.Re-edit - I opened it up and scraped off the green lume. The good news is that below all that green was a lighter color lume just like Tom's that matches the hands fairly well. On some dots, the green popped off fairly easily. On

Omega's a tv watch!
I see SNBC will be selling Omegas. Will that make them less cool or well-made?

I did the inevitable, burned a hole in my pocket again...
I did it again... Wasn't really interested in this piece at first due to the heft, but after seeing it on the wrist of a certain AP CEO here in HK and him taking it off for me to try again, I did the inevitable....Every time, I tell myself to stop buying, it just doesn't happen...I must say though, it's growing on me every second... The tantalum and rose gold is a great match this way. Not over blingy!

Growing up a bit (new delivery, AP gold)
After having having used, almost exclusively, stainless steel dive watches for 20 years, the last 12 months I've started exploring a proper dress watch. At the same time, I feel that true dress watches such as ultra thins, too many complications etc are not really for me. I want something that is a bit simple, elegant and a tad sporty, at least a bit water proof to handle an unexpected dip in the water and one that is practical to use. I started looking at gold, e.g. some type of gold version of one of the Rolex watches I've been using for 15 years, but I find them often be a bit too yellow sometimes for my tastes and then I also really like the combo of gold on a leather strap, which further limited my Rolex choices. Before vacation a couple of weeks ago I had the chance to see a AP Royal Oak 15300OR at an AD for the first time and I was smitten by the design, appearance and comfort. It felt much more distinguished and mature than all the various divers I use, even the vintage ones. T

I hope my wife likes it
After chasing this model for a while, I found one at last in almost new condition with an unused steel bracelet. So now a white racing leather strap ordered and there is some time to get it home before her birthday in April when she will get it.