Steinhart GMT-Ocean Ceramic... Again

Yes, I couldn't helped picking up the Steinhart GMT-Ocean Ceramic from the watch winder again this morning. Beauty was truly in the eyes of the beholder.

I'd be on overseas business travels again later the week and I would most probably be bringing another more shock-resistant watch (perhaps the Ball Hydrocarbon), so I'd best wear the Steinhart for these few days before it rests in the winder for a short while.

New from Rolex : Deepsea Sea-Dweller D-Blue Dial

Rolex had earlier posted on its site that there was a new launch on 4th August 2014, and that generated a fair bit of buzz amongst watch forums and blogs on what the new watch may be.

At some point, the buzz from forummers was that it would be a blue dial Deepsea as per above. Well, they got the blue right to a certain extent; just that they didn't know that it was to be a two-tone as per below.

Well, the cat's out of the bag now and it's the new Deepsea Sea-Dweller D-Blue dial. Except for the new colours, it looked exactly the same as per its normal Black rendition. I rather like the way its colour transcends from blue to black though, with the little yellow submarine during the dive in a homage to James Cameroon's solo dive to the ultra-depths.

If I were to pick a Deepsea, I would gladly have the D-Blue dial. Well done, Rolex!

Beautiful Caseback : Edox Les Vauberts

Feeling itchy yesterday, I took off the Edox leather straps from the Les Vauberts and installed the 20mm Nato light brown and dark brown leather straps on the watch.

I was concerned that the stainless steel bits on the Nato would clash with the rose gold case of the Les Vauberts. Who would have expect that it was actually quite alright, and the watch feels more comfy with the Nato anyway. And till today, I am still so mesmerised by the beautiful case back for this piece.

And now I could hunt for more 20mm Nato.

Sunday with Steinhart GMT-Ocean Ceramic

Here's the GMT-Ocean Ceramic paired with a Nato dark brown leather strap. Looks good to me.

LumiBrite : Seiko SKX009J1 Pepsi

Seiko Lumibrite in action.

Watches Flipped Since the Start of This Blog

Like many watch enthusiasts, I have been flipping watches for a while. But just out of curiosity, let's examine some of the more memorable watches that I have flipped since the start of this blog in 2013 :

1) 2007 Seiko Perpetual Calendar (Out of warranty);
2) 2012 Oris Artelier Date (Out of warranty);
3) 2013 Tag Heuer Carrera Chronograph Calibre 16 (Wristwatch Annual 2013) (Under warranty);
4) 2013 Seiko Sportura Aviation Alarm Chronograph (Wristwatch Annual 2013) (Under warranty);
5) 2013 Seiko Monster Dracula (Under warranty);
6) 2013 Citizen EcoZilla (Under warranty);
7) 2013 Ball Fireman Night Train DLC (BNIB);
8) 2014 Oris Aquis Date (Under warranty);
9) 2014 Casio G-Shock Riseman Wave-Ceptor (Under warranty);
10) 2014 Certina DS Podium GMT (BNIB);
11) 2014 Orient Mechanical Force (BNIB);
12) 2014 Hamilton 3828 vintage chronograph (new old stock);
13) 2014 Steinhart Ocean Forty-Four (BNIB);
14) 2014 SevenFriday P3-01 (LNIB);
15) 2014 Edox GMT-Class 1 Titanium (LNIB).

The monies from the sale of the above watches went towards the purchases of some interesting pieces. Amongst them were the following :

1) 1972 Rolex Datejust vintage (pre-owned serviced with warranty);
2) 2005 Tag Heuer Kirium Ti5 (pre-owned serviced with warranty);
3) 2014 Edox Les Vauberts (BNIB);
4) 2014 Seiko SKX009JI Pepsi (BNIB);
5) 2012 Ball Hydrocarbon "Mad Cow" (pre-owned serviced with warranty);
6) 2014 Steinhart GMT-Ocean Ceramic (BNIB);
7) 2014 Steinhart Ocean Vintage Military (BNIB);
8) 2014 Steinhart Nav-B UHR Handwinding Bronze (BNIB-incoming).

There were some other watches purchased as gifts for family and friends, but these don't count as they were not really for my own consumption.

And since the start of this blog, daily accumulated readership has crossed the 21,665 threshold and hopefully would be increasing still.

It shall be interesting to see where this journey continues from hereon. Here's wishing that all of us wear our watches in good health!

Tick Tock : Anxiously Waiting Still

I've been waiting at the hospital for about 2.5 hours now. My wife had to undertake a minor surgery this morning. Time passes very slowly waiting for her to be wheeled out from the operating theatre and hopefully, with no complications. God, please give me the strength to stay calm...