German design house, PORSCHE DESIGN has just released a new compass watch in March at Baselworld. The P’6250 COMPASS harks back the first navigational watch designed by Prof. Ferdinand Alexander Porsche and released in 1978 as collaboration between Porsche Design and the Swiss watch manufacturer IWC Schaffhausen. Yet, to me, with the two-fold function, the gadget watch rings a bell of the Master Feng Shui Watch by Chinese international label Shanghai Tang.

The PORSCHE DESIGN P’6520 COMPASS WATCH consists of two parts. The upper part tells time by its three hands while the lower – revealed when you flip the watch face – is a removable liquid compass. Also, there are mirrors on the case back and top of the compass that click in place making it easier to read the direction. The case is made of titanium with a scratch resistant PVD coating set with black titanium bracelet. Animated by self-winding Swiss made Sellita SW300 movement, with a power reserve of 42 hours, the Porsche Design explorer’s timepiece is produced in limited edition of 911 pieces. Water-resistance is 50 meters.

IWC - Porsche Design Compass Watch 1979

new Porsche Design Compass Watch P’6520

I don’t know whether this timepiece will be very useful for recreational adventurers as GPS device has these days replaced the conventional navigational instrument as such magnetic compass.

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Online luxury fashion retailer, specializing in emerging designers and progressive collection, FORWARD provides the FIT GUIDE, a chart to determine the measurement of a ring.

Here you can find the size available for a ring.

SIZE
8
8.5
9
9.5
10
10.5
11

And below is the chart providing international sizing conversion to assist you selecting your correct size.

	XXS	XS	S	M	L	XL
ITALY	38	40	42	44	46	48
UK	6	8	10	12	14	16
U.S.	0-2	4	6	8	10	12
FRANCE	34	36	38	40/td>	42	44
JAPAN	5	7	9	11	13	15
DENMARK	32	34	36	38	40	42

FORWARD is a new venture from REVOLVEclothing. Founded in 2003, REVOLVEclothing has been a premier online shopping destination for contemporary men’s, women’s, and accessories designers. They claim to offer the incomparable customer service on every order.

Obama Watch: Vulcain’s Anniversary Heart in black leather strap

Known for owning Tag Heuer 1500 Professional and Jorg Gray Secret Agent’s Watch, President-elect Barack Obama will soon complement his watch collections. Upon his inauguration in January 20th, 2009 President Obama will receive a new model of Vulcain Watch: the Anniversary Heart. It’s a special edition watch to commemorate the Swiss Manufacture’s 150th Anniversary.

Since 1953, the Swiss Manufacture has presented each new US President with a watch. It’s a long tradition commencing with a Vulcain Cricket Watch for President Harry Truman. Over the last 60 years, many world leaders have been wearing Vulcain Watches.

Obama Watch: Vulcain Anniversary Heart in Gold Rose

In this President Obama watch edition, Vulcain specially designed a presidential caseback in 42 mm wide case available in steel or 18k rose gold. People still have to wait for the day to know which one is for President Obama.

The Anniversary Heart features Vulcain’s renowned mechanical alarm movements: Vulcain Crickets (due to the sound of the alarm), 157 parts V-18 as well as its 15-20 second alarm complexity. The alarm is adjusted using the top crown and the special alarm hand in the center of the dial.

The dial partially reveals parts of the moving gear trains. The beveled raised hour index markers as well as a minute scale on the edge of the dial show the time. The Louisiana crocodile leather completes the elegance of the watch worth of US $6,500 – 23,000.

Vulcain Heart Anniversary in Steel for President Obama Inauguration

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Care about the size of the hat you want to buy that you have no clue at all?
What does the “number” mean?
How to know the size of your hat?

This chart from Kangol will give you some light; a guideline when buying a hat online.

Clarity is one of the essential things in determining the grade of a diamond and of course its price and value as well. A diamond with higher clarity grades is worth more expensive; in fact, the exceedingly rare flawless grading diamond worth the highest value. Lovely reflection is worth high value.

Clarity is one of the four C’s of diamond grading, besides carat, cut and color.

Clarity comes from the word “clear”. Clear means the affordability of a light to transmit through a thing. In this case, if a diamond can structurally transmit and scatter the light in a good way, it means it has good diamond clarity. It is then concluded diamond clarity as a structural grade of diamond’s purity. Often, diamond clarity is equalized to diamond purity.

So…, how can we grade the diamond clarity?

Diamond Clarity relates to the existence and visual appearance of Inclusion and Blemish. Inclusion is an internal characteristic of a diamond, probably having form of structural imperfections such as tiny cracks that can perform whitish or cloudy. The clarity grading is then affected by some factors pertaining to the inclusion: its Number, Size, Color, Relative Location, Orientation, and Visibility. They are observed thoroughly by the expert, called Grader, in a 10x magnification. Grader is human who mediate between buyer and seller. Their report is called “Expert Opinions” and their expertise’s called Gemologist.

Inclusion is simply defined as the imperfection inside a diamond. It could take forms of Carbon, Feather, Crystal, Pinpoint, or Clouds. Carbon means black spots inside a stone. Feather is internal cracking. Crystal denotes white spots inside a stone. Pinpoint is tiny spots which are smaller than a crystal; and Cloud is a group of pinpoint which may give the impression of a single large inclusion.

Blemish could take form of Chip, Fracture, Polishing Lines, Natural, Extra Facet, or Bearding. Chip is a little piece missing cause by wear or cutting process. Fracture is a crack on diamond’s surface. Polishing Lines is a fine lines on the surface caused during the polishing process. Bearding is a very small fracture on the diamond’s edge.

A minor blemish and inclusion do not affect its performance or structural integrity, even in some cases inclusions and blemish can be used as proof of natural origin to distinguish between natural and synthetic diamonds. It’s like a ‘fingerprint’, giving a unique identity.

Some people grade the value of a diamond by the very simple way. They merely judge it by its imperfection appearance. If it looks perfect then it worth good otherwise the contrary does. In fact, a structural grading is defined by the size of clouds inside the diamond since large clouds can influence the diamond’s capability to transmit and scatter light.

Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has defined diamond clarity grading scale comprising six grades and eleven categories. Category F is the clearest diamond and I3 is the worst clear. Here is the scale:

GIA Diamond Clarity Grading Scale

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The case will determine the lifetime of your notebook. Therefore, simply be careful in choosing laptop case. Here are some tips to choose laptop case:

- Pick the one with strength and waterproof.

- Choose the case made from thick materials to prevent it against any shake, crush, cold and hot weather.

- Leather is the common material suits the requirement above.

How to Take Care of your Laptop Case :

- MUST DO

o Always keep it clean. Immediately clean any stains before it gets dry.

o Assumed it is a leather laptop case –> Clean it regularly, at least once a month. Wash both exterior and interior using cloth’s softener and warm water. Scrub it softly with sponge.

o Once in two month, scrub the leather with moisturizer to keep it soft and bright.

o Promptly wind it up after you wash it, otherwise the leather will get damp. It will break the interior.

o Keep your laptop case in a dry place with good air flow ventilation. Keep it away from direct sunlight.

- MUST NOT DO

o Do not put your case near hairspray, perfume or any other scent bottle. Even the empty bottle could give impact to your case.

o Do not stick any tape on the laptop case to avoid scratch.

o Do not clean the leather with any brush not for that purpose.

o Do not put it under direct sunlight.

Plastic Lens can feature some types of lens to protect your eyes.

Here are some of them:

- Anti Reflection Coating (Multicoated MC)

Anti reflecting enhances the clarity by reducing reflection of light in your lens. This coating will dramatically reduce the amount of glare of a lens. It makes your lens look more attractive and surely, it gives your eyes a much nicer appearance. Moreover, the antireflection layer clarify your vision; crystal clear as if you weren’t wearing any lens at all. This will also help you with night time driving.

- Tinted Coating

It usually performs the gradient tint effect of pale, medium, or Sunglasses. Tints is also available in many colors like brown, grey, blue, pink, or else.

- Transition Lens

For you who regularly go inside and outside and do now want to carry around many eyeglasses, this layer transition lenses will be your solution. This coating changes from clear to dark tinted in sunlight.

- Hard Coated

Hard Coated Layer is used to the rough plastic lens. This will improve the lens’ strength against scratch and friction.

- Water Resistance Coating

It makes drops of water leaves no mark at the lens. Surely, it helps the lens remain clean and clear.

- Anti EMI Coating

This layer protects eyes against excessive radiation from computer’s monitor of television. Hence, your eyes will stay fresh longer.

- Anti UV400 Coating

This layer protects your eyes against harmful ultraviolet ray from the sunlight. It can block 100% ultraviolet ray to keep your eyes comfortable under the sun.

]]> http://www.men-access.com/how-to-choose-coating-lens-for-your-eyeglasses/feed/ http://www.men-access.com/how-to-know-mens-personality-by-the-color-of-his-tie/ http://www.men-access.com/how-to-know-mens-personality-by-the-color-of-his-tie/#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:29:51 +0000 rgusriharso http://www.men-access.com/?p=161 Tie is one of the essential accessories when you wear a formal suit. Don’t you know that color and pattern of tie can reflect the personality of the wearer? Read this article:

a Guide to Know Men’s Personality by Color of His Tie

• Red Tie
  Red color reflects love and anger, as well as the bravery and sensuality of a man.

In 1897, Tailor & Cutter Magazine categorized the wearer of red tie as the only people welcomed by Outside Communist Party Get Together. But the most popular contemporary anecdote is Ronald Reagan’s red tie. The red tie was associated to Mr. President as the he wore them in many occasions. As people knew that the First Lady loved red color, the journalist and politicians suddenly wore red ties to get President Reagan’s attention.

• Blue Tie
  is one of the most popular colors of all time. It reflects sincerity, calmness and the utmost. Fashion experts said that light blue color fill the wearer with impression of confidence, trust, and decisiveness. The blue tie gives leadership impression which is more humble than the red one.

President Bush regularly wears a particular shade of light blue tie on his presidential moment. Not to mention, Barrack Obama was found on the blue ties on his campaign.

• Orange Tie
  is not a popular one. The Orange with a red shade beckons alarm.

• Black Tie
  Black is conventionally associated with sadness or condolence. It is sometimes linked to bow tie. People wear solid black tie in a funeral occasion. However, if you could match the black tie with bright lined shirt, then you will have an elegant look.

• Gray Tie
  gives impression of an ambitious man.

• Yellow Tie
  reflects young, full of hope and happiness. Some fashion experts say yellow tie also means “at-your-service”. Therefore, men at hospitality business sport yellow tie.

• Green Tie
  gives the wearer an impression of intelligent men who is hardly understandable and honest.

• Purple Tie
  People who are royal, expressive, and visionary wear this color. It is proper to gray suit.

• Brown Tie
  reflects an open minded and good business instinct men.

Men’s Personality by the Pattern of His Tie

• Line Patterned Tie
  means conservative, orderliness, dependability, outgoing and entertaining companion.

• Polkadot Tie
  Comedians wear this. Large Spots gives you impression of funny and humorous. Better wear the smaller spots.

• Wavy Patterned Tie
  reflects freedom and relaxing. Paisley images draw creativity and easy going manner.

- Before ironing, you need to put a clean cotton cloth on the tie to cover it from the excessive heat.

- Always keep the iron at a lower temperature.

- The rule of thumb, if the tie is made of silk or polyester then the temperature of the iron should be lower than 284°F (140°C). If the tie is made of wool, keep the iron at the temperature lower than 338°F (170°C).

- Avoid ironing the tie if possible since it may damage the tie’s fabric and may cause the tie look too flat.

Good tie’s knot has a dimple on it. Dimple is a niche below the knot. You will have a good dimple by placing your finger below the knot when you’re about to fasten it. If the dimple is at the center, it means you have a good one.

In the beginning you might not have an excellent knot, but that’s all right. Practice makes perfect.

There are four ways knotting a tie:

The Four-In-Hand Knot

Also know as Simple Knot, the four in hand is believed to be the most popular method of knotting a tie.

Some reports that this method began when Four-in-Hand Club in London wearing a fashionable neckerchiefs. The knot is slightly asymmetric and appropriate for any occasions.

The Half-Windsor-Knot

This knot constructs a neat triangular knot. The half-windsor knot is more symmetric (compare to four-in-hand-knot) and slightly broader knot. This method works well with light and medium weight fabrics.

The Windsor Knot

The Windsor knot is more symmetric and bulkier compared to other methods. It is appropriate in business and political occasions. This method works well for wide collar shirt and a thin material of tie.

This method was named after Duke of Windsor (Edward VIII) who preferred a wide knot and thick fabrics.

The Pratt/Shelby Knot

Also known as the Shelby knot and the Pratt-Shelby knot, this method produces a symmetrical knot for medium thickness tie. It suits to shorter ties as it uses less length than other method.

Jerry Pratt, an employee of US Chamber of Commerce found this method before unexpectedly became popular when Don Shelby, a TV personality wore it on air. By mistake, The New York Fashion Press attached this knot to Shelby.

Some Tips on How to Knot a Tie:

1. Knot the tie in front of a mirror
2. Notice the collar. Put it on properly as well as the neck button.
3. Good knot sizes proportional to your collar.
4. Make sure the tip places at your belt buckle.