The Breitling Watch Blog

Much to my Chagrin (I’m a hockey fan, but not an LA Kings fan..), Graham Watches has teamed up with the L.A. Kings NHL Hockey Franchise to promote their latest Limited Edition watch to celebrate the L.A. Kings winning the Stanley Cup last season. However, its a cool subdued Graham Chronofighter, which is always nice to see so I’ll forgive them 😉 Its got some neat limited edition features that make it stand out has being a little bit more than just a new dial and fancy caseback including the diamond and inscription on the side.

From Graham:
“Never one to rest on their laurels, GRAHAM is off to a speedy start in 2013 as the Official Timing Partner of the Los Angeles Kings Ice Hockey team, winners of the 2012 NHL Stanley Cup Championship.

The Los Angeles Kings are back and ready to play the 2012-2013 season with GRAHAM as the Official Timing Partner of the successful American ice hockey team. The Kings headed into the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs in 8th place in the Western Conférence, and fought their way to the top, playing their final winning game on their home ice, for their first championship win. To celebrate this sought-after achievement and honour their hard work, GRAHAM has developed a limited edition in the vein of its adrenaline timepieces.”

You can read more on the Graham Website on the link below.

Functions
Chronograph (seconds, 30 minutes counter). Date at 8 o’clock
Hours, minutes, seconds

Calibre
Calibre G1747, automatic chronograph, 28’800 A/h (4Hz), Incabloc shock absorber
25 jewels
Power reserve . 48 hours

Case
47 mm steel case with a white diamond (0.014 cts) on the right flank and 2012 inscription engraved
Black carbon left hand fast-action start/stop trigger and black rubber reset pusher
Black ceramic bezel
Domed sapphire crystal, anti-reflective coating on both faces
Smoked sapphire crystal case back with LA Kings – Stanley Cup Champions logo and limited edition serial number

Link:
http://www.graham1695.com/en-gb/company/news/graham_with_la_kings_january_2013.aspx

Time again for a wrist shot dump! All the wrist shots sitting in my temporary photos folder, all dumped into a file for you guys to check out. Here they are:

IWC Pilots Chrono

Panerai PAM88

Sinn 857

Panerai PAM320

Wyler Code-R Chronograph

Graham Chronofighter

Steinhart Pilot Limited Edition

Rolex Milgauss

Zenith Defy Classic Power Reserve

Breitling Avenger Seawolf

Zenith Defy Classic Power Reserve Again!

Hope you enjoyed this edition of “The Wrist Shot Dump”!

Just posted a video review of my Glycine Airman 46. Very cool aviation watch with a 24hr bezel and eta movement and Swiss Made. I really like Glycine watches and figur d a big 46mm Airman really hit the spot.

Happy New Year Everyone! After a short break to celebrate the holiday season, I’m back with a little review of a cool strap from NuboStraps.

Just got in my new Nubo Straps Bullet strap not too long ago and will be posting a review in the PaneraiSource Aftermarket Panerai Straps section soon, but I couldn’t wait to show you all how cool it is!

The ATR stamped on the keeper stands for “At the Ready”, symbolizing the spirit of preparedness that one should have in any life situation. Norman from NuboStraps is a fan of survival gear and his enthusiasm shows in this great strap. It is definately the most innovative use of shell casings that I have ever seen on a strap.

The shells he mounted were .40 Caliber S&W made by Winchester, which have a nice look on them. He mounted a total of 4 casings on the strap, two which are decorative, and two used to hold the strap on. The strap is sized for a single wrist size, and cannot be adjusted so these straps need to be custom made to your wrist size.

Overall it makes my Panerai PAM320 look like one badass watch, though not suitable for all occasions. Good to wear for a day at the range or out in the bush. Very nice job, and I’ll review the watch in more detail later!

Panerai finally updated their website, and boy does it look great! And this isn’t a superficial update to the front where they just make the first few pages the same and keep the rest, this is a complete ground-up modernization of the site.. looks fantastic. I have to say they definately put a lot of work into it. Even has a cool little video to introduce you to the site:

http://www.panerai.com/en/teaser