Day 46

Visitor count to my home page: 20,221

Two link Exchanges accepted today :)
Long Island Watch at longislandwatch.com - Here's something I learned from Marc's site: What is a ‘jewel’, and how does the number of jewels affect watch quality?
In all watches, the power must be transmitted from the main energy source (eg mainspring) all the way to the hands. This power transmission takes place through many rotating parts. In a mechanical wristwatch, whenever there is a rotating component, there is friction. This friction reduces the watches accuracy and takes away valuable energy the watch needs to keep running.To minimize friction, watches are fitted with synthetic rubies on most gear pivots. The ruby is lab created, is generally round, and has a small hole in it for one end of the gear to fit in. The gears itself rotates in these rubies. The rubies contain a small drop of lubrication to further minimize friction.
To simply transfer energy from the mainspring to the hands, about 17 jewels are needed. Many high quality watches use 17 jewels. There is a common misconception that more jewels is better. This is not true. More jewels only means there are more rotating parts and the movement is more complex. For instance, a chronograph complication adds more rotating parts. The basic Poljot 3133 mechanical chronograph movement is 23 jewels; the same movement with a moonphase indicator is 25 jewels.
Now that you know that, how about going to Marc's site and buying a watch with less jewels, since less is better!

Medic ID Bracelets and other Medic Alert Jewelry at medicid.com - Medic ID is an industry leader in Medical Identification Jewelry. They specialize in custom medical ID jewelry.

The good side of doing a link exchange program is that I get to see a lot of sites that I would never visit otherwise. There are a lot of truly remarkable things available for sale from the web.
A lot of these I don't want to trade links with - they don't fit into the categories that match what I do on my web site.
But it's fun to goggle at all the stuff that's out there.

Todays invites:
Jewelry:
Rock Climbing and mountaineering Jewelry
Scotland Art Original fine art and designer jewellery
Silver Gallery Sterling silver jewelry
Simply Fine Jewelry
Spangle - Silver Necklaces, Silver Bracelets, Silver Rings
SwissLuxury.Com Rolex watches
Tagua 2 Go - Tagua nuts or vegetable ivory - looks and carves like ivory for fine jewelry - a renewable resource.

Wholesale:
Silver Jewelry Exporters
SteelNavel.com Wholesale body jewelry and piercing supplies