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We Have Always Liked To Bling Turns out ice age humans liked to make and wear jewelry as much as we do. In Indonesia, scientists discovered 30,000-year-old jewelry, art, and artifacts that date back to the last ice age. The new study, published on Monday, April 3, 2017 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a peer-reviewed journal, reports these items were all made by cave dwellers on modern-day Sulawesi, an island in the Indonesian archipelago.  Some artifacts found recently were beads from the teeth of deer-pigs or babirusa shaped like small donut discs which were worn on a necklace in...

Why Oris? There are a lot of watches out there, so why get an Oris?  Well, here is a rundown about this luxury watch brand. Oris started in Switzerland in 1904 They have been around for a while and know a thing or two about fine watches. Oris Watches have a distinctive red rotor that symbolizes the mechanical nature of the watch brand. Mechanical Watches Oris is one of only a handful of independent watch companies that only make mechanical watches.  Mechanical watches are a Swiss tradition and a thing of beauty. Oris only makes mechanical watches using traditional and...

2017 Favorites We have reached that time of year that excites watch fans everywhere. It is the Comic-Con of watches. It is the center ring in a circus. Welcome to Baselworld.  We now live in an age when we don't really need watches. Anyone can pull out their phone to check the time, and these phones can do much more than just that. Watchmakers have to meet this challenge. Baselworld means more now then ever as these companies work harder and harder to deliver elegantly-designed and efficient watches for consumers. Watches have been elevated to a luxury item, with exquisite...

You're letting water in the watch? Once in a while, an exceptional professional dive watch comes along with impressive specs and looks to boot. The Oris Aquis Depth Gauge comes with a real-time depth gauge which allows water inside the watch - definitely not something you’d expect.   Here’s how it works: There’s a little notch on the number 12 where a channel is located. The Oris Aquis Depth Gauge is extra thick on the top and although water does enter the channel at depths, it never allows any water to leak into any other part of the watch. As...

San Pedro Church When driving down the Keys, you might notice a Catholic church on Plantation Key. The Church is just south of Plantation Key School on the bayside, MM 89.5. In the center entrance of the church you will see St. Peter, the fisherman on a boat. Saint Peter stands watching over US1, welcoming us to the parish with his Spanish given name, San Pedro. San Pedro Catholic church was first dedicated in 1955.  The Treasure Fleets The Spanish empire would collect the treasures from around the new world and they would meet up in Havana. Once all the...