Pilot Log Version 4.0

I have updated the measurement for my Sector 600 digital/analog chronograph.

• Stainless steel bezel, case and caseback
• water resistant 100m
• uni-directional timing bezel
• digital chronograph for up to 99 days (first 24 hr is 1/100 sec chrono, after that its 1 sec) digital countdown timer for up to 99 days
• alarm + alarm agenda (that's an alarm that can be set by date)
• second time zone
• LCD can be completely blacked out or showing just the date at 3 o'clock

The measurements are 43mm bezel, 51mm across (3 to 9 o'clock) including the crown guard, 47mm from 2 to 8 o'clock without the pusher, 51-52mm lug-to-lug (tip-to-tip) size, 30mm crystal/dial size and 24mm lug size.

bezel
The bezel has 120 clicks and its uni-directional. It has 60 min marks all the way around, which I like. The bezel is actuall quite difficult to turn, especially with the original integrated rubber strap. The bezel is easiest to use when you turn it by 6 and 12 o'clock position. But with the integrated rubber strap, the curved lugs kinda blocked that easy to grab position.

crystal
I *think* the crystal is saphhire. I think for sure the later titanium/stainless steel version uses sapphire crystal which was printed on the back of the caseback. But mine doesn't say sapphire. My *guess* is only based on the fact that there's already a few light marks on the bezel but the cystal remains scratch free. (I got the watch used. And with the price that I paid, I don't really care if the crystal is sapphire or not :p )

Indices / hands / lume
The indices and hands has polished edges which is a nice touch. The lume is white during date and has a green-ish flow in the dark. The brightness is no Seiko and Omega divers' bright (and I am not expecting it to be). I would only called it marginal. But no worries, the EL panel is bright enough to read the analog hands position as well when activated.

pushers / crown / operation
The crown is a non-screw down type. When the crown is pulled out, you can set the analog time. You can push the crown in to activate the EL panel to read the digital readout, and its bright enough to read the analog hands as well. You can also turn the crown (in its normal position) to scroll between different functions and advance the numbers when setting the digital portion of the watch. The top pusher is for setting the watch (press and hold it down) or starting/stopping the STW and CDT. The lower pusher advance to the next field when setting the watch or to reset the STW and CDT. A notce on the crown protector, you don't have to flip up the crown protector for scrolling between different functions, but you do if you want to push the crown in to activate the EL panel for night time viewing.

Pro (things I like)

• I quite like the styling of the watch with the polished edged indices and hands
• The timing feature is quite complete on this watch
• Crown protector that actually works

• I wished the bezel is easier to use all the times
• The analog/digital time is separate (adjusting one wouldn't change the other)
• The reversed (white on black) digital numbers can be hard to light in low light (the EL panel fixes that)

I think my next watch should be a Casio Pathfinder. So far, I think I might go back to PAW1300 with titanium bracelet. After owning the PAW1500T, though it has better WR and better dial layout, I think I like the lower profile of the PAW1300 better. At least that's so far, I might just wait until any new information from Casio's next release of Pathfinder triple sensor and see what's going to be the newer and better Pathfinder.

I got a Traser P6506 with Sterile (no-brand) Mil dial. This one has a black 24hr dial with no "Traser" brand, titanium case and bracelet (folded end links, solid links secure with split pins, with diver extension), sapphire crystal with AR coating on the inside, carbon fiber reinforced composite bezel with tritium tube pip, and screw down case back and crown with WR200m.

I guess I like the style of Traser P650x. The first P6504 Black Storm Pro that I own and sold. I liked it, but the PVD case made it look smaller than it is and the red second hand just stands out a bit much. I like the color theme of the P6506 much better with the matt Ti color and black/white on the dial and bezel.

Maybe I have room for another watch, but I have no idea what it should be ... LOL :p

I have created a For Sale page just so that I can list the watches (or other items) from my collection that I made available. This is the web, right? Might as well use it. :D

Sold my Seiko Marinemaster 300m automatic (the love/not-so-much relationship continues, I really need to put an end to his buy/sell relationship, LOL), Ocean7 LM3 (winding crown too small), and Ocean G2 Chrono (don't know why but I am over it already).

I still have my Marathon SAR (back to as my favourite) and Seiko SBDW005 Landmaster Kinetic (all the design element makes so much sense), and other G-Shocks. I *might* clean up my G-Shock draw as well. We'll see.

With the available funds, I plan to get one (1) watch, diver style (uni-directional timing bezel), at least WR200M, 22mm lug size, fantastic lume, and something either automatic, kinetic or solar. Seiko SBDD001 or SBDD003 (black PVD) Kinetic direct drive 200m diver seems to fit the description, but I don't agree with the price tag (upwards of US$1400 for a kinetic) ... yet. Or maybe a Breitling Super Ocean Steelfish (black or blue dial) or a Stowa Seatime (black dial and bezel) sounds good too.

• Brand recognition
  Both are pretty "big" name in watch industry. But I am sure almost everybody that heard of the name "Omega" and "Rolex" will agree to the question of: Rolex > Omega (in terms of brand recognition). Of course, you are paying for that brand recognition as well (which means given everything else is the same, you will be paying more money for owning some that has a "Rolex" label on it than you do for an "Omega"). Unfortuniately, I don't believe in paying for just the "name brand", so I think Omega wins
• Case
  I think design-wise, Omega SMP GMT has a more contoured design that's more elegant. Rolex Explorer II has a classic/iconic tool watch design and it gets the job done. BTW, water resistant of Omega SMP GMT is 300m vs Rolex Explorer II is 100m. I would say Omega wins on a more elegant design and higher water resistant rating.
• Dial and hands
  Both dial are white with black framed hands and markers (very easy to read). The Omega SMP GMT does have a subtle wave pattern adds nice touch to the dial. The huge MOD style markers and swords hands with great lume on the Omega SMP GMT is joy to look at. The Rolex Explorer II has a classic mil sub dial and the iconic mercedes hands. wtih applied indices. Speaking of lume, Omega SMP GMT should blow away the Rolex Explorer II. Each of the set of hands and dial are great. I wanted to give slight edge to Omega SMP GMT because of the great lume and iconic (to SMP series) MOD dial and sword hands. But I am actually going to give it a tie because the Rolex Explorer II's dial and hands are well executed as well.
• Bezel
  While I like a true uni-directional diver timing bezel, neither Omega SMP GMT nor Rolex Explorer II features it. Omega SMP GMT has a bi-directional clicking 24 hr bezel without a lumed dot and Rolex Explorer II has a fixed 24hr bezel. While both are good for a GMT watch (to tell the time of a 2nd time zone (Rolex) or even a 3rd time zone (Omega), the rotating bezel on the Omega can still be used, though not effectly, for timing purposes. So I will have to say Omega wins.
• Bracelet
  Both watches feature 20mm lug size. Omega SMP GMT white dial comes with a black SMP style bracelet links and very solidly built clasp. The only down side for it is that it lacks easy to use micro adjustment holes on the clasp. It does comes with half links for the bracelet, but it takes time if you want to adjust the bracelet size. Rolex Explorer II has a oyster style bracelet with a stamped clasp. It works well but its not as solidly built then the Omega ones. I know Omega put together a more solid bracelet, but I would say Rolex wins by default because the Omega's is just not easy to adjust it quickly. But Omega is not far behind because the clasp is so well made and solid.
• Movement & Time keeping
  Both are COCS ceritied, so this should be a tie. But ... and a HUGE but, Rolex uses an in-house movement (made by and only available to Rolex) while Omega uses an ETA movement (available to other brand). So that's a clear Rolex wins right there. Omega's still gets the job done, but I have to give the edge to an in-house movement (and known for being reliable to boot!).
• Conclusion
  For me, I would spend my imaginary money on the Omega SMP GMT because of:
  • I like the MOD dial and swords hands better
  • better lume
  • better case style
  • has a rotating bezel
  • higher water resistant rating
  But of course, in my perfect imaginary situation, I would own both ... LOL :D

I am also thinking about something from Benchmade, just don't know which one yet.

The LM-3 has only SL C1 lume (so it appears white in normal light condition but the lume brightness and duration is not that great). If I am not happy with it, then I may send it in for a SL C3 lume dial and hands replacement or for a relume. I kinda like the case (I already have a Enzo EM001 and Ocean7 G2 Chrono would share pretty much the same case) mostly become of the non-conventional style and they works with leather strap very well. And the lug-to-lug size is actually quite manageable for small-er wrist size.

I sold the PAW1500T because it lost the PAW1300T's comfort and slim-ness. And the fact that the 24hr CDT on the PAW1300T was replaced with a 60min unit on the PAW1500T wasn't helping neither. Though i like the dial lay out of the PAW1500T and the WR200M better, I ended up liking my old PAW1300T's overall package better. But I am not going to go back to PAW1300T cause I would imagine the next Pathfinder will have WR200M and Multi Band 6, and hopefully Casio will bring back the 24hr CDT. I will wait until the next release of Casio Pathfinder and see how its going to be. In the mean while, my GW9200 Riseman will handle temperature and altimeter just fine.

Well, actually, sad to say, but my Seiko Marinemaster 300m auto SBDX001 is on the chopping board next. I might need to let it go since I am thinking that I should reduce the total value of my watches. With the US stock market and economy jumping off a cliff, my available toy funds just jumped off the same cliff. I would be nice if I could keep the hobby but reduce the total value of the collection (either make more cash (toy funds) available or increase the number of watches and reduce the value per watch). Anyway, with an economy like this, something gotta give. Giving up this watch collecting hobby won't be easy, but at least I can keep playing with the (toy) funds available.

I may also tidy up my G-Shock collection and let go of a few of them to free up some toy funds. And of course, having gotten a PS3 doesn't help neither, haha~ (meaning I will have to spend some money for games, bluray DVD, etc :p )

That doesn't mean I wouldn't get new toys and sold old ones. :-)

Sold:

• Citizen Eco Drive Promaster Pilot Watch (BJ7010-59W, aka. Nighthawk) (brown dial)
  Sold this one because of lack of wrist time. I really like the dial color and the bracelet, as well as the profile of the watch, but maybe the lack of a timing bezel didn't do it for me.
• Ball Engineer Hydrocarbon Titanium Chronograph (black dial, older version of clasp and without the tritium pip on the bezel)
  Sold because I just don't want to handle something radioactive anymore. I am not so much worried about the tritium tubes when they are intact, but the fact that defective tubes *might* leak. And since these are Hydrogen (H3) molecules, smallest of all elements, the seal of the watch might not be able to contain the lacked tritium gas molecules and they will eventually leaked to the environment. I realize that the amount of tritium per tube is very small, and the chance of leakage (defective tube or tube failure) is also small, and the matter of fact that the amount radiation from tritium should be much smaller than the background radiation that we are exposed to everyday, but I just don't want it, don't want to worry about it, don't want to think about it, don't want to deal with it. So there I go, I sold the watch even though I think its a great watch.
• Leatherman H503 folding knife + tools
  Sold because I don't like the way the lock back works and its not easy to close the blade with one hand. (At least not at easy as my Boker, CRKT and Leatherman.

• Marathon SAR 2006 contract, bracelet with US Seal (5 adjustment holes) clasp.
  As usual, this is not my first Marathon SAR, I just discover there are more tiny variation even within the same contract. And the clasp with US Seal has more adjustment holes (5 on the US Seal vs. 3 only Maple leaf version). So I am hoping that this will makes a great fit.
• Ocean7 G2 Chronograph, bracelet
  This is not my first G2 as well. My first was a PVD one. I sold it mostly because I found out I can't live with PVD watches (looks cool but I would worry about scratches days and nights). So I got a SS version this time around. I realize the lume sucks. I will try to live with it and maybe send it in for a relume when I need to change the battery.
• Enzo Mechana EM001
  For some reason, I like it. I just like it. Period. The simple dial and markers, the black framed hands, wide bezel, etc. There are things that I want to change, e.g. the bezel triangle is not lumed, I might want to front portion of the second hands painted red, while on black dial wheel, etc. If I even send in the G2 Chronograph for a relume, then I might send this on as well for the works.
• Casio G-Shock DW9000 Ford Focus edition
  Its just hard to let it pass by without getting it. :-)
• Casio G-Shock DW8800 Codename
  I think this is one of the more complex module from vintage G-Shocks. I like it. And I like how the bezel and straps can be swapped with the newer DW9052 (which means replacements part is easier to get)
• Casio Biz VDB200
  Touch screen databank.
• Casio analog/digital Pathfinder with titanium bracelet x 2
  One for wear, and the other one is for parts.

I have bought a few stuff:

• Casio Pathfinder PAW1500T
  Great Pathfinder as usual Casio quality. The bracelet and clasp is nicely done. The rotating bezel reminds of older classic Pathfinder which I really like. And I like the dial layout better than my previous PAW1300T. WR200m adds toughness and peace of mind.
• Casio G-Shock GW9200 Riseman
  I have the USDM version which has both SI and metric measurement units. And the caseback has a flying dragon instead of the nice JDM flying squrriel embol. This one is a must have me cause its the first G-Shock with atomic solar (multi band 6 BTW that can receive the China atomic signal) and 24hr CDT. Having Snz alarm is nice too (something that's missing from the Pathfinder 1500T). The watch is nicely sized and comfortable to wear. The tail is slightly long, but I imagine that will be good for trying to wear the watch outside of a thick jacket.
• Timex Ipod IControl watch
  I can control my iPod nano remoted via the watch while i am running, that beats trying to adjust the volume which require me to look and reach for the iPod. The watch comes with the usual good stuff for runners (50 laps memory, 24hr CDT + interval, night modes and multiple alarms)
• Boker Hyper (SS finish with smooth blade)
  Since I didn't really like the Tracer's flipper (which didn't work well for the example that I got), I sold it and got a Hyper instead. Hyper is a fatter modified drop point blade and slotted handle. Its lighter and slightly smaller than my CRKT M16 12FDZ, the Hyper will be good for clipping in the pocket for my EDC.
• B+W circular Polarizer (77mm)
  I wasn't really happy with some of my sky and water pictures, so I bite the bullet and got a circular polarizer (and a 77m to 72mm adaptor will come later) and hopefully that will help me with my learning to take better pictures. :)

I sold a few items (Casio Databank DBC1500B, Leatherman Charge ALX multitool and Boker Trance folding knife) as well, they helped a little to paid for my new toys. :p

I also have a Boker Trance coming in via mail. Its smaller and lighter than the CRKT M16 12 FDZ, so its good for when I want something light to clip on to the pocket.

I just received a Seiko Landmaster Kinetic (SBDW005). Upon receiving the watch, some of the marks on the watch kinda remind of the one that I used to own. But on the other hand, there are some other things that doesn't match up with the one I used to have. So, its inconclusive if this is THE Seiko Landmaster Kinetic that I used to own. But I can care less if it is or not. :p I am wearing the watch and being happy about it. :)

Since I am slowing down on my watch and flashlight buying, I had to get some other toys, right? (That's only natural. ;-) So far, I have bought:

• CRKT M16 12FDZ folding knife
• Leatherman H503 folding knife + tools
• Leatherman Charge ALX multitool
• Leatherman Charge TTi multitool

I already have my Gerber mutlitool and SeberTech M4 multitool for a very long while. I am likely to sell off the Charge ALX since the TTi overlaps most of the functionality with better main blade material and Ti alloy handle insert. And I am on the fence about if I should sell off the H503 as well cause I am looking for more dedicated folders, namely Benchmade and Boker. (and a few more others) Fun stuff, and another $$$ sink hole. :p

One last thing, I have been keeping my eye on Rolex green SUB (Submariner LV) lately. I probably won't do anything crazy, but you never know. ;-)

If funds are available in the future, I would still be interested in a few other diver watches (to name a few: Seiko Landmaster, Omega Planet Ocean 42mm, Rolex Sub (green LV maybe), Breitling SuperOcean Steelfish, Doxa 5000T Sharkhunter, etc) But for now, the Seiko Marinemaster 200m auto will do just fine, as my upper end dive watch and my dress watch. :p

And I've also bought (again) a Seiko 300m Marinemaster Quartz (Tuna), great lume, unquie styling and the short lug to lug size makes it quite comfortable to wear on NATO strap. This one has been my daily wear for almost 10 days and counting. :-)

I sold my Stowa Seatime Prodiver melon dial with black hands for the second time, I just had to "confirm" that this watch is too big for my wrist size. Great watch, I want to like it, but this is just not small wrist friendly. The Traser Black Storm Pro is also gone because I don't wear it much at all. The Casio G-Shock DW9800AR Wademan ARTI and DW9300GA Guardian Angel are both gone. They just don't fit in my "wear what I own" collection.

• Both watches has the same case and bezel thickness. The extra height for the Ti Chrono is because of the thick case back (I would assume to house the thicker V7750 movement)
• I like the night view of the Ti Chrono better, though its much busier than the Madcow. Ti Chrono has tritium tubes on the Chrono hands and sub-dial as well. They all light up in the dark and you see tritium tubes everywhere. But to read the current time, all I need to do is to read the 2 longest green tubes that "stick out" from the center of the dial. For me, that's not difficult at all. In the other hands, I found Madcow's "numbers" (12, 3, 6, 9) tubes too busy. :p The numbers uses orange tubes and the rest of the markers and hands uses green tubes. When going from bright room to dark, my eyes will register the green tubes first, and thus the numbers doesn't show up too well. Though everything will show up nice and clear after my eyes adapt to the dark.
• Though I like the idea of having tritium pip on the bezel dot, I think I like the look of the old bezel with "triangle" at 12 c'clock on the bezel. I just think the "triangle" fill up the space more. And more is better ... LOL :D
• The new style clasp is nice and thick. And I think of better built than the old style ones. But I found it to be too thick and big (maybe just for my wrist size), and it "stick out" too much. Also, the old style clasp has 4 micro-adjustment holes and the new ones only have 3. (And again, more is better ... LOL)
• And maybe I am already used to having the Chrono pushers, I think the curved case at the crown (and lock) looks better with the Chrono pushers). The Chrono pushers fill up the space at the curve and makes it less stand out.
• The center links of the new style bracelet seems to be more brushed than the old style one. I think the more polished center links of the old style bracelet better.
• The black dial Ti Chrono is just plain a cool looking watch. :D

And then I also sold the Citizen Eco Drive "Bull Head" Chronograph (CTZ66-0471). I am more into big thick watches and the Bull Head is just too small, the bracelet is too thin for me. The mechanically actuated chrono pushers and the smooth sweeping chrono second hand are cool, but not cool enough for me to keep the watch.

I also sold a nearly mint Casio G-Shock DW6700, DW9000 and my old GW810D to lower my collection counts. :p

How can I sold 3 and not getting at least 1 back? hehe. I got an old watch back (I think). I bought a melon dial (somewhere between orange and yellow) Stowa Seatime Prodiver (back?). I still think the watch with bracelet is a little too big for my wrist size (which I don't really care btw, LOL), but this is such a huge watch (fantasic lume, huge easy to read dial and hands, HEV, sapphire crystal, huge and heavy case, etc) for the money that I can't seems to get away from it (maybe when I am tired of its weight and size, again :p ).

On a photographic note, the 50mm f1.4D was such a joy to shoot. I didn't have to mess around with zoom. And the lens is very quick and I can avoid using flash in a lot of the indoor or low light situation. And the great thing about having 10 mega pixel and Photoshop is that I can do my own digital later on! Very fun lens. Definitely recommended. I don't don't want to spend the money for a 50mm f1.4D, then go with the 50mm f1.8D. They are relatively inexpensive and only a stop slower than the f1.4D. It should still be fun.

Finally, my wait for a white Ball Engineer Hydrocarbon Titanium (Madcow) is over. I got one at a decent price. I am going to give it some time and see if I like it more than the Hydrocarbon Titanium Chronograph. I *might* get rid of either one if I found out I like one better than the other. We will wait and see.

I always think the brown dial version of Citizen Eco Drive NightHawk (the name "Nighthawk" is only for US domastic model, in the rest of markets in the world never used that name, they are in fact Promaster Pilot Watch with model number: BJ7010-59W). Since I am in the process of re-doing my collection, I might as well give this one a try)

At the same time, I also am interested in the design of Citizen Eco Drive "Bull Head" Chronograph (CTZ66-0471). It uses caliber 2100 which has a smooth-running-mechanical-like chronograph second and also feature a daily alarm. It has titanium case with scratch resistant Duratact finish. I got the blue dial version and I might need a blue leather strap to match the dial color.

I always think Casio G-Shock GW810D Multi Band 5 with reverse LCD is one of the "black horse" surprises for me (I am surprised at the easy to read reverse LCD and it being comfortable to wear). The one I currently own has been well used and it shows. So, when I find one in better condition at a decent price, I go for it without even a second thought.

I was looking for a fast lens for indoor events with the use of flash can be tricky. I finally got a 50mm f1.4D for that particular purpose.

Toys ... there are never too much of it :D

Flashlight parts Sold: Surefire KT1 turbo head (NAT HA) + N1, Surefire SW02 clickie, Surefire MN15 (125 lumen), Surefire MN16 (225 lumen), Surefire MN20 (250 lumen), Surefire MN21 (500 lumen), SSC P4 tower for Surefire turbo head (blew out), SC2 spare carriers,

Watches sold: Sinn U2 (on bracelet), Breitling Professional SuperOcean Steelfish (black dial on Pro II bracelet, newer version with the arrow second hand), 44mm titanium PAM homepage, Casio Pathfinder triple sensor PAW1300G, Casio G-Shock G9000-1V Mudman, Casio G-Shock DW9000 (blue EL button, great condition with [should be] original nylon strap).

And on my watch wish-list are: Ball Engineer Hydrocarbon titanium 300m diver (white dial Madcow), Sinn U1 on bracelet, Omega Planet Ocean (42mm black on black on bracelet), Omega Seamaster Professional 300m co-axial GMT (Bond GMT), Seiko 300m Marinemaster automatic, Seiko 300m Tuna, Ocean 7 LM-6 GMT (black dial on bracelet), Stowa Seatime (black or blue dial with date), Doxa Sharkhunter 5000T, Casio Pathfinder PAW1300T or PAW1500T, Casio G-Shock GW9200 Riseman Multi band 6, Casio G-Shock GWM-5600

I like the Ball Engineer Hydrocarbon titanium chronograph very much. The size and weight is almost right on, the dial has great detail, the lume is very good (what do you expect from tritium tube? hehe). The curved sit the watch nicely on the wrist which makes the watch very comfortable to wear. I think Ball did a great job on their watches. Mine is the older version without the tritium pip on the bezel, which I intend to have it replaced (with the newer version) some day. Also, mine has a older version of bracelet clasp and has four (4) fine adjustment holes. The newer version has three (3) but it also has great detail. Its a tall watch (@ 18mm), but you won't notice it most of the times (until you bang it against something, LOL). Its a great watch and I am happy with it.

I sold my:

• Marathon SAR, which I thought its the most watch (new) money can buy for under $1000. I need to pay for my other new incoming watches and I think if I miss it too much, I can also get another one back.
• And then I sold my Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Casino Royal Limited Edition. It has the best lume (clean, bright and long lasting) I have seen, and I like the look and design of it. But for the sake of covering the cost of new incomings (again), and I figure Omega might release yet another James Bond 007 special (limited) edition Planet Ocean when the new movie comes out, I want to sell the PO CR LE when its still the "latest" 007 limited edition. And also, the 45.5mm XL version of PO is just pushing the case size limit for my wrist size, sometimes I feel the size is ok while there are times where I think the watch is slightly too big. I actually quite like the Planet Ocean for the reason that I've mentioned. In the future, I might get a 42mm version of the PO again.
• Also sold my Ocean 7 PVD G1 GMT automatic diver. I like the watch (nice stealth PVD with black bezel insert, clean and easy to read dial), but I just like my other incomings better. And the fact that the lume doesn't "wow" me, the bezel is slightly sloppy and the poor winding efficiency doesn't help it to be a keeper as well.

• Ball Engineer Hydrocarbon Titanium Chronograph (black dial)
  I also wanted a white dial Ball Engineer Hydrocarbon Titanium Madcow, but it lacks the low temp resistant oil for the movement. The Ti Chrono has all the technology in Madcow, plus the low temp resistant oil, plus a chronograph movement. The Ti Chrono is a tall watch with a thick caseback, but the nicely curved lugs hug my wrist nicely. And the combination of titanium and stainless steel construction hit a sweet spot on how heavy the watch is. The watch is comfortable to wear, and doesn't slide around much. The watch has great dial on the dial and crown lock, I think Ball did a great job on designing everything to make a good looking watch. The tritium tube is plenty bright in the dark with no need to charge up from a light source. With the number of tritium tubes on the dial, night time viewing does take a little time to get used to. But I just need to look for the 2 longest green trtium to tell the time. I do wished that the flat polished hr and min hands can be more "3D" so that I has a better constrast in more lighting condition.
  
• Breitling Professional SuperOcean Steelfish (black dial)
  I had the white (silver) dial version with older square on the second hand for a very short while. I really like the watch. It looks great, solid construction and nicely design bracelet. I sold it because the contrast of the polished hands sometimes disappear in the silver dial in certain lighting condition. So this time around, I am getting the black dial version so that I can get better hands and dial constrast. Also, I am getting the newer version with the arrow second hand. I do like the square version of second hand better, but the new version does come with slightly bigger hr and min hands as well (which means easier to read time and should have slightly more lume material).
  
• Sinn U2
  I had a U1 before. I sold it to fund the Omega PO CR EL. I missed the huge clean dial, unique hands and markers, the german submarine steel material and great bezel. I wanted to get something like a U1, but I am afraid I might not be entirely happy about "just another U1". So I get a U2 instead. U2 does cost more than the U1 but it has the even better looking EZM style hands and dial, slightly domed crystal, GMT function, low temp resistant oil, stay dry capsule and Ar gas filled case. So in a sense, it has even more technology than the U1 and should one tough watch.
• PAM homepage with 44mm titanium case, running second sub dial with no brand marking, hand winding Unitas movement, sapphire crystal with display back). I want to see how's it like to wear a 44mm PAM and if I like it or not.

Bought:

• Ocean7 PVD G1 GMT Automatic
  A Dive watch with a sleek PVD case and 22mm bracelet, GMT automatic movement (ETA-2893) and "ok" lume (just enough to last through the night, but nothing to call home about). It looks great and comfortable on the wrist. It works great with 22m black NATO.
• Traser Black Storm Pro
  A limited edition with PVD case, polished caseback, 24hr dial with traser logo on the dial and a red second hand. This is my first tritum tube (T<25) watch. Its great that I don't need to charge up the lume for all-night viewing. And after much reading, I think tritium is save as long as its contained inside the tube. And the radiation emitted from the tritium is minimal. It will only travel up to 5-6mm in air and it can be stopped by the dead skin layer, a piece of paper or clothing. The only possible potential danger is the ingestion of the tritium. I have no plan of eating my tritium watch, so I should be fine. :p
• Casio Pathfinder triple sensor PAW1300G
  I sold my Pathfinder PAW1300T titanium bracelet for this "G" version equipped with 22mm strap adaptor and 2 OEM straps for 1 reason only, which is the capability to wear the watch with long zulu strap so that I can wear the watch outside of my ski jacket. I really liked the "T" version's titanium bracelet and still think its one of the best Casio bracelet (design, construction and material) at that price segment, but I have to give that up for if I want to be able to wear the watch outside of my ski jacket (so that I have something to play around with while I am riding on a ski lift :p ).
• Casio G-Shock DW9000
  This is the version with blue EL button, great condition with [should be] original nylon strap. I already have an example of this one with fair condition, I am happy to pick up this one at a much better condition. For some reason, I have just drawn to DW9000 ... probably because of the great fit for my wrist size, great basic function module (24hr SWT and CDT, and also current time being shown in both SWT and CDT mode) and the dedicated 5th EL button.
• Casio Databank DBC1500B
  This one has polished case finish (plastic case with polish coating), SS bracelet (tapered to 16mm at clasp)), 150 entery memory, EL and luminious key pad. I wanted a geeky watch, Casio databank is an obvious choice for a Casio nerd like me :p I picked the DBC1500B because of the retro look, the SS bracelet (though I wished Casio uses a wider (18 or 20 mm) clasp), EL and the lumed keypad. Its hard to be a geek without a geeky watch ... LOL

• Ocean 7 G1 GMT automatic (Sold because of the incoming of the limited PVD version)
• Casio Pathfinder triple sensor PRT40C (Sold because of lack of wrist time)
• Casio G-Shock DW6900 (received it as part of a trade, sold because of lack of wrist time)

I sold:

• Casio G-Shock DW9100Z Riseman Man in Black (MIB) Series
• Casio G-Shock G9100-1 Gulfman
• Casio Pathfinder PAW1300T-1V triple sensor
• Timex trail runner GPS + HRM (T5C391)

And I've bought:

• Casio G-Shock MTG1000
• Casio Pathfinder PAW1300G triple sensor
• Casio DW9000 (blue letters on bezel and EL button) in good condition with straps.
• Ocean7 G1 GMT
• Ocean7 G1 GMT PVD
• Traser Black Storm Pro P6504
• Luminox Evo #6101

That's it for now, more to come and go. :p