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Proposed Legislation May Break Your Digital Watch
If your digital watch automatically adjusts for daylight-savings, congress may be about to make it obsolete. According to this CNN story, lawmakers recently approved legislation that will extend daylight-savings by a total of two months: Lawmakers crafting energy legislation approved an amendment Wednesday to extend daylight-saving time by two months,...
Seiko Introduces the First E-paper Watch
Getting caught up on my gadget news this morning, I noticed that my pals over at Gizmodo got the scoop on a new E-paper watch that Seiko exhibited at Baselworld 2005. It actually looks more like a bracelet than a watch, but since it tells the time, I guess that...
Review of the Suunto n6HR MSN Direct Watch
View the Suunto n6HR photo gallery. If you're interested in this watch, I can make the decision really easy for you. As always, I'll go into all kinds of detail below, but for the majority of you, this first paragraph will be all you need. Here it goes: If you're...
Buying a $30,000 Rolex with $5 Bills May Look Suspicious
Rolex and crime seem to go together like Red Bull and vodka. This evening, via the Courier Mail, we learn of two Australians teenage boys who inadvertently aroused suspicion by casually counting out 6,000 $5 bills at a Denver jewelry store to pay for a $30,000 Rolex. Sensing that something...
The TAG Heuer Calibre 360
While getting caught up on email this weekend, I came across a note from TAG Heuer about the Calibre 360 concept watch that was introduced at Basel this year. First, TAG Heuer introduced the Microtimer, the first wristwatch accurate to 1/1000th of a second. Now they are making watch history...
The Bell & Ross 01 Instrument Collection
Bell & Ross has announced their new 01 Instrument Collection at Baselworld 2005. There's very little information available other than pictures at this point, though I've been promised some early information, so I'll post more once it arrives. In the meantime, the Bell & Ross website lists four models: BR...
Swatch Internet Time
I came across an interesting site recently called timeanddate.com which has answers to pretty much any and all time/date related questions. Among their many articles and resources, I found an extremely thorough explanation of Swatch Internet Time, including a tool for converting Internet Time to "standard" time in about 130...
The Casio Overland
Of course, the Casio Overland only appears to be available in Japan (aren't all the coolest Japanese watches?), but if you have some strings over there, they might be worth pulling to get your hands on one of these. In my opinion, the Casio Overland is the nicest looking solar...
Watch Shopping in San Francisco
Over the last three weeks, I have been in the process of moving from Washington D.C. to San Francisco. Although I've been very busy with housing, hotels, commuting, working, and coordinating my relocation, I'm never too busy to do a little watch shopping. I picked up a Tissot T-Touch primarily...
1965 Rolex Oyster Perpetual
The Rolex Oyster Perpetual is, by any measure, a timeless classic. The one pictured on the right was my first Rolex, given to me by my father, and given to him by his father in 1965 as a high school graduation present. I wore it in high school myself, unaware...
Rado Invents the World’s Hardest Watch: the Rado V10K
Swiss watchmaker Rado has been obsessing over highly scratch resistant watches for over 40 years, and now it looks like they have truly outdone themselves with the Rado V10K. The name "V10K" comes from 10,000 Vickers. Vickers are a measurement of hardness and resistance, and 10,000 is the top of...
More on the New Tissot Navigator 3000
I know from reading my server logs that a lot of people come to Watch Report to read the post on the new Tissot Navigator 3000. For all you Tissot fans out there, here's the rest of the story: According to a supplier for Jared, the Tissot Navigator 3000 will...