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• Watch Insider Previews the New Chopard Superfast 919 Porsche Motorsport Chronograph

  Recently I attended the Ennstal-Classic, a historical sports car rally in Austria, and while there had the chance to see the new Chopard Superfast 919 Porsche Motorsport Chronograph, a watch I like very much. Check it out (including specs and original photos) in this article, excerpted from my blog, Watch-Insider.Many well-known motorsport legends attended the Ennstal-Classic a festive gathering........

• Met Vandice in Singapore

  I met up with Vandice for coffee in Suntec City Singapore and had a great time. He was gracious to show me his collection of interesting watches. I had chance to examine his Seiko Spirit GMT SBQJ015 up close. It look so much better then any picture I've seen so far. But the most stunning piece in his collection is the Grand Seiko SBGT021. The watch is so gorgeous, especially the markers that refle........

• Just reserved a Limited Edition STOWA!

  STOWA is making a limited run of 120 pieces of their Marine Original manual wind watch. 80 for the U.S. market and 40 for outside of the U.S.I've been wanting a STOWA for quite a while. I was born in '63 and got to reserved #63/120. Official delivery is scheduled for October, but could be later.Here's the "regular" Marine Original from the STOWA site. The XXX/120 edition numbers will be right ........

• Factoid of the Day 4-7-08

  From the History and Evolution of the Wristwatch by JE Brazelman:Less than 100 years ago, no self-respecting gentleman would be caught dead wearing a wristwatch. In those days of yore, real men carried pocket watches, with a gold half-hunter being the preferred status symbol of the timeno pun intended.........