dive we go JLC....

took a closer look at the JLC master compressor diving chronograph and GMT....... cast in grade 5 titanium, they are rated all the way down to 1000 m.....

both are stout and handsome at 44 mm in diameter....and are every wearable pieces..... comfortable and light, they surely make a good daily beater as well....

it certainly makes perfect sense to consider these watches, if u r in the market for one.....

reasons:

they look good...........
prices are reasonable...... (S$13,800 for the gmt with a rubber strap)......
equipped with in-house movements...
high quality materials (grade 5 titanium!)
sufficiently big on the wrist (44 mm)

there are many watches out there selling for MUCH MUCH MORE and yet use a modifited movement........ so why not go for the JLC watches..???

i have no idea why the GMT is a LE though..... at 1500 pcs, u should be able to find one at your nearest dealer....... and behold.....! if u need something bigger, there will be a version of the diving GMT at 46.3 mm......

slated for delivery towards the end of the year....... stay tuned...

???

i hate it when i have it busier on a monday than a friday........

why are there so many things to do..???

morning sighting....

was having breakfast at a popular coffee/kaya toast shop....

and within a short span of 30 mins.... i saw one panerai, 2 franck muller..... in THAT small shop space.....

not too bad at all.........

took the wrong passport..??

well i suggest ....

a BIG picture of the owner should be PRINTED ON THE PASSPORT COVER..... :)

a deal for you

those looking for BNIB panerai watches shd check this out....

http://www.network54.com/Forum/353390/thread/1214364811/last-1214364811/Panerai+For+Sale+%28William+Loi%29

there are the latest K serial pam24, pam90, pam104, pam183 and even the 233!! best of all, his asking prices are lower than MSRP......

his inventory is always good huh...........

smart protection........

the interesting feature of this technomarine royal marine diver (long name huh?) is the crown protector.....

i am very sure it will PROTECT the crown in all situations....... why? cos i think it's difficult even to access the crown, let alone to damage it..... :)

lookwise it is OK........ it will be better if the bezel is slightly larger...... what do u think?

funny funny

haha this is funny .................

but considering the reasons mah bow tan used to justify why the petrol duty has to stay, i think the writer has a valid point......

no one in singapore is expecting the government to subsidise fuel prices......... and unlike other neighbouring countries, we have to pay EXTRA for fuel.........

dun forget on top of the 44 cents of duty levied on each litre of petrol, we have to pay GST too......... tax on tax...... OUCH...

dress up

usually i dun pay attention to dress watches........... but recently due to some factors, am getting abit interested in the following 2 choices.......... i.e. iwc portuguese automatic 7 days PR....

between the 2, i prefer the white dial............. the watch looks good in pictures and looks better in real life..... very elegant in design and the execution....... however pls note the blue leather strap is actually not so BLUE..... it's very dark navy in colour....

easy to sum everything up in this manner...

likes:
in-house movement
7 days power reserve
deployment buckle
beautiful genuine leather strap
see-through back
42 mm case (quite big for a dress watch)

dislikes:
slow beat movement 21,600 vph (one probably wont notice bcos of the small seconds hand)
price (list for S$17,400 for the SS model)

shiokkkkkkk

monday morning ..... on my way to work, i saw a yellow colour lamborghini gallardo with a single digit number plate at marine parade..........

WOW..... i wonder how does it feel to drive a lambo to work???..... should be pretty SHIOK...!

zidane....????

even if one is an ardent fan of zinedin zidane..... he may not buy this......




i like the strap.... but the rest of the watch is so so.....



as for the caseback engraving, there's no resemblance to zidane at all.............. :)

magny cours..........

how much is luck involved in the making of champions.......... ?? well i know one certainly cant do without it.......

it's nice to see felipe massa taking the win.......... but at the same time, my mood was slightly dampened cos i feel so sorry for kimi raikkonen............ he was leading felipe comfortably until his exhaust broke....... and gosh he looked so disappointed......

so dominant were the scarlet cars that kimi was never challenged despite his handicap..... 3rd place jarno trulli was quite a distance away.........

to sum everything up, ferrari are just too good for the rest in france......

30 mins....

in about 30 mins time, we shall witness the qualifying session for this year's french GP......

as the results of the free practice sessions are a little vague, one cant tell who are the front runners for the race yet.....

i think ferrari will be strong ..... but of cos mclaren is very close behind.......... in fact, they are never far off...... such is the intense competition at the front.....

look out bmw..!!..... ferrari is back!

i shd grab a bite before everything starts........

hohoho..........

haha another "lack-of-effort" limited edition from AP...... this time they've done it in red...... just for the sake of their new boutique in geneva and named "Rhone-Fusterie"

seriously what's new....... or what's so special about this........

like many others, i'd choose a rubber clad or safari or themes royal oak offshore over this anytime..........

i dare to say this is fugly...........

and there's 1 for sale at visiotime now........ S$38,500 and yours to take home.....

yeah! it's friday....

finally finally the weekend is almost here....... and i have been looking forward to it since monday..!!

it's always a vicious cycle...... monday blues and the start of a work week..... but if everyday is a sunday, i betcha things gonna get boring pretty fast as well....

after that horrible experience a couple of days ago, i feel much better now...... can eat can sleep can watch tv........

on top of that, it's a race weekend......... the guys are in france right now...... something to catch on tv these coming 2 days.....

who will be on the top step of the podium come sunday??? i think either kimi or felipe could be.... either one of them.....

keeping my fingers crossed anyway........ we still have to get by the qualifying session........

almost

i took a HIT .......... a PUNCH........ whatever..... and i am relieved to have survived......

what happened? well last evening, i stepped into an office (involuntarily in fact) where the resident had a case of BO i.e. body odour...........

and i almost died..... i wanted to get out immediately but i cant!!!........ at first i did not know what happened but i felt unwell........... then it slowly dawned on me that IT WAS HIM!!! ....... it CAME FROM HIM....!!.....I COULD NOT BREATH!!!! the odour entered my nostrils into my brain straightaway ........and i could feel it punching through my SKULL......!!!!!!!!! way too forceful to withstand.....

after that i had a SPLITTING HEADACHE....... all the way through the night till this morning when i woke up........... i couldnt do nothing else but lie down horizontally.....

i admit defeat....... !!

let me tell you, it's worse than the rubbish dump........... it's really AMAZING.....

sorry but i really cant stand the smell..............

Soooooooooo busy

i must apologise for not making sufficient effort to update the blog...... but i am way way too busy recently.....

hope to see you soon

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btw there is a IWC ingenieur AMG chronograph in titanium for sale at www.visiotime.com ... since it's unworn (and i think almost "brand new"), it's quite a good deal at close to 35% off the list price of S$11,100........

link is here http://www.visiotime.com/index.php?page=ProductDetail&id=2829

i have nothing to do with visiotime...... just think that this is not too bad...... although it's not a very popular model, for the price there are no complaints......

if you prefer a timepiece with an in-house movement, they also have this 44 mm ingenieur with a ceramic bezel.........

http://www.visiotime.com/index.php?page=ProductDetail&id=2804

bag bag

there's something new from LV........ the beaubourg




sufficiently big to swallow A4-size documents, it is most suitable for work and leisure....... the inner pockets make it pretty versatile too.....



ahh....... this one shd be in the shopping list.......... it is also available in damier ebony but i prefer the one in monogram......

coffee........

nowadays i find myself getting lazy....... so instead of preparing my morning coffee fix the usual way, i do it the 3 in 1 way......... i.e. add water to the coffee mix and CUPPA..!

most 3-in-1 coffee mixes are plain .... tasteless and sorely lacking in oommphhhh but i am surprised this one is an exception........ it packs quite a punch in fact.....

extremely difficult to find and always out-of-stock, dun hesitate to buy this when u have the chance.......... prices vary too......... it was S$6.20 at cold storage supermarkets but only S$5.00 over at NTUC...... dun ask me why .....just very weird.......

if u like coffee, i am sure u will like this...... in case you cant find, OLD TOWN brand white coffee is not too bad .......... pretty close in taste...

midweek rant.....

it's only wednesday and we are halfway there......... halfway to the weekend..!!! no matter what, weekends are definitely better than weekdays.........haha cos there is no work on WEEKENDS..!!!

YEAH..! if only tomorrow is FRIDAY..........

fortunately today is a peaceful day and there were no surprises at work......... i very much enjoy this rare experience haha............. no news is good news.......... and i dun like surprises.....

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and whether u drive or not doesnt matter, the oil crisis is going to KILL US ALL......... in one way or another............ can someone do something about it????? how can this price be sustainable.........???? and it's still going up........ who is drinking up those barrels of crude..????

sooner or later our cars are going to grind to a halt..........

shoessssssssss DUNHILL now....

WOW............ these 2 new releases from DUNHILL are SIMPLY deliciousssss...............



and the coloured laces are a nice touch......... WELL DONE>.........!!! certainly the entire package makes me wanna splash my cash on them.......... for i would like just to own them....... other than blue and yellow, may i know what other colours are there for the laces..????

if i have to choose........between the 2, i would take the PUNCHED OXFORD (pic below)......... the smooth and semi-glossy leather is just AWESOME.......

way to GO DUNHILL....!!

yup... take nothing for granted......

who would have expected that the race ended in such a way for kimi raikkonen and lewis hamilton............ at the end of the pitlane????? ....... and bcos of the redlight...???? was the redlight too small or too LOW...???

the biggest loser of the weekend is lewis hamilton, no doubt about it ..... for he was flying around montreal and could have won easily...... if not for the safety car, no one could have caught him i think......

well it was a race full of incidents, as usual some might say, but still there was excitment for the fans and some of the drivers...... and congrats to robert kubica for scoring his first every f1 win...... i am sure there will be more to come.... for him and BMW sauber......

i just feel sorry for kimi and also felipe.......... i wonder who and what messed up massa's first pitstop.......

so take nothing for granted........ turns can swing very swiftly during a race....... one moment is all it takes to turn a hero to zero...... or vice versa haha......

not going to be your day??

in less than an hour, the canadian GP would be starting.....

looking at how the scarlet cars were doing in qualifying, i have a feeling that it's not going to be their day....

well if they cant fight for the win, might as well go for the next best thing....... looks like lewis hamilton stands a very good chance of making it 2 wins in a row....

i suspect alonso is on a LOW fuel load............ a deliberate move to let him qualify way up on the grid....

if the weather turns up......... haha., it will all turn messy......... this is a greasy place and with lotsa of concrete walls....!!

shopping at lunch..... SKINXWEAR

it was boring at lunch...... so after a simple meal, decided to shop around .......

if u havent heard of skinxwear, then u shd explore their offerings........... which is unusually good for the price.......

at many stores, their selection was mostly limited and fortunately managed to see more of skinxwear on display today.....

i think there are quite a few NEW products and since i was low on motivation, i thought why not not indulge in a little retail therapy..... in the end, i picked this one....



which by the way has an interesting name.......... FORM A.... i have no idea what A stands for...



the cut for the brief is quite good.....



and i simple love MICROFIBRE..... cotton in comparison is just not as COOL...... nor as durable



looking at the quality of elastic band, i have confidence it will not only HOLD but LAST too......



i like the thin and soft material................



for S$12.90, it's worth every penny................

you are not your son..........

more often heard is "you are not your father" ........ when a child attempts to emulate his daddy's feats

in this particular case, we shall say "you are not your son".... WHY? u may ask......

cos lewis hamilton's FATHER crashed a porsche carrera GT in england......!!!........ and no, it didnt happen on a race track but rather a road near his home..........



pic copyright of The Times online

WOW.... and it sure looked bad...... and "you are not your son"........... although i think he can easily afford another GBP330,000 car......... right?

fantasy....

there are many professional bloggers............ and they probably earn a good living from blogging.......... nothing else but blogging....

however, at least in singapore, there might only be a handful of people that can do that...... the rest would always stay as amatuers....

just for fun, i have tapped on adsense............ i think i could maybe earn 5 cents a month??..... haha.........

anyway i started out of fun and it shall remain so...... unless i get 5000 hits a day..... haha so it shall remain as fantasy......

sick

WOW.... i know the reventon is "SICK"...... but pictures of the car's delivery is way way awesome....!!!................. come on, LOOK AT THE FRONT... it kinda will eat everything in its path huh.......... :)

lamborghini is making only 20 of this masterpiece............ 20??? for the whole wide world..????..... that's barely enough for USA i think..... haha.....

but again, at 1 million euro dollars, one gotta be filthy RICH to afford one.....

i feel sick just thinking about it............

feels like home....

i have good feelings about the new submariner........

with a maxidial and cerachrom bezel, i am sure it will fly off the shelves........ the supercase will of cos do the watch no harm, other than making it stronger and more musculine.......

can i have one please.???.......... in white gold.... :)

the POLARIS.....

i know many people are going ga-ga over this reissue........... and the number of queries and bookings reflect that sought-after demand......



since the watch is limited to 768 pieces, i reckon that less than 10 would be allocated to singapore..... cough up the money to book one early if u do not wish to miss out.........

however i am not sure if i like this sufficiently to want it ........... i think it may be a piece that belongs to the "GOOD TO HAVE" category......

tacky tacky tag

tags are usually far from interesting...........



however, increasingly they are making their presence felt....and seen too..........

these 2 are good examples........ not only are they loaded with engravings and text, much effort was expended to make them look TACKY.....

these are timepieces that probably cannot stand the test of time..........

Nautica watches

this looks pretty decent for S$489............ but that isnt exactly small change either.....

so what do u get for the money?

well for a start pls dun expect any mechanical movement for this price......... only quartz applies.....



however, the design does seem to be made up of bits and pieces from many other beautiful watches......

bell bell....... arabic numerals???

which one is nicer.........notice i didnt say better.........

do me a favour .....please?

pls let me know your choice of the dial........... either one with arabic numerals or index markers.....

i suspect the index dial might be brighter in the dark............

for old times' sake.....

everyone, well ok almost everyone, is digging through their archives to search for inspiration...........

and one of the better timepieces to come out of this vintage craze is the new "OLD" aquatimer ..... which is part of the IWC vintage collection.....

simple and handsome

OH oh....... and oh no....

chee soon juan and sister are going to jail.......... for 12 and 10 days respectively......

and while they have exercised their rights to appeal, i dun think they have a good chance.....

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/351353/1/.html

maybe they should not waste time (and money) and just get over with it..........

OUCH..!

there is a new drama at 9 pm tonight......... and i have no idea why mediacorp chose a highheeled shoe to front their latest effort.....

and it looks dangerous............ sharp and pricky huh......... OUCH....

lends a new meaning to spike heels.....

scarlet is always nicer..........

well ferrari cars always look better in scarlet.....



and this new car is gorgeously handsome.......... tail pipes are COOL......



the front grille looks too similar to a maserati though............



i like the FINS.....

since this car is a 2+, u can carry the occasional passengers too.......... which makes it ideal as an everyday car???? hehe.........

one dun actually need 450 hp from monday to friday.............. but too much is always better than too little......

something new from maranello....

ah there is a new car on the way... i mean a new ferrari car...... the california ......

which is a hardtop convertible.......... YEAH SEXYYYYY.....

but i'd prefer a coupe any day......