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Swarovski Octea Abyssal Automatic Watch
For the last few years I have really admired the collection of watches from Swarovski. They offered nicely designed quartz watches with a lot of cool personality and prices that aren’t totally outrageous. The only problem was that they were all ladies watches… bummer. My favorite model was the Octea Sport. Last year, I heard a rumor that Swarovski was going to release new men’s watches – it turned out to be true.For 2012, Swarovski gets three new watch families, all for men. My favorite is the Octea Abyssal Automatic – which is essentially a male version of the Octea Sport that is a super-looking watch for women. The toughest thing that these watches have going for them is the Swarovksi swan logo. You see it on the dial, on the crown, and on the case back. I guess the logo can grow on you, but it isn’t very masculine – not that it was ever designed to be.
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak RD#2 Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin Hands-On
I can say this from extensive experience; the Swiss do tend to?get rather dramatic when they decide they want to have all your attention. In this latest instance this tendency manifested in a black-walled chamber with pitch black tinted windows and dark orange lights, supposedly popular in the interrogation business, along with some pieces of timber to remind you that there is a nice, neat world somewhere out there-just not in here. Seriously, though, their focus on minimizing distractions is immediately, though perhaps subconsciously apparent, which is weird because the product itself is more than sufficient to capture the undivided?attention of any serious watch enthusiast-and that’s especially true, when the lid is off the new thinnest of its kind, the?Audemars Piguet Royal Oak RD#2 Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin.All hands-on images by David BredanLike its predecessor, the RD#1, this new piece is another concept watch that, as it stands, is not offered for sale. What it is, is