Repeat…the Vintage Watch Service is Back On-line at 14.17 GMT Monday August 15th 2005.

Enjoy.

Over at the excellent watchuseek they have a new Diver’s forum, excellent idea and also check out the new layout which will be rolled out over the entire site, 10/10 from me.

Anyhow…seems those diver guys need a little guidence on what is the best watch in the world. Jon who mod’s the Omega forum over there has put out a call to action, so guys lets show the new forum those Omega divers!

Here’s my top two.

Post pics of your Omega diver’s in this thread.

It’s not easy being me you know, life can be hard at times, so many decisions and choices to make.

Some are very easy….

Gizmodo or Engadget is very straightforward. The elegance and superior writing skillz of the Gizmodo weblog far outweigh the rather forced and tabloid style of the upstart Enbodget [sic].

Some a trifle more difficult….

Windows, OS X or Linux as your operating system requires attacking on a few fronts. Windows in the form of a cheap Dell box for the office grunt work. OS X in the form of a 15″ Powerbook and a Dr Bott Ti 15″ case for meetings and your personal machine. Linux for web servers and then the rather neat and as geeky as it gets Damn Small Linux on a bootable USB stick for carrying your operating system in your pocket.

Some though are darn near impossible….

Does the Seamaster 300 circa 1960’s go better with the Black or Silver Motorola Razr?

That is almost impossible to call and may remain one of life’s unanswered questions.

As I said, its not easy being me.

Mauritius for a fortnight.

This makes our friend Velociphile’s primer even more apt.

“Here is a box, a musical box, wound up and ready to play. But this box can hide a secret inside. Can you guess what is in it today ?”

Can you guess?

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This little bundle of perfection had to go back to Mr Omega for a while, I sure did miss it.

Mr Omega in his wisdom decided a new one would be in order and here it is!

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Just when you thought it was safe he’s baaaaccccckkkk!

Omega Blogger’s fave ebay seller [sorry non-seller] is back hawking the “OMEGA RARE GOLD MOON WALK COLLECTOR WATCH” [moon walk, hahahaha].

There comes a point when things turn from farce to tragedy, I think we have reached that point with this seller. Please can somebody email him and offer to re-write the listing, that guy needs help.

eBay.co.uk

A big thanks to our friend Velociphile for this great primer.

“Here is a box, a musical box, wound up and ready to play. But this box can hide a secret inside. Can you guess what is in it today ?”

Can you guess?

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Shanghai (China) – Wednesday 03 August 2005
Simon and Qi Qi evoke 1920s Shanghai to help OMEGA mark magnificent milestone

OMEGA Celebrates 110 Years in China

OMEGA celebrated 110 years in the China market with a glamorous press conference held today at the Old Train Station in Shanghai; the occasion was graced by two of the brand’s leading global ambassadors, Simon and Qi Qi. To mark the first OMEGA watches ever produced for the Chinese market, OMEGA also launched the latest exclusive edition of its famed Railmaster family, the Railmaster Limited Edition in Gold. Read the rest of this entry »

Hmmmm, I thought the price of those moon watch Speedmasters had been rising lately.

NASA needs parts no one makes anymore. So to keep the shuttles flying, the space agency has begun trolling the Internet — including the Web sites of Yahoo Inc. and EBay Inc. — to find replacement parts for electronic gear that would strike a home computer user as primitive.

NASA checks EBay for obsolete parts

Remember, the weekend doesn’t start until we see what’s in the Aqualung.

Can you guess?

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