As this is our first blog post; We should talk about what happened to our website with hundreds of testimonials and thousands of reviews...
Our website was located on servers in Canada and the company WX-Hosting, owned by Jeff Hunter, has been our host for 15+ years. Well, he has disappeared completely, his business is closed, his website is gone and so is ours.
I waited 7 days of frantic calling and texting and emailing with no result, so we decided to move forward with a new website from scratch. It will take some time, but we are hanging in with our great customers and their phone orders, we still ship same day of course.
We have all our sales records so if you need to place an order just call or text and say “please repeat my last order and use the card from that order”.
That’s it, easy peasy…
Al little History,
Established in 2008, JackBGoods was originally a survival gear site, we survived the Katrina hurricane in New Orleans and went for 5 days without food 3 days without water. This gave us a clear perspective on what you need to prepare for a disaster and / or an emergency.
To be continued...
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As with all Chopard watches, this very limited edition of just 10 pieces has the chronometer certification issued by the Swiss Official Chronometer Testing Institute (COSC). The L.U.C XPS Azur also bears the hallmark of the demanding Geneva Seal for its exemplary finishes.
The models all launched on July 4 but they're not limited editions so don't worry about being too late to the party. The first 100 pieces of each color are numbered, while the rest will just be standard models like the current MR-01. Prices are €565 on leather strap and €605 on a variety of steel bracelet options offered by Baltic.
The movements come from the Elite range, Zenith's other automatic movement, which is not a chronograph like the El Primero and has long lived in the shadow of the El Primero. Nonetheless, the Elite movement range, which launched back in 1994, has been around for some time and launched to critical acclaim back in the '90s. Made fully in-house by Zenith, the Elite 670SK features a frequency of 28,800 vph and comes with a power reserve of 50 hours.
I entered watchmaking for love. My girlfriend at the time, who became my wife, was living in Switzerland, so I went there to be with her. And then I discovered a second passion. Watchmaking is something I fell in love with immediately. The competence takes a while coming from managerial school, which is very strong in fast consumer goods, because you have to learn that what moves luxury are not the same rules as what move business in general. In luxury it's all about emotions.
The watch evolved through various references. After the initial release of the Five Time Zone in 2002, The World Is Yours was released (a reference to the famous Scarface scene) in 2003. The watch was designed with white and fancy colored diamonds representing the continents and seas that replaced the geometric shapes of the original Five Time Zone. There is one currently for sale in Christie's "The Collection of Andre Leon Talley" auction.
We started strong with the first spot of the year. Mark Gaunlett wasn't double wristing, but the RO he's owned since 1998 paired well with the late 19th Century Dent Quarter Repeater tucked in his breast pocket.
That project, released in 2021, was "Tempus Fugit." The watch was made in collaboration with Dr. Benoit Dubuis, whose nonprofit work focuses on life science and increasing longevity. The watch was a finalist at the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Geneve, and Logan Baker featured it later, saying the following:
The ever-so-slightly tapered seconds hand is adorned with an orange tip, generating similar feelings, and the semi-rounded and classic-looking applied hour markers also bear a matte texture that cancels light reflections.
The collaboration takes vintage Heuer Yacht-Timers worn during regattas in the '60s and '70s as inspiration and adapts them to the modern Carrera's 42mm case. The result is a bright TAG Heuer Carrera that seems like it'd fit right in at the local sailing club. It's a natural fit for Rowing Blazers, the brand that's changing the way people think about prep.
When it comes to government contract business with the United States nowadays, Wein explains that there are two distinct paths for a Marathon watch to reach the end-user. Oftentimes that's a soldier, sailor, or airman – but it's certainly not limited to those roles. Scientists and other professions that involve field work are often issued Marathon watches as well.
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