OK. So I’ve been doing this for a little over three years now, on and off. I’ felt like I had a pretty good handle on things, that I was OK not owning a lot of high-end pieces, that everything would be fine. I’ve accepting that updating this blog is my stone of Sisyphus and that I’ll never be rid of it. OK. Feeling good.

So now I see that Watchismo — the best watch blog out there, hands down — won a Rolex Daytona. I’m really happy for him, but I can’t help thinking that I’m suffering for something I did in a past life. God? Are you there? God?

I don’t mean to brag, but it’s just really exciting. I won the grand (and only) prize in the Rolex Daytona Sweepstakes from Revolution Magazine. Part of their celebration and promotion of the US edition. It’s a great magazine documenting the actual revolution that’s occurring in modern horology

Anyway, congrats!

What? I won a Rolex Daytona?? Luckismo! [THE WATCHISMO TIMES]

Want a hot complication? How about a full-grown mobile phone inside a package the size of a Panerai?

The M500 is a quadband GSM/GPRS phone with MP3 and MP4 playing functions. The cell phone watches will ship from Hong Kong. The final production version is a little more exciting than expected: improved battery life and Pop3 email and instant messaging support. The production line churns out a quarter million units a month. No change of price has been announced: $820 a pop.

SMS MyMobileWatch M500 Ships August 31 [PMP Today]