DougFNJ attended the Casio Edifice event in NYC last night. And he has full coverage of the new Black Label collection of watches over in a WUS forum post. It looks like Casio will be marketing the Edifice watches to men ages 25 to 35 in the US. If this new lineup is a success, there will be more models brought to the US market. We'll have to wait and see how they do here. These watches are a big hit in Japan, but they have never been available at North American watch retailers until now.

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Maratac has released a new watch in their Pilot Automatic collection. This watch was commissioned and built by Maratac. The watch is sterile in every way. The dial is void of any signature or logo and no date complication.

The watch measures 46 mm in diameter and is 12.46 mm thick. The lug width is 22 mm. The case is carved out of a solid 316L stainless steel block. And the watch is fitted with a domed sapphire crystal.

The watch offers only basic time-telling capabilities. It is powered by the 21 jewelled Miyota 8245 automatic movement. This is a non-hacking movement. It has a power reserve of about 40 hours and can be hand wound.

The watch is water resistant to 10 ATM and has a screw down case back and crown. The watch is expected to retail for $195 USD.

For more information: http://www.countycomm.com/maratacpilotauto.htm

Marvin Watches in collaboration with WRC 7-time Champion Sebastein Loeb will be launching a Special Edition Watch in Paris on Thursday 4th of November. Here is a teaser video of the watch.

We will update this once we have more information. The watch is design in collaboration with Sebastien Loeb himself together with well-known watchmakers Jean-Francois Ruchonnet and Sebastien Perret.

Casio Japan has announced five new Casio Pro Trek watches for release in November. All of these are ABC models, with prices ranging from $334 to $1,170 USD. The new PRX-2000LB-1JF Manaslu watch is at the high end of the spectrum, probably due in part to the fact it comes on a Kevlar strap. Take a look and see if there's anything you like.

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Nixon has released a new watch under the 42-20 collection of chronograph. This new watch is unique, as it has tortoise shell in its construction. The bezel and the center link of the bracelet is made of tortoise shell. The rest of the watch is rendered in black on stainless steel.

The watch, reference A037679-00, comes in at 42 mm in diameter and is 12 mm thick. The lug width is 22 mm. The watch features the following functions; hours, minutes, second, date (at 6 o'clock) and chronograph complications. The chronograph sub-dial is of the inverted tri-compax design. The screw-down crown and chronograph pushers are on the left hand of watch.

It is fitted with a mineral crystal and is water resistant to 20 ATM. The watch comes with gold hands and hour index on a black dial, making it easy to read. The watch is expected to retail between $450-500 USD.

For more information: http://www.nixonnow.com/

The Wrist Rocket is a large digital watch with modern styling. The case measure in at 45mm, and it looks even bigger. It features a resin strap that's integrated into the plastic case. The design makes for a large wrist presence, and the light-weight materials make for a comfortable fit. The large dot-matrix LCD is the most prominent feature of this watch.

The Cadence Watch Company is based in Philadelphia, PA. They have released several models of watches over the last few years. Most are aimed at competitive rowers on crew teams. They feature counters that help keep track of the rowing pace. The Wrist Rocket is a departure from those types of watches though for this company.

Take a look at the video review to see everything the Wrist Rocket has to offer.

View video in full 1080p HD here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M32M_QsLGs

Continue reading Cadence Wrist Rocket WT1 Watch Review >>

Tokyobay has released a limited edition DIY (Do It Yourself) watch set. The set is expected to retail for $210 USD. It comes with four straps, 3 cloth/canvas type straps and one leather strap.

From the photograph shown below, the straps are fitted with the spring-bars. This makes swapping the strap easier as you do not have to swap the spring-bars.

The watch set comes with two watches, one in beige and the other in black. I believe the watch itself comes pre-assembled. The watch measures about 44mm across (including the crown). The movement is quartz, as the kit comes with replacement batteries.

Included with the kit are nine watchmakers tools. From what I can make out, there are three screw drivers, a pair of tweezers, a polishing cloth, a screw-back case opener, a snap-back case opener, a spring-bar remover and another tool. The tools come packed into a zippered carrying case.

For more information on how to get one of these kits:
http://tokyobayinc.blogspot.com/2010/10/limited-edition-diy-toolbox.html