not a torch....

it's a well known fact that luminova in modern watches glow intensively when exposed to the sun .......

what is not commonly known is that the intensity decreases rapidly indoors........ very very rapidly indeed..... to those ppl who expect the watch to lume for HOURS, well you gonna be disappointed.....

however, the lume will still be there over a period of time......... and that is obvious in dark surroundings (i.e. little ambient light).......

machine or watch or what ...??

retailing for S$114,900, MB&F no 3 the starcruiser is surely a timepiece that invokes a strong feeling within those that have seen it upclose and personal..... for you either love it or hate it....

indeed a strange feeling overcame me when i put it on my wrist........ because i have no idea how to tell the time on this strange creature!!

only when u tilt the watch away from yourself will you discover the red indicators that display the hours and minutes...... and suddenly you realise OOOHHHHH I SEEEEEE.......

although the watch is quite an engineering feat, the plastic case that MB&F uses to ship the watch is the true gem, which was brilliant; simple and effective without the need for space-age materials or special boxes....... only a 2 pc plastic container with dual layers of plastic film...

if your dealer is willing to show you, i have no doubt you will be impressed......

the richard mille rm023

this is my first sighting of the very new richard mille rm023............

and i was struck by the finishing of the rose gold bezel........ as smooth as butter and as reflective as a mirror.......

be very careful if you buy this cos it's going to be tough to keep scratches away haha.....

brave men...

i have to salute the brave men who were at downtown kuala lumpur.... they fought bravely despite all the odds stacked against them.....

although the gathering was illegal, they have a common cause.... i.e. all of them believe that the ISA is obsolete and redundant........

now there is a fine line between an illegal protest and a people's movement........ so let's not jump to conclusions at this point..... one can be a jail-bird today and become a president in time to come...... while there were former presidents who became jail-birds......

ahhhh politics, it's an evil we cant do without.....

the old and the new gmt master II.......

before we all forget the colourful instruction booklets we used to get...... let's have a comparison of the covers between the old and the new.....

list or premium?... for the milgauss GV....

for almost every item you buy in singapore, the government just smiles on the sidelines as they collect the big monies from the GST charged...... so in this case, where the list price for the rolex milgauss 116400GV is S$9,012, i noticed that the government is pocketing $589.57....... HHMMMMMMM

i'd heard of people who paid above S$20,000 for a milgauss GV, good gracious!! .... and recently i also saw a tourist who bought one for S$10,500 from an AD........

on my last visit to ADs in the chinatown area, they told me the selling price is around S$9,500.... which is quite reasonable compared to the huge premiums they used to ask for.....

so if you can wait, getting one at list price no longer is impossible........

hand made....

sometimes we wonder why are factory-original leather straps so expensive.....

to make things palatable for their customers, bell & ross tells you that their straps are hand made.......

too bad they didnt say whose hands....

august....

finally august is here .....

and i can guarantee that it's going to be a busy month haha but on hindsight, was there a month of lull and rest? not that i can recall.........

anyway work is still work and life simply has to go on...... the only possible intervention is that i become the winner of a big lottery haha, then perhaps i can think of quitting and become a ASK....

i love saturdays only when they are non-working days....... so that i can sleep late and wake up late...... hmmmm it always feels good when one getta long rest .....

wish you have a great weekend ahead....... and happy shopping..!!