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With more than 100,000 of marine life succumbing to environmental stressors, plastics, and pollution yearly, it's of utmost importance we as earthlings have an organization such as PADI's Project AWARE to aid in clean up the mess. Project AWARE consists of divers around the world cleaning up the oceans, one dive at a time. World-famous watch company Seiko wants to help. To support this partnership, Seiko has launched a new PADI dive watch within its Prospex line. With its signature red and blue PADI colors on the case and PADI logo on its dial, this watch celebrates and honors the legacy...

Treasure for the King Almost every year from the 16th through the mid -18th century Spain sent an Armada to the swampy little town of Vera Cruz. Twice a year this little Mexican coastal fishing community thrived with activity. Once when the yearly Armada arrived and again when it departed. The arriving ships carried mercury for processing the precious metals obtained from the mines. They also carried a variety of luxury items from the old world such as wines, liquors, ironwork, etc. The departing fleet was called the New Spain Flota and was loaded with gold, silver, and other fruits...

Show Me The Money After introducing the Oris Diver's 65 watch, it became a huge hit. Oris then decided to expand the vintage-inspired dive line. One of our treats from that expansion is the Green Faced Diver's Sixty-Five watch. This is a bold color choice that might not be as fun as a look-at-me yellow or orange. No, the green is a choice that says you are serious about watches. The green face is affectionately nicknamed the Green Money Diver's 65. The green is a perfect green, not too much yellow and not too much blue. It is a rich,...

Presage, Seiko Presage That might be what you would hear if these watches could talk. Presage is a change in direction from Seiko's action-heavy Prospex line. Seiko Presage is an elegant automatic watch. It is the type of watch that you might find on the wrist of a gentlemen like James Bond.  No models of the watch line have been retailed in the USA, until now. Independence Day July is an important month for the history of the United States. The summer is hot and people are relaxing at the beach and having barbecues. This July, we have the added pleasure of...

The New World, Gold, and Spain Captain Alonso Turillo de Yebra, master of the newly formed minting houses in Colombia, was so anxious to show his king samples of his gold production that he personally booked passage on the official treasure fleet of 1622 headed for Havana... and then Spain. The last vessels of the Terra Firma Fleet were leaving the Caribbean well into hurricane season as they pulled out of Cartagena on August 3rd. The balance of the Marques de Cadereita's flota, the New Spain Fleet, had gone on ahead to Havana, where they were to join up with...