Event Date: March 03, 2023 19:30 CET
Stadium: OAKA Altion
Attendance: 4830
Referees: LATISEVS, OLEGS; NEDOVIC, MILAN; KARDUM, LUKA

TEAM	SCORE
Panathinaikos	74
Barcelona	88

TEAM	1	2	3	4
Panathinaikos	25	11	24	14
Barcelona	22	21	25	20

Head Coach: SERELIS, CHRISTOS

#	Panathinaikos	MIN	PTS	2FG	3FG	FT	OREB	DREB	TREB	AST	STL	TO	BLK	PF	PIR
9	AGRAVANIS, DIMITRIS	11:02	2	1/4	0/2	-	-	1	1	-	2	1	-	4	-4
7	BOCHORIDIS, ELEFTHERIOS	12:29	5	1/1	1/1	0/2	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	2	6
40	GRIGONIS, MARIUS	27:32	13	-	1/2	10/11	-	2	2	2	-	1	-	3	18
77	GUDAITIS, ARTURAS	9:39	4	2/5	-	0/2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	1
16	KALAITZAKIS, GEORGIOS	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
0	KALAITZAKIS, PANAGIOTIS	8:11	-	-	0/2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	-2
5	LEE, PARIS	24:08	6	0/1	1/6	3/4	-	1	1	4	4	-	-	1	12
72	MANTZOUKAS, ELEFTHERIOS	20:54	5	2/2	0/2	1/2	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	2	3
6	PAPAGIANNIS, GEORGIOS	30:21	19	6/9	2/3	1/1	3	4	7	2	-	2	2	2	23
17	THOMAS, MATT	21:49	11	1/2	2/4	3/4	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	4	7
8	WILLIAMS, DERRICK	20:27	9	3/5	1/2	-	-	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	7
3	WOLTERS, NATE	13:28	-	0/1	0/3	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-2
	Team						1	4	5						5
	Totals	40:00	74	16/30	8/27	18/26	5	13	18	15	8	5	3	22	74

Head Coach: JASIKEVICIUS, SARAS

#	Barcelona	MIN	PTS	2FG	3FG	FT	OREB	DREB	TREB	AST	STL	TO	BLK	PF	PIR
21	ABRINES, ALEX	21:10	8	1/1	2/5	-	1	2	3	2	-	-	-	3	7
1	DA SILVA, OSCAR	13:49	-	0/1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	2	-	2	-3
22	HIGGINS, CORY	17:37	9	3/3	1/1	-	-	2	2	1	-	1	-	4	10
31	JOKUBAITIS, ROKAS	14:42	6	1/2	1/1	1/2	1	1	2	-	-	1	-	-	8
10	KALINIC, NIKOLA	16:04	6	2/4	-	2/3	1	8	9	1	-	2	-	3	8
24	KURIC, KYLE	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20	LAPROVITTOLA, NICOLAS	25:14	2	1/1	0/1	-	-	1	1	3	-	4	-	2	-
33	MIROTIC, NIKOLA	26:11	26	5/5	4/8	4/4	2	1	3	-	-	1	-	1	26
5	SANLI, SERTAC	7:41	-	0/2	0/2	-	-	1	1	-	1	2	-	1	-6
13	SATORANSKY, TOMAS	25:18	8	1/1	0/2	6/7	2	7	9	9	1	1	-	3	26
23	TOBEY, MIKE	19:34	16	2/2	4/6	-	-	4	4	3	1	2	-	3	17
6	VESELY, JAN	12:40	7	2/3	-	3/4	1	3	4	-	-	1	-	2	9
	Team						2	1	3			1			2
	Totals	40:00	88	18/25	12/26	16/20	10	32	42	19	3	18	-	24	104

One of the most famous CS:GO teams now is G2. they are like the new stars of CS:GO gaming. Let's see how they started. G2 is a European eSports organization based in Berlin, Germany. The games are matched in League of Legends, Valorant, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Rocket League, Rainbow Six Siege, and iRacing. The organization was founded in Spain on February 24, 2014, by Gamers2 League of Legends player Carlos "Ocelote" Rodríguez Santiago and investor Jens Hilgers. On October 15, 2015, the organization was renamed G2 Esports. G2 Esports is the top 3 esports team of 2022 according to HLTV. Let's look at their biggest achievements. • G2 Esports took part in 475 tournaments in various eSports disciplines. • The record audience for the entire existence of G2 Esports - 3,985,780 Peak viewers (2019 World Championship). • The net worth of G2 Esports is $13,093,606 in tournament prize money. Top 3 tournaments with G2 Esports participation: • 2016 World Championship • 2017 World Championship • Six Invitational 2023 On December 18, 2022, G2 Esports won the BLAST Premier World Final 2022 and earned $500,000. In the final, the team beat Team Liquid with a score of 2:0. G2 Esports has won a major LAN tournament for the first time since 2017. On February 12, 2023, the team won the first tier-1 tournament of the year - IEM Katowice 2023. In the final, the team beat Heroic with a score of 3:1. The most valuable player of the HLTV tournament was recognized as Nemanja "huNter-" Kovac.

It’s been so bad that people have called 2022 the “Year of the Black Swan”. A black swan is supposed to be a once in a lifetime event so how come they are so common?
-“End” of a pandemic
-Russian Invasion
-Luna/3AC
-FTX
-Celsius
-BlockFi
-SVB
-Credit Suisse
-9% inflation
-lowest interest rates in history to high % gain in history
These are just the events I can think of off the top of my head. Either we are throwing this term of Black Swan around too freely or we are way overdue for a white swan event.
BTC value has never changed, it’s price has but it’s value as an asset that can store wealth digitally hasnt and I think with all this insane market events people are starting to realize that value in that.
If your money is going to be effect by war, interest rates, collapsing companies, and banks that can vanish into thin air then I would want my net worth in something as secure as Bitcoin too.
The major white swan event I can think of is that there is now a possibility with major distrust in the fed and banks that Bitcoin could finally decorrelate itself from the stock market and liquidate short positions as the price grows shooting up even further as we close in on the next BTC halving in 2024.
Don’t stop paying attention now things are just getting interesting.

Pittsburgh Steelers

Division: AFC North Record: 9-8 (3-3 Division), 3rd place AFC North Playoffs: Never rely on Joe Flacco to get you in.
First, thanks to u/ehhhhhhhhhhmacarena for letting me sub in on this for the 2nd time in three years. Maybe next year we'll get it right the first time. 😘 LINK TO HUB
General Season Review
The 2022 Steelers season was seen largely as a rebuilding year. No Ben. TJ missing a lot of time. OL not really a work of art. Offensively there are only 3 starters on their 2nd contracts, so the team is very young there. The Front seven on defense was/is severely lacking depth behind TJ, Cam, and Highsmith. The DBs outside of Minkah and Edmunds were largely unknowns, gambles, or value signings. Nothing about this team screamed “playoff chances until the last second of the season”. But that’s exactly how it went. They were alive until the clock struck zero on Jets-Dolphins in Week 18.
Mitchell Trubisky won the starting QB job out of camp, and as the veteran with the most starting experience on the roster, that makes sense. He was the safe choice. The staff has seen what they get with Mason. KP was a rook and you don’t want to shellshock him too soon. But you know what you get with a QB like Mitch. An uninspired offense that doesn’t move the ball quickly at all. Once KP arrived at half in Week 4 vs the Jets, the team was his. Sure the box score doesn’t look all that different. But if you have a choice between a vet who doesn’t do much, and a rookie who at least looks the same and improving? Take the upside.
KP improved every week and limited his mistakes. He ended up taking more control of the offense and had 4 fourth quarter comebacks/game winning drives, in weeks 9, 11, 15, and 16. Talk about improvement.
But the team still started 2-6. Finished 7-3 to go 9-8. Missed the playoffs. Nobody is “happy” with missing the playoffs or a barely .500 season, but given the situation, it wasn’t a bad season. Lots to love about this year. Some nice role players stuck out, the stars did what they do, and the franchise’s future showed lots of good things.
Draft, Free Agency, and Trades:
Draft: (I get into most of these guys in the roster breakdown later on)

• Round 1, Pick 20 overall: Kenneth Shane Pickett, QB, Pitt: AKA “Kenny Fucking Pickett” AKA “THE PICKLER” AKA “BIG KEN” AKA “DADDY”.
  
• Round 2, Pick 52 overall: George Pickens, WR, Georgia: “He’s a quality young man.” – Mike Tomlin
  
• Round 3, Pick 84 overall: DeMarvin Leal, DL, Texas A&M
  
• Round 4, Pick 138 overall: Calvin Austin III, being fast, Memphis
  
• Round 6, Pick 208 overall: Connor Heyward, TE, Mich. St.
  
• Round 6, Pick 198: Mark Robinson, ILB, Ole Miss
  
• Round 7, Pick 232: Chris Oladokun, QB, South Dakota St.
  

Free Agency:

• James Daniels, RG, Bears: $26.5mm/3 yrs, $8.75mm gtd
  
• Myles Jack, LB, Jags: $16mm/2 yrs, $6.5mm gtd
  
• Gunner Olszewski, RS, Patriots: $4.2mm/2 yrs, $1.6mm gtd
  
• Levi Wallace, CB, Bills: $8mm/2 yrs, $2.97mm gtd
  
• Mason Cole, C, Vikes: $15.75mm/3 yrs, $4.57mm gtd
  
• Mitchell Trubisky, QB, Bills: $14.29mm/2 yrs, $5.25mm gtd (up to $27m total w/ incentives)
  

Midseason Trade:

• August 30, 2022: Traded a conditional 2025 pick (7th round) to Vikings for OT, Jesse Davis
  
• August 30, 2022: Traded a 2023 6th round pick to Broncos for OLB, Malik Reed and a 2023 7th round pick
  
• November 1, 2022: Traded Chase Claypool to Bears for a 2023 2nd round pick (32nd overall, thanks Stephen Ross). 🚨YINZER DANCE PARTY🚨
  
• November 1, 2022: Traded a conditional 2025 pick (6th round) to Commanders for William Jackson III and a conditional 2025 pick (7th round).
  

* no conditions satisfied with WJ3 hitting IR like 2 weeks after arriving, Washington basically flew him to the Steelers.
Stats: per pfr and football outsiders

Offensive Stats:

Stat	Value	Per Game	Lg. Rank
Total Yds	5484	322.58	26th
1st Downs	345	20.29	15th
Total Passing Yds	3411	200.64	24th
Total Rush Yds	2073	121.94	16th
Pts Scored	308	18.12 (ouch)	26th
TDs Scored (Pass)	28 (12)	1.64 (.71)	29th 🥲
Turnovers (INTs)	19 (14)	1.11 (.82)	4th (17th)
DVOA	-0.3%	n/a	18th
DVOA after BYE	6.6%	n/a	10th

Defensive Stats:

Stat	Value	Per Game	Lg. Rank
Yds Allowed	5617	330.41	13th
1st Downs	314	18.47	5th
Total Passing Yds	3779	222.29	19th
Total Rush Yds	1838	108.12	9th
Pts Scored	346	20.35	10th
Turnovers (INTs)	23 (20)	1.35 (1.18)	14th (1st)
DVOA	-3.5%	n/a	12th
DVOA after BYE	-14.6%	n/a	4th

Weekly Game Review:
Week 1, @ Bengos: WHAT A WIN. WHAT A WIN. Okay, so I was at this game (6-0 all time baybayyyy) and felt gross after. An injured long snapper being the difference maker is crazy. Oh and Minkah going completely fucking super saiyan on the kitties from Eastern Kentucky Ohio. 14 tackles. 10 solo. 1 INT/TD. AND A BLOCKED XP TO SEND IT TO OVERTIME. Boy went crazy. Mike T started the game by stuffing everyones lockers with blacked out Air Force 1s, and Minkah brought that energy. Ja’Marr Chase felt it too when he gave Mink the bird and got 15 yards for it hahahahahahahahahaha.
Mitch Trubisky sucks at football.
Side note: Cincy fans, your city is known for its god awful chili/meat sauce/who cares what it's called. But PBS serves the fucking Walmart brand of it in stadium?? What up w that??
Week 2, vs. Patriots: First week of seven without TJ 🥲. Bill Belichick activated sleeper agent Gunner O to fumble that punt in the third quarter and then the Patriots scored.
Mitch Trubisky sucks at football.
Week 3, @ Brownies: Jacoby “Brisket” Brissett sliced and diced the defense to hand the Steelers this L. Best Browns QB on the roster, hands down.
Mitch Trubisky sucks at football.
Week 4, vs. Jets: Distractions from WRs who weren’t getting the ball and QBs fucking moms should distract the Jets and allow the Steelers defense to take over and win this one pretty handily right? Nope. Wanna know why?
Because:
Mitch Trubisky sucks at football.
Subbed at half. ITS TIME FOR THE PICKLER TO SHINE. No? Maybe next week in Buffalo.
Week 5, @ Bills: Ron Howard: “He did not shine in Buffalo the next week.”
Week 6, vs. Bucs: Kenny got slapped in the head and left the game in the 3rd. But guess what?? MITCH TRUBISKY DOESN’T SUCK AT FOOTBALL AND HE BEAT TOM BRADY AND THE BUCS.
Week 7, @ Fins: This SNF game was honestly not bad despite the box score. Despite the L there was a lot of positive to take from Kenny and his growth, which is what mattered most this year.
Week 8, @ Eagles: I don’t wanna talk about it.
Week 9, @ UPMC Rooney Sports Complex: This is around the time the reports that KP8 had an “office” at the team facility to grind extra tape. Turns out it’s just a desk in the team room. Sorry Russ haters, not today.
LIVE IMAGE OF KENNY WORKING IN HIS OFFICE
Week 10, vs. Saints: Ho hum. Steelers beating Andy Dalton. What’s new? TJ back after missing weeks 2-8 and healthy-ish. Najee finally gets kickin and the offense with it. Not a world beater, but better all around.
Week 11, vs. Bengals: 🚨🚨 30 POINT OFFENSIVE EFFORT ALERT 🚨🚨 Buuuuuuuut the Bengos transformed to the Dark Bengos over their bye and Dark Bengo must have his sacrifice. Top 5 Uni matchup on the year too hands down. Maybebe ever.
White^inbred Bengo vs Blacked Out Block Letters. Chefs Kiss.
Week 12, @ Colts: Steelers love beating the Colts. I don’t know what it is about them, but there’s blood in the water. My logic is Indiana is next to Ohio. Steelers hate and historically own Ohio teams. Indy by nature of being near Ohio is basically Ohio. So, the team just treats them like they do any other Ohio team.
Week 13, @ Falcons: The coolest part of this game was the similarities of Connor Heywards first NFL touchdown and his father’s first NFL receiving TD.
Week 14, vs. Ravens: KP got hurt on like the 8th play of the game bc he came down with whatever disability Tua has that doesn’t allow them to properly go down when being tackled. I don’t know if it’s the body weight sack rules, QBs not knowing how to fall, or the spinning twist tackles, something’s gotta change.
Mitch Trubisky sucks at football.
Week 15, @ Panthers: This was a win but it certainly wasn’t because Mitch Trubisky is *good* at football. The Panthers had 21 rushing yards. Even for pass heavy teams that’s bad. So when The Darnold is your QB, you’re gonna suffer.
I mean uhhh the RIGGED NFL STOLE this game from the GEQBUS.
Week 16, vs. Raiders: A lot of us Steelers fans were nervous for this game. The Raiders have been a thorn in Coach Ts side for years. He was 2-5 entering this game against them. But we weren’t gonna let that ruin the Immaculate Reception 50th anniversary game, especially after Franco passed. And in 1972 football fashion, the Steelers won a 13-10 barn burner on a TD pass from KP to GP with :46 on the clock. And then Cam Sutton made that diving INT to seal the deal. Merry Christmas Yinz.
Week 17, @ Ravens: Naj delivers his first 100 yard performance of the year. TJ Watt says this is the first time all year he’s been injury free. Mitch Trubisky is not allowed to suck at football. Life is good.
Week 18, vs. Browns: All the team had to do is win against a division opponent, and pray to god the Bills don’t phone it in against the Patriots. Oh and rely on Joe Flacco to beat the Fins. Never rely on flacco for anything.
Overall Record: 9-8
High Points:

• Week One was a great surprise after the Bengals trounced the Steelers for all of 2021.
  
• Kenny’s weekly improvements, especially after the bye.
  
• George Pickens.
  
• Every time Minkah did something batshit insane on the field.
  
• The Immaculate Reception game was a great Christmas gift.
  

Low Points

• Every snap of Mitchell Trubisky playing football minus the Buccaneers game.
  
• Losing to the Zach Wilson led Jets.
  
• ILB play all season was a nothing burger.
  
• Chris Boswell’s Groin 2: Electric Boogaloo (sequel to the 2018 original).
  

Low Points for Yinzers

• Every day that Mike Tomlin and Matt Canada aren’t fired by the Stillers.
  
• Any time they think about drafting Najee and Friermuth over Creed Humphrey and Landon Dickerson.
  
• Every day before November 1, 2023.
  
• Any time they think about the Jags loss in the divisional round in 2017.
  
• Any time Jaylen Warren didn’t get 20 carries if Najee was having a bad game.
  

High Points for Yinzers

• November 1, 2023.

Overall Roster Review:

All-Pros:

• Minkah Fitzpatrick, S, (1st Team): I don’t think I need to say anything here. Dudes a fucking baller. We love him here.
  
• Cam Heyward was snubbed of 2nd team All-Pro. Even Cam himself doesnt understand the criteria.
  

Pro Bowl Selections:

• TJ (lol) and Minkah

Position Group Reviews:

QB: This is why everyone is here. To read about Mitchell Trubisky. Who sucks at football. He is the definition of a “he can change for me” signing. Uninspiring, not the reason those Bears teams won, and definitely the reason some of these games were lost this year.
But the real real reason we all are here. Kenny Fucking Pickett. The box score is not favorable here. But look a little deeper. 2nd best deep ball passer this year!! Crazy. Watch the games. Watch him progress each game. Not making the same mistake twice. 11 turnovers in his first 5 games. 2 in his last 8 games, which came after the bye. Boy was IN THE LAB. Three 4th quarter comebacks and 4 game winning drives. He may not be on the same trajectory of that young class of elite game changing QBs like Mahomes, Burrow, or Allen. But he good. Oh he goooood. And that flow?? Nothing can stop THE PICKLER.
RB: Naj started the year slow and never really kicked off in a major way. He had a Lisfranc injury from camp that had him wearing a metal plate in his foot until Week 6. But he was still solid on a relatively mediocre offense.
The real story of this group is Jaylen Warren. UDFA from Ok. St. Had to compete with 3 other RBs in camp who all had been on the roster the previous year. Coach T likes to say “2 dogs, 1 bone.” Well Jaylen is the dog with that bone in his mou--- actually not gonna finish that one.
WR: Yinzers will focus on the fact that Diontae Johnson had 86 catches and no TDs. Which is objectively bad. But let’s not throw the baby out with the bathwater on DJ. Pretty much every route he ran was a sideline route, comeback, curl, or something else that yields little to no YAC. He yet again had a great year separating from DBs better than anyone in the NFL. He also continues to show that he never really earned the name Diontae Dropson with his 4.8% drop rate which ranks 75th highest among pass catchers in the nfl.
Pickens just made highlight after highlight this year. He’s a freak. But he suffered from a somewhat limited route tree this year same as Diontae.
Steven Sims was a nice surprise out of camp this year too. Reliable returner mostly, solid in the slot. Carved out a nice role in the offense for himself.
Everyone else here was a body (Boykin, Cody White, Gunner) or injured (Calvin Austin III).
TE: Muth is about as reliable as it gets. Best YAC on the team at the moment. Fights for yards. Had a solid year and looks to continue his growth in year 3.
Zach Gentry was just a body in his first two years in Pittsburgh. Albeit he’s just a 6’8” 270 lb body. But the last two years he’s been a reliable and improved blocker, as well as a solid 15-20 catch type of target. Not gonna light it up, but definitely worth a roster spot.
Connor Heyward was not drafted because he’s Cam’s brother! He’s a solid H-Back type that was used in a lot of different ways this year. Really big fan. He may never be a top end player, but has long time beloved role player written all over him.
OT: Chuks Okorafor continues to be underrated. He plays the less glorified OT spot and isn’t a top 5 in the league, so he must be trash right? Nope. Dude is solid. Worth the extension last spring/summer.
Dan Moore Jr. (DMJ) in year two was about the same as year 1. A big bodied, athletic, raw, and not great LT. He’s gonna get a third year to start, maybe with a camp competition body. Yinzers are sick of him and want a high profile turnstile like Orlando Brown Jr. to replace him. I say wait for year 3.
The Orlando Brown joke was written before the Bengos signed him and I think that it's even funnier now hahaha
iOL: James Daniels was the big signing of the year for the Steelers, and despite a rough start he was really solid. Definitely the best OL of the year for the team, but nobody was exceptional.
Mason Cole's signing inspired none but he played a little better than expected. Tomlin really seems to like him and his communication skills. I think the value he brings may just be stuff us fans don’t see or know since we don’t know the calls.
Kevin Dotson, a fan favorite in the past, lost a lot of fans this year. The left side of the OL was pretty bad overall but there are some who think DMJ may improve with a better running mate at LG. KDot had a good to great rookie year. Oft injured in year 2 and down year 3. He’s probably on his last legs here if something doesn’t change in 2023.
DL: Cam is great and aging like a fine wine, I don’t need to really expand on that.
The rest of the group was interesting to watch. Ogunjobi was nice, especially as a late June add to the roster. I hope he can re-sign in Pittsburgh.
DeMarvin Leal was a tweener coming out of the draft and it showed in his usage. Only ticked up after TJs injury and shuffling of the DL. He was IR’ed for a bit and never really topped 25% snaps in a game but once maybe. He’ll be an interesting developmental piece to watch in 2023.
The rest of the guys did their jobs. Alualu was benched in favor of Montravius Adams. Chris Wormley has been a good rotational guy. Isaiahh Loudermilk made little to no noise this year after a decent rookie year in 2021.
OLB: Everyone likely wants to hear about TJ, but Alex Highsmith gets the first mention here. TJ being out for like half the season called for Highsmith to step up. And he did. 14.5 sacks. A true breakout year and silencing the yinzers who say “just plug anyone opposite TJ and they’ll eat”. He’s in a contract year in 2023 and deserves to be paid. Alex Highsmith was an absolute baller in 2022 and deserves his respect.
TJ was banged up and made didn’t make too much noise this year.
God dammit they need a third EDGE guy to spell TJ/Alex. It’s a bunch of JAGs in that room behind them.
ILB: Speaking of JAGs. Nobody here impressed. People will tell you Mark Robinson made a splash in the Ravens game, to which I respond that he played 26 snaps that game. The ILB group was so mediocre this year I’m not going to expand on any individual past that bit above. Big draft/FA need. Maybe 2x.
CB: Cam Sutton 🥲 was given the outside CB job full time this year basically. And he thriiiived. After being a role player for most of his career thus far, he bet on himself, and is now paid in Detroit. He got to watch Joe Haden play outside for a few seasons and I really think that Steelers era Joe is a good comp for Sutton. Smart, tackles well, versatile. Enjoy him Lions fans.
The rest of the group did well enough I guess. Levi was a solid inside outside guy and took the bulk of the CB2 snaps. A bargain at $4m/year. Thanks Commies for really screwing up Buffalo’s plans there. Ahkello Witherspoon greatly cooled down from his 3 INTs in the last 5 games of 2021. He got some time outside and wasn’t great. Not the worst CB in Tomlin’s tenure, definitely not the best.
I also want to take a side note on Arthur Maulet. He’s not a great NCB. But he brings a lot of energy and fire to this team. He apparently got in some peoples faces in the locker room after a 2022 loss that I refuse to talk about. He really seems to value that accountability and brings a level of leadership that is good on an otherwise young team. He’dnever get a mention otherwise, but I think he deserves some love for what he brings.
S: Minkah Fitzpatrick.
Terrell Edmunds continues to show he is Mr. Consistent. He wears a lot of hats for the defense, is always available, and largely a mistake free player. Yinzers still hate him because he’s a first rounder that isn’t an all-pro, but if every first rounder was at least an available, consistent, career starter, most teams would be fucking loaded.
Damontae Kazee is that third safety Mike Tomlin has been searching for the last few years. Tre Norwood looked like he may be it last year, but Kazee beat him out for the job. He’s a human missile. A violent player. And a full, healthy season ahead should do him well amongst the fans.
2023 Draft Picks:

• Round 1, Pick 17 overall
  
• Round 2, Pick 32 overall (From CHI)
  
• Round 2, Pick 49 overall
  
• Round 3, Pick 80 overall
  
• Round 4, Pick 120 overall
  
• Round 7, Pick 236 overall
  
• Round 7, Pick 243 overall (From DEN)
  
• 2023 Cap Space: **$13,952,485 as of posting date*** ^per otc
  

Free Agency/Draft Needs:

• Front Seven needs depth and starters outside of like 3 or 4 guys. So, starting ILB, EDGE3 to spell TJ/Highsmith, and DL/DT since the DL is old with no standout youngsters on the roster.
  
• One starting caliber CB, probably/maybe 2.
  
• OL depth, potential starters. Mostly LG, maybe C. Yinzers will tell you the OTs are dogshit but they’re more mid than they are bad.
  
• WR. Always.
  

Key Free Agents:

Preface: I’m not making predictions on contracts because that’s a useless practice. I know fuck all about what’s going on behind closed doors of NFL offices, so who cares about contract predictions.

Offense:

Oddly, None? I guess Mason Rudolph but HE GONE.

Defense:

• Cameron Sutton, CB: As of writing this, he’s already gone. Thanks Detroit. But I wanted to include his name, because I think highly of him and don’t want to minimize his importance. A good player, maybe never an All-Pro, but a long time starter at the position. We watched him grow from a wee little 3rd rounder just growin’ and learnin’.
  
• Larry Ogunjobi, DL: A must sign in my opinion. Good depth, Cam is not any younger. Add another DE in the draft and the DL is gonna be nice in ’23. HE STAY
  
• Devin Bush, ILB: He gone.
  
• Terrell Edmunds, S: Another must sign. He does too much for this defense to let him walk. 🥲
  
• Chris Wormley, DL: Solid depth. Came from an inter-division trade. Tomlin told him “that shows what they think of you” and he’s been a pretty damn good depth/rotational piece ever since. Would like to have him back, especially with Alualu likely being toast.
  
• Damontae Kazee, S: I think he just needs to come back and play a full season in that 3rd safety role. A full season of expanding on what we saw the last few weeks of the year would be cool and add some wrinkles to this defense. HE STAY
  

Potential Cap Casualties, Retirements

Offense:

• Mitchell Trubisky, QB: Dude sucks at football. But if he’s cut there’s Kenny and a bunch of dudes who know nothing about this offense. Yes it would save like $8mm but Kenny and a bunch of bodies behind him isn’t ideal. Unlikely.
  
• Gunner Olszewski, RS: Saves only $2mm, but Sims replaced him as a RS. Calvin Austin III should slide into that slot role once healthy. Seems like a mid-summer dump if they draft another WR, which they always do.
  

Defense:

• William Jackson III, CB: Been cut. Saved $12mm. Maybe he’ll be back after testing the waters. Who knows, but he’s such an unknown at this point it doesn’t make a difference.
  
• Myles Jack, ILB: Saves $8mm but leaves Mark Robinson, a rawwww 2ndyear, and Robert Spillane, professional JAG. I think an extension is more likely than a cut. Jack did lead the team in tackles. But nothing exceptional beyond that.
  
• Ahkello Witherspoon, CB: Saves $4mm. He’s a CB3 at best, not really in consideration for the starting spot. Probably survives any cuts til the draft just to be safe.
  
• Tyson Alualu, DT: Probably retiring right? Reneged on a deal with the Jags to stay in Pittsburgh. Hurt. Benched. Free Agent. I just don’t see him signing another contract.
  

Coaching Staff/Front Office review

• Kevin Colbert, GM: KC finished out DRAFT SZN with a bang. Drafted the QB. Got ANOTHER addition to Kevin Colbert’s School of Wide Receivers Who Wide Receive Good. Started a family reunion with the Heywards. A classic Kevin Colbert Draft Special. God Bless that man and all he did for 22 great years of Steelers football.
  
• Omar Khan, GM: Dude got to WORK right away. Active during free agency? Never heard of her. Signed Levi Wallace. Got the DJ deal done. Minkah deal done. Snagged Larry O after he “failed his physical” whatever that means just take the L Bears haha. James Daniels at RG. Boy slinging that money around like it’s not his and it’s on fire. I think all of Steelers fans (Yinzers included) are excited to see what he and Weidl’s approach to FA and the draft is going to be like. More of the same? Same same but different? Who knows, who cares. Let's have fun with it while it’s new.
  
• Mike Tomlin, HC: “Hey Coach T. You’re gonna lose your HOF QB. And your HOF pace OLB is gonna miss 7 games. And you’ll trade away your WR2 by Halloween. Your OL is gonna be shit the first 6 weeks of the season. Your WR1 won’t score a TD all year. Your RB1 is gonna have an injury that kills careers in camp. Don’t do too much winning okay?”
  

\ * Tomlin *: “Haha fuck it we ball.”

• Matt Canada, OC: There are not many kind things to say about his offense. Route concepts are bad. Play diversity is bad. Playcall sequencing seems bad. But a top 10 DVOA offense the last 9 weeks of the season? He at least earned a chance to play out his contract.
  
• Teryl Austin, DC: His first year as DC but 4th overall with the team. The defense clearly suffered without TJ for 7 weeks, but overall they were a good unit on the year. Sutton played well and earned his Detroit contract. Minkah is a baller. Levi Wallace is great value. The DBs overall really are just so much better than they’ve been since like 2011-2017 and Teryl Austin deserves a nod for that alone.
  

Final Thoughts

Draft and free agency are looming. It’s exciting. New GM/AGM, new QB. Tomlin does what he does. There’s a lot of things to be excited about as a Steeler’s fan for the foreseeable future.
Kenny is the focus of the team now. Everything done should be done in furtherance of his development as the Pittsburgh Steelers franchise QB. Better Defense to support him on his bad days. Better OL to keep him upright. Better skill guys to make his life easier. It’s all for him. As it should be. If he’s right, the teams right.
HERE WE GO STEELERS

Enterprise Groupe (TSX: E, OTC: ETOLF), a company specializing in equipment and services in the build-out of infrastructure for energy pipeline and construction industries, has shared solid positive earnings. These outstanding results will boost investors’ confidence, and upcoming investments in the oil and gas sector should help the company grab more market share. E.TO gained 40% YoY, a significant gain compared to S&P (-19.4%), Nasdaq (8.7%), and Dow (-9).
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Oil & Gas Sector Overview
The oil and natural gas sector is active in 12 of Canada’s 13 provinces and territories. Canada is sixth in the production of natural gas and fourth in the production of crude oil worldwide. The GDP of Canada receives billions of dollars from its oil and natural gas production, which also generates thousands of employment annually.
Large amounts of these resources are found in Alberta, Canada’s top oil and natural gas producer. Around 80% of Canada’s total oil production comes from Alberta and natural gas can be found all over the province. However the oil sands are only in the northern part of the province. Predictions say the oil and gas industry will be worth $40 billion CDN on March 1, 2023, an increase of 11% from 2022. According to a Bank of Montreal estimate, Alberta will receive $28 billion in investments this year, or almost 70% of all investments made in Canada. According to CAPP (largest investor in environmental protection), the conventional and oil sands industries are the key drivers of investment growth.
“The year 2023 may be one of the most pivotal moments in time for Canada’s oil and natural gas industry. With an emerging liquefied natural gas export industry, the expected completion of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, and billions of dollars in emissions reduction investments waiting to be unlocked, Canada is positioned to play a much larger role in providing responsibly produced energy resources to the world.”
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Company Overview
Enterprise Groupe (TSX: E, OTC: ETOLF), Inc. combines services, such as the renting of specialist equipment to the energy and resource industries. For both itself and its clients, the company strongly emphasizes systems and technologies that mitigate, decrease, or eliminate CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions. Local Tier One and multinational resource corporations in Western Canada are familiar with the company.
Evolution Power Projects, a brand-new, wholly-owned company, was formally introduced by Enterprise Group in April 2022. EPP is the top supplier of surface infrastructure and low-emission mobile power systems to the industrial, resource, and energy sectors. The company’s cutting-edge techniques provide low-emission natural gas-powered systems and micro-grid technologies to its clients, enabling them to do away with diesel completely. Further natural gas-powered systems, such as turbine generators, accounted for a sizeable amount of the Enterprise’s capital expenditures for 2022.
The company also emphasizes sustainability. Enterprise is continually developing quantitative measures and techniques to track and improve the company’s performance in relation to ESG aspects, by making new technology investments that enable us to be a top provider of tools and services that significantly lower the emissions of Enterprise’s clients and assist them in achieving their ESG goals.
Share Structure / Financials
As we stated in our introduction, Enterprise Group reported positive earnings and solid results, marking one of the strongest years in the company’s history. Revenues rose by $8,159,914 or 44% to $26,892,249 for the fiscal year that concluded on December 31, 2022, from $18,732,335 the year before. Adjusted gross margin increased by $5,897,197 or 118% to $10,879,928 for the fiscal year that finished on December 31, 2022, from $4,982,731 in the year before. In comparison to the preceding year’s adjusted EBITDA of $2,959,020, which was $8,147,223, this year’s adjusted EBITDA was $8,147,223, an increase of $5,188,203 or 175%.
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During 2022, the company purchased and canceled 1.8M shares representing $714.6k. These shares were withdrawn from the share capital account because they had a carrying value of $2,445,077, or $1.36 per share. The company has bought back and canceled 10,057,500 shares since the program’s launch at a total cost of $2,391,560, or $0.24 per share. A total of $14,289,151 worth of these shares, with a carrying value of $1.42 per share, have been taken out of the share capital account over the share repurchase program. In addition to the share repurchase program, management exercised 4,881,000 options for the year ending December 31, 2022, generating net proceeds of $901,070 that were returned to the company, giving management a 40% ownership holding. Through August 29, 2023, Enterprise has extended its regular course issuer bid.
Bottom Line
Enterprise Groupe (TSX: E, OTC: ETOLF) continues to grow while being well-structured. The share price remains strongly undervalued as the company’s book value is $0.68 per share. Remember, the company had positive earnings, and the trend should continue as Enterprise launched Evolution Power Projects, which is the leading provider of low emission, mobile power systems and associated surface infrastructure to the energy, resource, and industrial sectors.

Enterprise Groupe (TSX: E, OTC: ETOLF), a company specializing in equipment and services in the build-out of infrastructure for energy pipeline and construction industries, has shared solid positive earnings. These outstanding results will boost investors’ confidence, and upcoming investments in the oil and gas sector should help the company grab more market share. E.TO gained 40% YoY, a significant gain compared to S&P (-19.4%), Nasdaq (8.7%), and Dow (-9).
Oil & Gas Sector Overview
The oil and natural gas sector is active in 12 of Canada’s 13 provinces and territories. Canada is sixth in the production of natural gas and fourth in the production of crude oil worldwide. The GDP of Canada receives billions of dollars from its oil and natural gas production, which also generates thousands of employment annually.
Large amounts of these resources are found in Alberta, Canada’s top oil and natural gas producer. Around 80% of Canada’s total oil production comes from Alberta and natural gas can be found all over the province. However the oil sands are only in the northern part of the province. Predictions say the oil and gas industry will be worth $40 billion CDN on March 1, 2023, an increase of 11% from 2022. According to a Bank of Montreal estimate, Alberta will receive $28 billion in investments this year, or almost 70% of all investments made in Canada. According to CAPP (largest investor in environmental protection), the conventional and oil sands industries are the key drivers of investment growth.
“The year 2023 may be one of the most pivotal moments in time for Canada’s oil and natural gas industry. With an emerging liquefied natural gas export industry, the expected completion of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, and billions of dollars in emissions reduction investments waiting to be unlocked, Canada is positioned to play a much larger role in providing responsibly produced energy resources to the world.”
Company Overview
Enterprise Groupe (TSX: E, OTC: ETOLF), Inc. combines services, such as the renting of specialist equipment to the energy and resource industries. For both itself and its clients, the company strongly emphasizes systems and technologies that mitigate, decrease, or eliminate CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions. Local Tier One and multinational resource corporations in Western Canada are familiar with the company.
Evolution Power Projects, a brand-new, wholly owned company, was formally introduced by Enterprise Group in April 2022. EPP is the top supplier of surface infrastructure and low emission mobile power systems to the industrial, resource, and energy sectors. The company’s cutting-edge techniques provide low-emission natural gas-powered systems and micro-grid technologies to its clients, enabling them to do away with diesel completely. Further natural gas-powered systems, such as turbine generators, accounted for a sizeable amount of the Enterprise’s capital expenditures for 2022.
The company also emphasizes sustainability. Enterprise is continually developing quantitative measures and techniques to track and improve the company’s performance in relation to ESG aspects, by making new technology investments that enable us to be a top provider of tools and services that significantly lower the emissions of Enterprise’s clients and assist them in achieving their ESG goals.
Share Structure / Financials
As we stated in our introduction, Enterprise Group reported positive earnings and solid results, marking one of the strongest years in the company’s history. Revenues rose by $8,159,914 or 44% to $26,892,249 for the fiscal year that concluded on December 31, 2022, from $18,732,335 the year before. Adjusted gross margin increased by $5,897,197 or 118% to $10,879,928 for the fiscal year that finished on December 31, 2022, from $4,982,731 in the year before. In comparison to the preceding year’s adjusted EBITDA of $2,959,020, which was $8,147,223, this year’s adjusted EBITDA was $8,147,223, an increase of $5,188,203 or 175%.
During 2022, the company purchased and canceled 1.8M shares representing $714.6k. These shares were withdrawn from the share capital account because they had a carrying value of $2,445,077, or $1.36 per share. The company has bought back and canceled 10,057,500 shares since the program’s launch at a total cost of $2,391,560, or $0.24 per share. A total of $14,289,151 worth of these shares, with a carrying value of $1.42 per share, have been taken out of the share capital account over the share repurchase program. In addition to the share repurchase program, management exercised 4,881,000 options for the year ending December 31, 2022, generating net proceeds of $901,070 that were returned to the company, giving management a 40% ownership holding. Through August 29, 2023, Enterprise has extended its regular course issuer bid.
Bottom Line
Enterprise Groupe (TSX: E, OTC: ETOLF) continues to grow while being well-structured. The share price remains strongly undervalued as the company’s book value is $0.68 per share. Remember, the company had positive earnings, and the trend should continue as Enterprise launched Evolution Power Projects, which is the leading provider of low-emission, mobile power systems and associated surface infrastructure to the energy, resource, and industrial sectors.

For Verifying the legitimacy of Event Pokémon Link (currently drafting)

Disclaimer:

This is not a 100% factual guide, but a basic guide on how to identify illegitimate Pokémon. A well hacked pokémon is near impossible to differentiate from a legitimate Pokémon visually in-game and may need other means to look deeper into the coding. If a Pokémon matches the description on this post, it does not mean it is guaranteed to be a fake.
Below is some information on Illegal, Hacked, and Cloned Pokémon. This guide will not explain how hackers generate their pokémon as to not promote it, nor link any sources on how they do it.
All screenshots in this post are from u/JKKM2445's game.
Please remember Rule 5, Rule 6 and Rule 9 of our subreddit:
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Rule 5 - Hacked and cloned Pokémon must be specified

Hacked and cloned pokémon are allowed to be traded, but must be clearly labelled as such. If you are unsure of the legitimacy of your pokémon, mention it in your post. It would be helpful to mention if your pokémon are self-caught for those who only want legitimate pokémon.
Illegal pokémon such as shiny-locked and unreleased pokémon are not allowed to be traded here.
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Rule 6 - No Scamming or suspicious activity

You can attempt to ask for a tradeback if there was a misunderstanding when negotiating a trade.
If you think you have been scammed, please send us a Modmail and provide photos/ links with as much information as you can about the trade.
Try to negotiate high risk trades in a public post, as banned users can still message you privately.
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Rule 9 - No breaking TOS

Do not request or post sources linking to unlicensed content sites. This includes illegal streaming websites, pirated files, use of third party tools, etc.
[11/11/2022] Nintendo's Article: Addressing the use of data altered via unauthorized means

Illegal Pokémon

Illegal pokémon are pokémon with certain characteristics that cannot legally be obtained without hacking. Although some assets might be hidden in the game, they have not officially been released by the developers yet. They are often blocked from trading (an error appears stating the pokémon cannot be traded when attempting to trade). Having them in your possession will likely not get you banned, but using it for online play and tournaments may trigger it. If you are somehow able to obtain one, it is advised that you do not keep them as the developers sometimes sends out (temporary and permanent) ban waves without announcing prior, which will restrict you from using online services such as trading and competing in competitive tournaments.
Pokémon Sword and Shield trade (Cosmog is shiny-locked)
Pokémon Sword and Shield error

What makes a pokémon illegal?

Shiny-locked Pokémon
Pokémon that cannot be obtained in its shiny form yet (full list in the Shiny Pokémon Guide, only includes Pokémon available in Paldea).
Unreleased Pokémon
Pokémon that cannot be obtained naturally in-game at this current time. This includes a lot of Starter pokémon from previous games (though they are slowly being released via 7 ★ Event Tera Raids), and past legendary and mythicals (until they can be imported from Pokémon Home or are distributed via events).
Impossible Stats (IVs)
Some pokémon like the box legendaries Koraidon and Miraidon, the Titan pokémon and 7 ★ Tera Raid pokémon have their stats locked and will always have the same natural IVs as everyone else when caught.
Impossible Movesets
Pokémon with moves that have not been officially released for that pokémon. This may include moves that the pokémon can't obtain at its current level, gender, form, etc (there are exceptions like Trickroom Indeedee which is most likely an oversight by the developers). Pokémon can also occasionally have moves that can't be used in Scarlet and Violet that were usable in previous games; that doesn't mean it is hacked, it could mean it was transferred from Pokémon Bank/ Home.
Impossible Abilities
Pokémon with abilities that has not officially been released for that pokémon.
Certain pokémon can have rare event-exclusive abilities like Battle Bond Greninja, which makes them rare but not illegal as there has been an official distribution of that pokémon with that ability.
Impossible Gender
Pokémon like Vespiquen and Salazzle can only be female. However, there was an exploit in Pokémon Sword and Shield which made it so that Male Combee and Salandit could evolve, but has long been hatched and no longer works. There is currently no known exploit in Scarlet and Violet, nor is there a way to change a Pokémon's gender.
Pay attention to Pokémon that are meant to be genderless (including Legendary/Mythical and Paradox pokémon) as well as single gendered pokémon (Hatterene line can only be female, Grimmsnarl line can only be male, etc).
Impossible typing (not tera type)
Pokémon with a typing that has not been officially released for that pokémon. There has not been any changes in types for pokémon since Generation VI (Pokémon X and Y) in 2013. All pokémon transferred to Scarlet and Violet from previous games will have their typings updated to the correct ones.
Impossible Origin Mark
Full list here
Pokémon with an Origin Mark from a game that it could not be obtained from. All Pokémon caught in Paldea should have the Scarlet and Violet Mark, but pokémon transferred from previous games should have their own origin marks. If you find a new pokémon from Generation IX with any other mark, it is illegitimate (it may be possible to have the Pokémon GO origin mark once it's released in the game). It is possible for pokémon transferred from previous games to have no origin mark.
Unique Pokémon that can only originate from a particular game like Alpha Pokémon from Hisui should only have the Legends: Arceus mark. Do not be confused with pokémon that can originate from multiple games (like Pikachu), in which case they can have all kinds of origin marks.
Impossible Met Location
Pokémon with an invalid Met Location. If the pokémon originated from Paldea, it should have a Met Location from a place in Paldea (link will be provided when Bulbapedia gets updated).
If the pokémon did not originate from Paldea, you may want to check out this list to verify if the Met Location can be obtained through legal methods. There have been previous exploits to get unique Met Locations like clipping into towns to hatch eggs to get the Faraway Place location in Sword and Shield, but not all locations in the link can be obtained without hacking.
Impossible Poké ball combination
Pokémon that have been captured in a poké ball that it shouldn't be in. An example of this is if the Paldean Starters were caught in a ball other than the Poké ball, or regular non-event Pokémon caught in Cherish Balls.
Imported pokémon from previous games can be caught in a poké ball not available in Paldea (such as Safari and Sport apriballs, and all Hisuian poké balls that should convert into Strange balls once entered into Scarlet and Violet). Just because a particular poké ball was available in a certain game, doesn't mean all pokémon could have been captured in it. Check out Serebii's legality checker and Smogon's Special Poke Ball Inheritance Guide for more information (specifically the generation or game that the pokémon was caught in).
Keep in mind that Cherish, Master and Strange balls cannot be bred to their offspring.
Impossible level
Pokémon (or specifically, a Pokémon at a later evolutionary stage) at a level that it shouldn't be at. Later evolutions evolve at higher levels, so a fully evolved Pokémon at a low level is questionable.
There is an exception to pokémon that originate from Pokémon Go, which can have fully evolved Pokémon at level 1 due to the game using different mechanics (levels do not exist in Pokémon Go but instead use CP - Combat Power. When transferred to Pokémon Home a level is assigned to it based on the CP). That being said, a lot of Pokémon from Pokémon Go still can't be obtained at level 1 (most legendary/ mythicals, but not all), so it is up to you to verify this.

Hacked/ Genned Pokémon

The general consensus for hacked or genned (generated) pokémon are that they are generated externally using third-party tools and imported into the game. However, it is possible to generate legal pokémon with characteristics that are not banned, making them viable for online-play, differentiating them from illegal pokémon that are completely banned. The term 'hacked' can mean illegal or legal, but both mean pokémon obtained from unnatural methods (not to be confused with exploits that are often patched and fixed after a certain period, such as the G-Max Hattrem Max Raid Event in Sword and Shield).
Hacked pokémon received from surprise trades often have perfect stats, are shiny, and may have a weird name. Keep in mind that a pokémon that came from an egg can still be hacked (receiving an egg from someone else and hatching it yourself will not legalise it as the egg can still hatch with illegal characteristics). It is very hard and sometimes impossible to tell if a pokémon is hacked if there aren't any immediate reg flags. To avoid this, try to trade on subreddits that only allow 100% legitimate pokémon like pokemontrades.
Unlikely Stats (IVs)
You may come across pokémon with unlikely IVs (for example, a Perfect Stat Legendary with all Best IVs from previous games). This does not mean it is illegal because it is possible to obtain them with perfect stats (from Ultra Wormholes in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, Dynamax Adventures in Sword and Shield, etc), though it is highly unlikely. If you do come across one, it is likely to be hacked unless the trader has proof it was caught with perfect stats.
Regular common pokémon can be bred to have all Best or No Good stats etc. That doesn't make them illegal or particularly likely to be hacked, but you will need to continue looking for other clues to verify the legitimacy.

Cloned Pokémon

Cloned pokémon are an identical copy of another pokémon using third-party tools, but only visually in-game. Depending on the method, this could mean the coding behind the pokémon that cannot usually be seen in-game may not be copied correctly, and could be flagged by the developers in future updates or when imported into future games.
A clone of a legitimate pokémon does not make the clone itself legitimate as it is still a generated pokémon. Some players may mention 'legitimate clone', which means it's a clone of a legitimate pokémon but the clone itself is not legitimate. If you are only looking for legitimate pokémon, ask the trader for the origins of the pokémon (and proof and trade history if possible).

General Trading Advice

Unlike some subreddits with higher trade restrictions, trading hacked pokémon is allowed on pokemonviolet but must be disclosed, and attempting to pass them off as legitimate could lead to a ban. Illegal pokémon are banned from this subreddit to protect users from being banned in-game.
Trading pokémon and items

1. Automatically assume any pokémon obtained from Surprise Trade is hacked, especially if it is holding a rare item. Although you will find majority of them to be low level common pokémon, you may also come across an unsuspecting well-hacked pokémon. An example of this would be receiving a non-shiny 6 Best IV pokémon, which could potentially be someone trading away a breed reject, but upon closer inspection has 10 ribbons attached to it. If you decide to trade it to someone else, give them a heads up on its origin as a precaution.
2. You may keep any items from surprise trades as the coding for items are all identical and does not trigger any bans (unless the item has not been released for common use like the Cherish ball. Keeping it will not get you banned, but use at your own risk).
3. Try to stick to a 1:1 rate when trading, whether it be pokémon trading or item trading. There is nothing stopping the other person from disconnecting at any point in the trade. You can always check the trader's OT, ID and pokémon details (including any held items) before confirming the trade.
4. When touching-trading, always use something of equal value and remove any items from your pokémon.
5. If someone is offering to do trade evolutions with you, check to see if the other pokémon is holding an everstone in the summary page.
6. Trade eggs at your own discretion. There is no way to confirm that an egg you are being traded will hatch into what is promised.
7. When trading high value mons, ask them to send you screenshots of it. Don't be shy in asking for specific details.
8. If you accidentally confirm a trade and there is no way to cancel, you can attempt to cut your connection off with them by switching on Flight Mode (hold the home button > Flight Mode) or closing the game. Be aware that there are consequences for doing this: there will be a short cool-down until you are able to use online services again (including Tera raiding, etc). Do not do this unless it is an emergency, as multiple incidents could lead to more dire consequences.
9. If the offer seems too good to be true, it probably is.

Regarding the trader (more important for high risk trades)

1. Do they have a newly-made Reddit account? Be aware of scammers who are making new profiles, or are making side accounts and claiming to be another person. Message the original account to confirm their identity. They can still make excuses (like saying they got banned across reddit on that account), in which case it is your call.
2. Do they have any trade history (completed trades) on their profile? Have a look at what kinds of trades they do and the interaction between them and other traders.
3. Confirm the trader's IGN (in-game-name) matches what is on the screen to avoid snipers from stealing your trades, or accidental code-users from taking your Pokémon.
4. Do not be pressured into trading if you are not comfortable; end the conversation if it is derailing into an argument (it is not worth getting banned here for breaking Rule 1 over something trivial).

Do not be discouraged from trading low risk trades with new redditors, as a lot of players tend to make a reddit account specifically for trading for exclusives to finish their pokédex.

FAQs

What should I do with hacked surprise trades?

It is sometimes hard to tell if a pokémon is hacked/genned. You will not be banned for keeping a hacked pokemon in your storage.
Using an hacked (specifically, illegal) pokémon in competitive or online play can get you banned. Genned but legal pokémon can still possibly be used in competitive, but it is still not advised in case you miss something less obvious.
The best thing to do is to release it if you are not using it for breeding or solo gameplay. Do not trade it to others who are under the impression that they are legitimate.
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Can raid dens be hacked?

Yes, raids can be hacked, although Nintendo has announced that they will not ban those who participate accidentally. This includes both pokémon and dropped items that can be injected into the game and hosted publicly.
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What is a high risk trade?

High risk trades can include:

• Shiny pokémon
• Legendary and Mythical pokémon
• Event pokémon
• Ribbon Master pokémon
• Competitively-built pokémon
• Pokémon with sentimental value
• Rare item(s)
• Multiple trades (uneven rate)

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Why does the pokémon have a weird catch date?

You may find pokémon with a catch date far into the future or even before the game was released. The catch date is the date on the console the pokémon was caught on. It does not necessarily mean it is hacked.

TL;DR: I followed this sub in college, decided fuck PA, started in the federal government straight out of college. Work is easy. Life is good. Net worth has gone from -$20k at graduation to $321k (me) + $162k (fiancé) as of 12/31/22.
Well, I'm a bit late posting this year but here goes.
Career:
I work as a financial auditor for the federal government. My OPM career code is 0511 for those interested. My day-to-day work is exactly the same as PA audit work. I have 6 years of experience now and am at the 'Staff' level. Last year my salary was $97k, however my final pay stub for 2022 showed $105k earned due to overtime pay and student loan repayment benefits. For 2023 my salary has been raised to $104k. Personal Benefit statements for 2023 were released this morning. My total comp (base salary + TSP match + agency pension contribution) is $126k. Honestly, I don't feel a strong need to be promoted to senior and am happy where I'm at. I only have my bachelors degree. I thought about becoming a CPA after I started working but quickly decided against it. I spent my free time after work as actual free time and met my now fiancé instead :)
Work-Life balance:
Excellent. I work 40 hour weeks nearly year-round. Last year I had about 4 weeks where I had to work 60 hour weeks. In the past I welcomed it because we get 1.5x OT pay, but at this point I'm over it. It really takes a toll on your personal relationships and cemented for me that avoiding PA was the correct move.
I have been 100% work-from-home since March 2020. Agency future plans are still TDB.
My fiancé is a teacher and this year we were able to take a 3-week trip to Europe over the summer. I didn't check a single work email the entire time we were gone.
Personal Finance:
I found the /financialindependence sub in college too and decided I wanted to retire early. I made retirement contributions a priority and have maxed out my TSP (gov 401K), IRA, and HSA every year. It took quite a bit of effort the first couple years but my salary grew quickly. Those first few years of contributions set me up for life. If I dropped my TSP contributions to 5%, stopped all contributions to my IRA, HSA, and brokerage account my retirement savings would still grow to ~$2.8M (in inflation-adjusted, 2023 dollars) by the time I hit age 57. I don't feel like those contributions hold me back at all now though, so I still make them. I have an $800/month auto-contribution setup for a brokerage account on top of my tax-advantaged accounts. If I feel like I need extra cash for something I would (and have) simply paused the $800/mo brokerage investment.
Net Worth:
The S&P500 was down ~19% in 2022, enough to just override all of my contributions, so my net worth sank slightly to $321k. My fiancé's net worth rose slightly to $162k to give us a combined net worth of $483k. Here is my updated net worth tracker:

ASSETS	12/31/2016	12/31/2017	12/31/2018	12/31/2019	12/31/2020	12/31/2021	12/31/2022
Cash (incl HYSA)	$ 2,576	$ 6,562	$ 15,272	$ 26,022	$ 20,320	$ 26,334	$ 32,257
TSP	$ -	$ 22,448	$ 41,213	$ 79,546	$ 124,048	$ 178,928	$ 168,494
HSA	$ -	$ 3,535	$ 6,565	$ 11,656	$ 17,766	$ 25,698	$ 24,298
IRA	$ -	$ -	$ -	$ 12,538	$ 21,969	$ 32,191	$ 24,338
Roth IRA	$ -	$ 6,015	$ 10,924	$ 14,289	$ 17,287	$ 22,248	$ 25,526
Brokerage	$ -	$ -	$ -	$ -	$ 29,868	$ 53,980	$ 53,498
Total Assets	$ 2,576	$ 38,560	$ 73,974	$ 144,050	$ 231,259	$ 339,379	$ 328,411
DEBTS	12/31/2016	12/31/2017	12/31/2018	12/31/2019	12/31/2020	12/31/2021	12/31/2022
Student Loans	$ 22,885	$ 21,639	$ 19,936	$ 17,182	$ 13,454	$ 10,334	$ 7,084
Net Worth	$ (20,309)	$ 16,921	$ 54,038	$ 126,869	$ 217,805	$ 329,045	$ 321,327
YoY Change		$ 37,230	$ 37,116	$ 72,831	$ 90,936	$ 111,240	$ (7,718)

Même si l'heure est au débat sur la réforme des retraites, au vu la sécheresse qui touche actuellement la France et le dernier rapport du GIEC qui vient d'être publié, je voulais écrire un thread sur le changement climatique. Je préviens tout de suite, ce n'est pas un thread climatosceptique mais sur les mécanismes du changement climatique et les solutions qu’on nous vend.
En France, la grande majorité des gens croient au changement climatique, 79% selon un sondage d’Opinionway de 2021. Cependant, je pense qu’on nous vend une version « aseptisée » voir même carrément fausse de celui-ci. Avant de m’y intéresser plus en détail, c’est comme ça que je comprenais le changement climatique, et je pense que c’est le cas pour la plupart des Français :

• Le changement climatique d'origine humaine a commencé dans les années 1800 avec l'avènement de la révolution industrielle, lorsque les humains ont commencé à brûler des combustibles fossiles pour faire fonctionner des usines, produire de l'électricité, l’agriculture industrielle, pour les voitures, etc.
  
• Il faut fixer des objectifs pour limiter réchauffement, sinon on fera face à d'énormes problèmes. Idéalement, le réchauffement devrait rester en dessous de 1,5 °C de réchauffement et ne pas dépasser 2 °C, car c'est à ce moment-là que la situation devient vraiment catastrophique. Il existe toujours un « budget carbone », une quantité de gaz à effet de serre qu’on peut émettre avant d'atteindre ces limites, mais elles deviennent rapidement hors de portée. Le changement climatique nous affecte déjà maintenant, il ne fera que s'aggraver plus tard. On entend souvent parler de projections pour 2050 et 2100, rarement pour les prochaines années.
  
• Pour éviter que le réchauffement n'augmente, il faut s’éloigner des combustibles fossiles et atteindre la « neutralité carbone», ce qui signifie réduire à zéro les émissions de gaz à effet de serre, le reste étant absorbé par le cycle du carbone de la Terre. Le réchauffement climatique devrait ensuite s'arrêter. Par exemple, l’ONU explique : Pour maintenir le réchauffement climatique à un maximum de 1,5 °C - comme l'exige l'Accord de Paris - les émissions doivent être réduites de 45 % d'ici 2030 et atteindre zéro net d'ici 2050. Le parlement Européen : « Afin de limiter le réchauffement de la planète à 1,5 degrés (un seuil que le Groupe d'experts intergouvernemental sur l'évolution du climat (GIEC) estime sûr), atteindre la neutralité carbone dès le milieu du 21ème siècle est essentiel. »
  
• Il existe des solutions pour lutter contre le changement climatique, arrêter complètement d'utiliser du pétrole, arrêter de prendre l’avions, arrêter de conduire des voitures, le veganisme avoir moins d'enfants, passer à l'énergie verte, etc. Celle dont on entend le plus parler est sans doute la transitions vers les énergies dites vertes. Le site web d’Extinction Rebellion explique : Cela nécessitera des actions systémiques telles que la fin de l'utilisation des combustibles fossiles et des changements individuels comme la réduction de notre consommation de viande et de produits laitiers.
  

C'est la version aseptisée du changement climatique qui est transmise à la population par le GIEC, l'ONU, les gouvernements, les journaux progressistes, les groupes d'activistes climatiques, etc. Je ne dis pas que c'est exactement ce que chaque militant, scientifique ou journaliste du GIEC croit en mais ce sont des idées récurrentes. C'est principalement ainsi que j'ai compris que le changement climatique fonctionnait avant de m’y intéresser plus en profondeur.
Maintenant pour les vrais faits :

• Le réchauffement climatique d’origine humaine a probablement commencé bien avant la révolution industrielle. Il y a environ 7000 ans, on a commencé à réchauffer le climat en coupant des forêts, en faisant pousser des cultures comme le riz et en élevant du bétail. Selon la « Early Anthropocene Hypothesis » de William Ruddiman, les émissions préindustrielles de carbone provenant des activités humaines totalisaient 343 Gt, équivalent à un apport anthropique de CO2 d'environ 24 ppm, avec les boucles de rétroaction causées par les océans, cela amène à une augmentation de la concentration de CO2 de l’atmosphère de 40 ppm. Les humains avaient déjà un impact important sur le climat même avant la révolution industrielle.
  
• Il n'est pas possible d'atteindre la neutralité carbone. On émettra toujours du carbone à travers nos activités. Comme on l’a vu avec l'hypothèse de William Ruddiman, même si on parvenait abandonner complètement les énergies fossiles et la civilisation industrielle, l'agriculture elle-même, qui constitue la base de la civilisation, réchauffera à elle seule la planète, à un rythme certes beaucoup plus lent mais dans le fin la planète se réchaufferait encore. Surtout si nous devons nourrir plus de 8 milliards de personnes. Le professeur Tim Garett de l'Université de l'Utah propose un modèle qui considère la civilisation comme un moteur thermique/
  
• Les limites de réchauffement de 1,5°C et 2°C sont des inventions qui nous viennent de personnes comme William Nordhaus, un économiste américain de l'université de Yale. Elles n'ont aucun fondement scientifique, Elles sont basées uniquement sur des cibles économiques. Nordhaus prétendait qu’on avait encore un budget carbone et qu’on pouvait continuer à émettre des gaz à effet de serre pendant un certain temps, développer l’économie et "lutter contre le changement climatique" plus tard.
  
• On ne peut pas simplement choisir à quelle température la Terre arrêtera de se réchauffer. Ce qui compte, c'est la concentration des gaz à effet de serre dans l'atmosphère. Si on additionne tous les gaz à effet de serre actuellement dans l'atmosphère, y compris le CO2, le méthane, l'oxyde d’azote et autres, on arrive l'équivalent total de 508PPM CO2e, selon la NOAA. Cela pourrait être une estimation trop prudente car il existe un désaccord quant à la quantité de méthane convertie en équivalent CO2.
  
• Selon une étude récente par James Hansen ; ancien directeur de l'Institut Goddard de la NASA, la concentration actuelle de gaz à effet de serre dans l'atmosphère signifie qu'une augmentation de température de 10°C sur le long terme est déjà garantie. Oui, vous avez bien lu, selon l'un des meilleurs climatologues du monde, il est sûr que la terre va se réchauffer d’au moins 10 degrés.
  
• Le réchauffement climatique ne s'arrête pas à zéro net, et il n'y a pas de "budget carbone pour rester en dessous de 1,5°C ou 2°C", c'est complètement absurde. Le réchauffement climatique n'est pas dû aux émissions actuelles mais à 1 000 milliards de tonnes de CO2 et autres gaz à effet de serre déjà présents dans l’atmosphère. L'océan a absorbé 90% de l'excès de chaleur et cela aura des conséquences pendant des milliers d'années, voire des millions.
  
• L'effet de masquage des aérosols cache entre 0,5°C et 1°C de réchauffement. En brûlant des combustibles fossiles, on émet des gaz à effet de serres, mais aussi des aérosols, des particules qui refroidissent l’atmosphère. Mais alors que les gaz à effet de serre peuvent rester dans l'atmosphère pendant des milliers d'années, les aérosols n'y restent que quelques jours à quelques semaines. Cela peut paraître contre intuitif, mais nos émissions actuelles de gaz à effet de serres diminuent la température globale. La neutralité carbone accélère le réchauffement climatique. LA solution par excellence vendue par le GIEC, l’ONU, les activistes climatiques et autres journaux ne ferait qu’empirer la situation.
  

Il est trop tard pour arrêter le réchauffement climatique, une énorme quantité de réchauffement est déjà garantie et les émissions actuelles nous gardent au frais. Toutes ces histoires de transition énergétique, solutions individuelles ou responsabilités des grandes entreprises, c’est juste réarranger les chaises sur le Titanic. On s’occupe comme on peut, mais au final ça ne changera pas grand-chose.
Pourquoi est-ce qu’on nous vend cette version complètement fausse du changement climatique dans ce cas ? Bonne question. J’ai plusieurs hypothèses :

• Les sources auxquelles les gens font confiance sont malhonnête, comme le GIEC par exemple, car son but est avant tout de défendre l’intérêt des Etats et pas d’informer.
  
• La plupart des gens répètent simplement ce qu’ils ont entendu ailleurs, tout le monde chante à l’unisson que la neutralité carbone arrête le réchauffement climatique.
  
• Ça fait peur : la réalité c’est qu’on est tous foutus en tant qu’espèce depuis déjà bien longtemps. Ce n’est pas très vendeur de dire qu’il n’y a pas de solution. Les humains ont en général peur de la mort et ce n’est pas rassurant du tout.
  

Voilà c’est tout pour moi, je trouvais que c’était une information importante à partager.

Enterprise Groupe (TSX: E, OTC: ETOLF), a company specializing in equipment and services in the build-out of infrastructure for energy pipeline and construction industries, has shared solid positive earnings. These outstanding results will boost investors’ confidence, and upcoming investments in the oil and gas sector should help the company grab more market share. E.TO gained 40% YoY, a significant gain compared to S&P (-19.4%), Nasdaq (8.7%), and Dow (-9).
Oil & Gas Sector Overview
The oil and natural gas sector is active in 12 of Canada’s 13 provinces and territories. Canada is sixth in the production of natural gas and fourth in the production of crude oil worldwide. The GDP of Canada receives billions of dollars from its oil and natural gas production, which also generates thousands of employment annually.
Large amounts of these resources are found in Alberta, Canada’s top oil and natural gas producer. Around 80% of Canada’s total oil production comes from Alberta and natural gas can be found all over the province. However the oil sands are only in the northern part of the province. Predictions say the oil and gas industry will be worth $40 billion CDN on March 1, 2023, an increase of 11% from 2022. According to a Bank of Montreal estimate, Alberta will receive $28 billion in investments this year, or almost 70% of all investments made in Canada. According to CAPP (largest investor in environmental protection), the conventional and oil sands industries are the key drivers of investment growth.
“The year 2023 may be one of the most pivotal moments in time for Canada’s oil and natural gas industry. With an emerging liquefied natural gas export industry, the expected completion of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, and billions of dollars in emissions reduction investments waiting to be unlocked, Canada is positioned to play a much larger role in providing responsibly produced energy resources to the world.”
Company Overview
Enterprise Groupe (TSX: E, OTC: ETOLF), Inc. combines services, such as the renting of specialist equipment to the energy and resource industries. For both itself and its clients, the company strongly emphasizes systems and technologies that mitigate, decrease, or eliminate CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions. Local Tier One and multinational resource corporations in Western Canada are familiar with the company.
Evolution Power Projects, a brand-new, wholly owned company, was formally introduced by Enterprise Group in April 2022. EPP is the top supplier of surface infrastructure and low emission mobile power systems to the industrial, resource, and energy sectors. The company’s cutting-edge techniques provide low-emission natural gas-powered systems and micro-grid technologies to its clients, enabling them to do away with diesel completely. Further natural gas-powered systems, such as turbine generators, accounted for a sizeable amount of the Enterprise’s capital expenditures for 2022.
The company also emphasizes sustainability. Enterprise is continually developing quantitative measures and techniques to track and improve the company’s performance in relation to ESG aspects, by making new technology investments that enable us to be a top provider of tools and services that significantly lower the emissions of Enterprise’s clients and assist them in achieving their ESG goals.
Share Structure / Financials
As we stated in our introduction, Enterprise Group reported positive earnings and solid results, marking one of the strongest years in the company’s history. Revenues rose by $8,159,914 or 44% to $26,892,249 for the fiscal year that concluded on December 31, 2022, from $18,732,335 the year before. Adjusted gross margin increased by $5,897,197 or 118% to $10,879,928 for the fiscal year that finished on December 31, 2022, from $4,982,731 in the year before. In comparison to the preceding year’s adjusted EBITDA of $2,959,020, which was $8,147,223, this year’s adjusted EBITDA was $8,147,223, an increase of $5,188,203 or 175%.
During 2022, the company purchased and canceled 1.8M shares representing $714.6k. These shares were withdrawn from the share capital account because they had a carrying value of $2,445,077, or $1.36 per share. The company has bought back and canceled 10,057,500 shares since the program’s launch at a total cost of $2,391,560, or $0.24 per share. A total of $14,289,151 worth of these shares, with a carrying value of $1.42 per share, have been taken out of the share capital account over the share repurchase program. In addition to the share repurchase program, management exercised 4,881,000 options for the year ending December 31, 2022, generating net proceeds of $901,070 that were returned to the company, giving management a 40% ownership holding. Through August 29, 2023, Enterprise has extended its regular course issuer bid.
Bottom Line
Enterprise Groupe (TSX: E, OTC: ETOLF) continues to grow while being well-structured. The share price remains strongly undervalued as the company’s book value is $0.68 per share. Remember, the company had positive earnings, and the trend should continue as Enterprise launched Evolution Power Projects, which is the leading provider of low emission, mobile power systems and associated surface infrastructure to the energy, resource, and industrial sectors.

Apartments for sale in Turkey on the Bosphorus are one of the most suitable options for real estate investment or for comfortable housing accompanied by high luxury, and this type of apartments is suitable for Turkish citizenship due to its high price compared to others.
This option is one of the best options that you may resort to, whether you want to invest, settle and live or obtain Turkish citizenship, and given the importance of this topic, the editorial team at Number One Real Estate will shed light on its most prominent aspects.

Advantages of buying an apartment on the Bosphorus in Turkey

These apartments offer a variety of features that make them an ideal choice for your next vacation or extended stay in Istanbul as the apartments are within walking distance from many of Istanbul’s most popular tourist attractions, including the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia and Topkapi Palace.
The apartments are conveniently located near public transportation, making it easy to move around the city. Each apartment is fully furnished and has a kitchen, living room and private bathroom.
Apartments often have a balcony overlooking the city and the Bosphorus.
Since Istanbul is the first destination for anyone looking for apartments for sale in Turkey on the Bosphorus, it is worth mentioning some of the most important areas in this area, and this is what we will talk about in the following paragraphs:

1 – Apartments for sale in Turkey- Sariyer

Sariyer is one of the fastest developing regions in Istanbul and in recent years, many new buildings and complexes have been built in Sariyer, and the prices of apartments have increased significantly.
The advantages of this region are its proximity to the city center, its scenic views and clean air.
It is also a very safe area and crime rates are low compared to other parts of Istanbul. If you are looking for an apartment in Istanbul on the Bosphorus, Sariyer is definitely worth considering!

2 – Apartments for sale in Turkey- Uskudar

The main advantage of living in Uskudar is its proximity to the city center as it takes only about 20 minutes to reach Taksim Square by ferry, and the area is well connected by public transportation.
It is also a very safe area and there are many families who have lived here for generations, so it has a cohesive community feel and the cost of living in Uskudar is relatively low compared to other parts of Istanbul and you can find affordable apartments and restaurants in the area.
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3 – Apartments for sale in Turkey- Besiktas

Besiktas is one of the most popular districts in Istanbul for both locals and foreigners alike. The neighborhood is located on the European side of Istanbul and is home to some of the best shopping, dining and nightlife in the city.
Besiktas is also a great place to live if you want to be close to the water. The neighborhood has its own marina and is located directly on the Bosphorus.
There are plenty of parks and green spaces in Besiktas as well, making it a great choice for families or those who want to live an active lifestyle.

4 – Apartments for sale in Turkey- Ortakoy

Ortakoy is a popular and central neighborhood in Istanbul, located on the European side of the city and bordered by the neighborhoods of Beyoglu and Besiktas, and located on the Bosphorus.
Ortakoy has a cosmopolitan atmosphere, with a mix of residents from all over Turkey and the world. The neighborhood is home to a number of embassies, as well as many restaurants, cafes, bars and nightclubs.
It is also a popular shopping destination, with a number of independent boutiques and shops selling Turkish merchandise and souvenirs.

5 – Apartments for sale in Turkey- Eminonu

Eminonu is a great place to buy an apartment for a number of reasons. It is centrally located, so you can easily walk around the city. It is also a very safe area, so you can feel safe in your new home.
In addition, Eminonu has plenty of amenities nearby, so you’ll never get bored.

6 – Apartments for sale in Turkey- Bebek

It is one of the most desirable areas to live in Istanbul. The neighborhood offers a great quality of life, due to its convenient location, beautiful landscapes, and various options of apartments.
Among the advantages of buying an apartment in Bebek are the following:
-Convenient location: Bebek is located on the European side of Istanbul, on the Bosphorus and close to many important landmarks and neighborhoods such as Taksim Square, Istiklal Street and Sultanahmet.
-Beautiful scenery: Bebek is a very scenic neighborhood, with its waterfront location and views of the Bosphorus.
-Variety of Apartment Options: There is a wide range of apartments available in Bebek, from luxury apartments to more affordable options.

The importance of investing in apartments on the Bosphorus in Turkey

Real estate projects near the Bosphorus are considered the best option for real estate investment, where a large profit can be obtained through them.
The reason for this is that the demand for them is great and their prices are constantly rising, depending on the fact that they are one of the first tourist destinations chosen by the arrivals to the country.
The following are some of the most important tourist destinations that are frequently visited:
-There are many things to see and do in this area, including taking a boat ride on the Bosphorus, visiting Dolmabahce Palace, shopping in the Grand Bazaar, visiting Ortakoy Mosque and other popular destinations.
If you want to search for apartments for sale in Turkey overlooking the Bosphorus, you can contact our real estate consultant in order to provide you with a set of offers suitable for you and your aspirations and according to your financial balance.
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https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/our-40-favorite-watches-on-the-market-right-now
Article text:
"Well, folks. Here it is. The formation of a new canon.
The list you see here was compiled – after great deliberation – by the editors and staffers of Hodinkee to demonstrate how we view watch collecting today.
Of all the timepieces currently in production, these are the 40 we think matter most. The ones we'd buy ourselves or recommend to our friends.
They're watches that stand for something or represent a certain superlative – for instance, the best chronograph. The most coveted design piece. The most badass diver. The strongest value proposition.
The Hodinkee 40 recognizes modern classics at every price point, as well as innovations that continue to push the industry forward. Prices start at $50 and go all the way up to $1 million. From quartz movements to mechanical wonders to the undisputed top-of-the-line smartwatch, our selections represent the breadth of contemporary collecting.
The only limitations we placed on ourselves when making the list were that: (1) every watch is currently in production, and (2) none are a numbered limited edition. With these restrictions we had to exclude a number of our favorites, but we wanted the list to be useful – watches that are actually on the market, right now. Sure, some are hard to get. But every one is worth knowing about.
We plan to update this list once or twice a year, as new releases blow our minds. That way it's a living document – you can bookmark it or share it, and know it's always up to speed with our evolving tastes and the vagaries of the market.
One more thing: You'll notice this list is in alphabetical order. That's because we want your help ranking the Hodinkee 40. There's a poll at the end of this article. Please vote. In April, we'll reveal the results and crown the people's champ.
With no further ado, the inaugural Hodinkee 40.
A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Chronograph
It just might be the world's best modern chronograph
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No, it's not as historically important as the Datograph, but the 1815's slimmed-down profile means it's more wearable. In 2017, Lange introduced a white gold version combined with a black dial, the 1815 we'd been waiting for all along. If you're the type of person who's regularly looking at high-end chronographs, this white metal/black dial combination is exactly what makes your heart – and savings – turn to mush. And with the 1815 Chronograph, the aesthetics are only half the story. Flip the watch over and you'll see Lange's caliber L951.5, the finest serially produced manual-wind chronograph being made today. It's got all the technical goodies you'd expect – column wheel, vertical clutch, jumping minute counter – but it's mostly discussed because it looks so damn good. Aficionados say the movement's depth makes it look like a mini-city, and it's one I wouldn't mind getting lost in. –Tony Traina
The white gold Lange 1815 chronograph measures 39.5mm by 11mm thick. The manual-wind caliber L951.5 features 60 hours of power reserve. For more, visit A. Lange & Söhne.
Apple Watch Ultra
The smartest smartwatch ever made
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Sometimes things are popular for a good reason. Adele has a great voice. Cheeseburgers are delicious. The Apple Watch is a useful tool that makes a lot of people's lives easier. Last year's Apple Watch Ultra built on what worked in previous models and added a handful of features – many useful (better battery life, temperature sensors, emergency siren) and some frivolous (new faces!) – which is kind of the crux of watch enthusiasm, no? In an industry where product changes can sometimes be as baffling as they are frustrating, the Apple Watch pushes us forward to places no timepiece has gone before. –Nora Taylor
The Apple Watch Ultra features a titanium case measuring 49mm. MSRP: $799. For more, visit Apple.
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak ‘Jumbo’ Ref. 16202
The integrated bracelet icon that needs no introduction
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Nowadays, you can find countless variations of the Royal Oak. In 1972, there was only one: the "Jumbo." Today, it's still the most important Royal Oak, if not the most important sport watch, full stop. In 2022, Audemars Piguet updated and improved the Royal Oak Jumbo for its 50th anniversary, introducing the 16202. The reference didn't bring dramatic changes, but when we're talking about the Royal Oak that's not what we want anyway. AP added a new, modern caliber with the specs we've come to expect from a sport watch, but kept the external dimensions the exact same. If you were pressed to choose only one modern AP, this is still the one. –Danny Milton
The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak "Jumbo" Ref. 16202ST.OO.1240ST.01 measures 39mm x 8.1mm, and 50m of water resistance. MSRP: $33,200. For more, visit Audemars Piguet.
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Black Ceramic 34
This one's for the ladies…and the fellas
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Audemars Piguet sure knows how to deliver on the unisex watch front. When this 34mm black ceramic watch was released back in the summer of 2021, it changed the game for all genders. Finally, a watch that was thoroughly modern in execution, yet conveniently sized for all of us who prefer things on the smaller side – a compact, jet-black, all-ceramic watch, complete with the elegantly slim caliber 5800, supplied by Vaucher. Let's hear it for form AND function. If it weren't a limited edition, the Carolina Bucci limited edition – another 34mm black ceramic Royal Oak, but with a subtle rainbow dial, might've been on this list. Every female collector I know is completely enamored with it. –Malaika Crawford
The Black Ceramic Royal Oak Ref. 77350CE.OO.1266CE.03.A measures 34mm x 8.8mm thick and has an MSRP of $53,000. For more, visit Audemars Piguet.
Breitling Aerospace
SuperQuartz is just plain super
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A true '80s baby, the Breitling Aerospace launched as a quirky quartz take on the traditional pilot's watch style. The modern Aerospace EVO is a souped-up Chronograph with a minute repeater (surprise!), countdown timer, second time zone, alarm, and calendar. Still quartz-powered (though way more normal-looking in today's landscape) the Aerospace is powered by Breitling's chronometer-certified SuperQuartz caliber, which Breitling says is 10 times more accurate than standard quartz. Chock full of features, long-lasting, and designed to look like nothing else in the lineup, this model may not be as famous as its Breitling siblings. But in our minds the Aerospace is still a star. –Nora Taylor
The Breitling Aerospace features a titanium case measuring 43mm and uses a SuperQuartz movement with a chronograph, day, date, countdown timer, second time zone, alarm, and minute repeater. For more, visit Breitling.
Bulgari Octo Finissimo Perpetual Calendar
The world's thinnest perpetual calendar
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Few brands have been able to take a watch and make it a platform for a singular groundbreaking achievement. For Bulgari and the Octo Finissimo, breaking records is just another day at the office. It all started in 2014, when Bulgari set the record for the world's thinnest tourbillon. Today it's 2021's Octo Finissimo Perpetual Calendar that feels like the standard-bearer. Just 5.8mm thick, it features an automatic in-house movement that clocks in at just 2.75mm tall – and that ruthlessly knocked Audemars Piguet off the top spot for the thinnest perpetual calendar, a title it's held ever since. With unmistakable design language, titanium case, and an integrated bracelet, the watch wears comfortably and shockingly light. And you literally cannot top its horological prowess. –Mark Kauzlarich
The Bulgari Octo Finissimo Perpetual Calendar has a titanium case measuring 40mm x 5.8mm. It's powered by Bulgari's automatic in-house perpetual calendar caliber BVL 305, 2.75mm thick. MSRP: $71,000. For more, visit the Hodinkee Shop.
Bulgari Serpenti (Yellow Gold)
Drop-dead gorgeous
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I dare you to find a watch sexier than the Bulgari Serpenti. The yellow gold double-twirl wins every time. From the way its sinuous form grips your arm to the ribbed texture of the Tubogas bracelet and the subtle flash of diamonds on the bezel, the sum of these qualities just exude heady Italian glamor.
Not all watches win awards for mechanical prowess; we think perfect design like this is equally worthy of celebration. The Serpenti has seen all sorts of twists and turns, it has morphed into multiple variations, with different metals, sizes, and even complications (tiny tourbillons!). But this model remains the most outstanding. If a yellow-gold Serpenti was good enough for Elizabeth Taylor, it's good enough for the rest of us. –Malaika Crawford
The Bulgari Serpenti Tubogas features a 35mm 18-karat yellow gold curved case set with diamonds and a double-spiral 18-karat bracelet. For more, visit Bulgari.
Cartier Crash
An asymmetrical masterpiece that's more coveted than ever
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No legacy watch has had as prolific of a rise over the past few years as the Cartier Crash. Five years ago, a vintage Crash was a weird 1960s relic that sold for about $30,000 at auction, cared about by only a small group of in-the-know collectors. Slowly, then seemingly suddenly, the Crash was everywhere. Public figures were wearing vintage Crashes, and every real-deal collector started paying attention to the model. So did Cartier: In 2018, it brought the Crash back to its lineup to celebrate the reopening of its London boutique, where the watch was born in 1967. The new Crash is still about as rare as the original: Cartier only produces one a month, and you can bet they're reserved for your favorite collector's favorite collector. Today we see the Crash as a timeless design that represents everything Cartier is, totally singular and creatively unmatched. –Tony Traina
The Cartier Crash ref. WGCH0006 features a yellow-gold case measuring 22.5mm x 38.5mm. One piece is made per month, exclusively for the Cartier London boutique.
Cartier Panthère (Yellow Gold)
Yes, we are aware of the Tank. Right now, we prefer this cool kitty
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The Cartier Panthere in yellow gold is an unimpeachable crowd pleaser. It has an easy-to-manage quartz movement, a beautifully crafted linked bracelet, blue sword hands, Roman numerals, rail track minute counter, and sapphire crown. It is a simple elegance that doesn't overwhelm a beginner but still speaks to a seasoned veteran. Initially released in the '80s as a delicate response to the decade's opulence – more party-ready than a Tank and more blingy than a Must – the Panthère has aged into an classic all its own. –Nora Taylor
The Panthère de Cartier measures 23mm x 30mm and uses a quartz movement. MSRP: $21,600. For more, visit Cartier.
Chopard Alpine Eagle 36
A modern sport watch that soars above the rest
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A beautifully finished automatic steel sport watch clocking in at 36mm just over $10,000? Where do I sign up? The Alpine Eagle is Chopard's entry into the steel sport watch boom of the past few years, but deeply rooted in its own history – taking cues from the long-gone St. Moritz but weaving in its modern manufacturing know-how. Chopard's own abrasion-resistant Lucent Steel A223 case surrounds an in-house, COSC-certified automatic caliber. Its good looks don't end there – many fans, including my Hodinkee compatriots, sing the praises of the watch's three-link integrated bracelet. The steel sport watch nest is crowded, but the Alpine Eagle is an excellent choice for collectors looking to soar above the ordinary. –Nora Taylor
The Chopard Alpine Eagle 36 has a steel case with 100m of water resistance. It uses Chopard's in-house COSC-certified caliber 09.01-C with a 42-hour power reserve. For more, visit the Hodinkee Shop.
Doxa Sub 300 Professional
A quirky cult classic diver – in orange!
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The orange Professional Doxa Sub 300 is the modern expression of a charming tool watch design that dates back to 1967 – a time when sex was safe and diving was dangerous. Cousteau vibes abound, and nothing looks like, or wears like, a Doxa Sub 300 with its cushion case, bubble crystal, twin-scale no-decompression bezel, tiny hour hand, and fun-loving orange dial. For my money (and penchant for dive watches), the Doxa Sub 300 is among the coolest sport watches ever made. The design has aged beautifully and packs more charm per millimeter than you'll find in just about any other diver. –James Stacey
The Doxa Sub 300 measures 42.5mm and 13.4 thick. It features a COSC-certified automatic ETA caliber, screw-down crown, and 300 meters of water resistance. MSRP: $2,490. For more, visit Doxa.
F.P. Journe Chronomètre à Résonance
The defining work of this generation's master independent watchmaker
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There might not be a better watchmaking story on the Hodinkee 40 than the F.P. Journe Chronomètre à Résonance. While François-Paul Journe has produced more complicated watches in the past (like his chiming Sonnerie Souveraine) or even present (the Astronomic is one of the most complicated on the market), the Résonance has its roots in a phenomenon first observed in the 1600s. Some of history's greatest watchmakers have pursued the phenomenon, but none have mastered it like Journe. The double-dialed dual timezone display hints at the magic of the movement inside – two balances that beat side-by-side, unconnected, but in sync, with each of their vibrations harmonizing to create an incredibly accurate movement, appropriate for a man and brand obsessed with accuracy and pushing watchmaking to its technical limits. –Mark Kauzlarich
The F.P. Journe Chronomètre à Résonance features Journe's Caliber 1520 which uses two independent escapements and balances. Pricing starts at $136,700 in rose gold. For more, visit F.P. Journe.
G-Shock DW5600
The quintessential G-Shock
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If you are not a watch nerd and just need a simple watch that's durable and accurately tells the time, then get yourself a G-Shock DW5600. If you are a watch nerd and need a simple watch that's durable and accurately tells the time, then you could also use a G-Shock DW5600. Basically anyone and everyone should own this watch. It's 200m water resistant, has a timer, stopwatch, alarm clock, and even a calendar. And maybe the best feature of them all is: It has a light! Pound for pound, feature for feature, this watch superbly balances real ruggedness with everyday wearability. And you get all of the above for less than a hundred bucks. –Brandon Menancio
The G-Shock DW5600 has a resin case measuring 49mm x 43mm. It has an MSRP of $74.95 but can frequently be found cheaper at various retailers. For more, visit Casio.
Grand Seiko SBGA413
The Snowflake, with a subtle pink twist
📷📷Heritage Spring Drive Four Seasons Spring U.S. Exclusive SBGA413
The Grand Seiko SBGA413, aka Shunbun, is the quintessential watch from the largest luxury watch brand in the East. Sure, the SBGA211, aka the Snowflake, initially grabbed the world's attention, but the Shunbun is a bestseller in its own right. It has Grand Seiko's nearly proprietary Spring Drive movement that provides quartz-level accuracy and a seconds hand that sweeps smoothly across a subtly textured light pink dial inspired by scattered cherry blossom petals. Let's not forget that Zaratzu-polished feather-light titanium case and bracelet. Japanese craftsmanship meets Japanese nature. It's sublime. –Brandon Menancio
The Grand Seiko SBGA413 has a 40mm titanium case and uses a 9R65 Spring Drive caliber that is accurate to +/-15 seconds per month. MSPR: $6,600. For more, visit the Hodinkee Shop.
Hamilton Khaki Field Mechanical
The value-packed introduction to that manual-winding lifestyle
📷📷Khaki Field Mechanical 38mm Black Dial
A handful of familiar names are always bandied about as answers to the age-old question: "What should my first mechanical watch be?" And the Hamilton Khaki Field Mechanical is almost always at or near the top of that list. With a certain styling reminiscent of old military field watches, a slim 38mm case, and an incredibly useful 12- and 24-hour scale, the Khaki Field Mechanical takes faux-vintage to an accessible price point under 600 bucks. And it's not just an entry-level watch. Much like a G-Shock, you'll see this in collections that include Patek and Rolex. And if you're a newbie, this is your gateway to a future horological addiction. –Danny Milton
The stainless steel Hamilton Khaki Field measures 38mm and features the manual-wind H-50 (ETA 2801-2), with an 80-hour power reserve. MSRP: $595. For more, visit the Hodinkee Shop.
IWC Mark XX
Part pilot's watch, part field watch — it works all day, every day
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No other pilot's watch has quite the same history, dashing good looks and (relatively) modest luxury price point as the trusted IWC Mark XX. Since the Mark series came into its own with the Mark XI after WWII, the line has been a terrific option for anyone who wants a watch that's just as good on land as it is in the sky. With 100m of water resistance, a reasonable 40mm case, a simple dial layout that matches almost any attire, and a movement with a five-day power reserve, the Mark XX could even make the case for a one-watch collection. But who am I kidding? That's impossible! –Brandon Menancio
The IWC Mark XX measures 40mm x 10.8mm, with 100 meters of water resistance. It's powered by IWC's caliber 32111, produced by ValFleurier. $5,250 For more, visit IWC.
MB&F LM-101
A Legacy Machine from a magician and his friends
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Max Büsser & Friends (aka MB&F) don't make watches, they make machines. And while the brand's "Horological Machine" line with avant-garde style was its first, the "Legacy Machines" have taken off as an optimized blend of modern styling and traditional watchmaking. MB&F announced the LM-101 in 2014 with a comparatively affordable price, wearable 40mm size, and movement with a hairspring from friends at H. Moser & Cie. The movement was developed by independent watchmaking genius Kari Voutilainen and shown off through a dramatic domed crystal with a giant balance wheel floating over two enameled dials and a sunburst metal baseplate. The dial colors and metals have changed to keep the line fresh over the last nine years. If not for making something this wonderful, what are friends for? –Mark Kauzlarich
The MB&F Legacy Macine 101 measures 40mm and features a manual-wind movement developed by MB&F and designed and finished by Kari Voutilainen, displaying a three-dimensional flying balance wheel. For more, visit MB&F.
Nomos Tangente 38
The definitive Bauhaus watch
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The Tangente 38 is the Nomos model most representative of the brand in both design and execution. It's minimal, versatile, and none other than F.P. Journe has sung the praises of Nomos as an incredible watchmaking value at its price point. The Tangente works well on anyone, not just ol' F.P., constructed with strong design principles that make it feel refined and timeless. At its price range, it's hard to find competitors that offer in-house movements with the same level of finishing and build quality. –TanTan Wang
The Nomos Tangente 38 measures 6.6mm thick and features Nomos' in-house manual-winding Alpha movement with 43 hours of power reserve. MSRP: $2,330. For more, visit the Hodinkee Shop.
Omega Seamaster 300M
Bond…Omega Bond
📷📷Seamaster Diver 300M Co-Axial Master Chronometer 42mm Blue Dial On Bracelet
In 1993, Omega introduced the Seamaster Professional 300M, a modern take on the dive watch. The wave dial was an instant hit. Soon the blue Seamaster 300M even found its way onto James Bond's wrist. Over the past 30 years, Omega has never rested on the Seamaster's success, continuing to tweak the 300M for the better. The skeletonized hands have improved, the dial is now ceramic to match the bezel, and the movement is co-axial (not to mention a Master Chronometer). With each new generation the Seamaster 300M continues to cement its reputation as a classically styled but cutting-edge dive watch. It's simply one of the best modern divers around. –Mark Hackman
The Omega Seamaster 300M Co-Axial Master Chronometer measures 42mm x 13.5mm with 300m of water resistance. It uses Omega's METAS-certified automatic caliber 8800. MSRP: $5,600 on bracelet. For more, visit the Hodinkee Shop.
Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional Hesalite
"Moonwatch" says it all
📷📷Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional Co-Axial Master Chronometer Chronograph 42mm Hesalite Crystal On Bracelet With Caliber 3861
Up until today, the list of essential watches according to Hodinkee wasn't a list at all – it was the Speedmaster Professional. "I'm not saying you have to keep it," Ben Clymer wrote in 2016, "but I really think each man or woman who loves watches owes it to themselves to own a manually wound, three-register Speedmaster at some point in their lives."
We still love it and always will. In 2016, the Speedmaster to own was a vintage example or a "Pre-Moon." But Ben and the vintage nerds didn't have the new-for-2021 Moonwatch equipped with Omega's superb caliber 3861. Incremental improvements over more than half a century have given us the ultimate modern Speedmaster. Go with the hesalite crystal if you're like me and want the old-school Moonwatch feel, though the "sapphire sandwich" is a nice way of Omega flexing. –Rich Fordon
The Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional Co-Axial Master Chronometer Chronograph uses Omega's METAS-certified caliber 3861. It measures 42mm x 13.6mm and features 50m of water resistance; it has a Hesalite crystal and closed caseback. MSRP: $6,600 on bracelet. For more, visit the Hodinkee Shop.
Oris Big Crown Pointer Date Cal. 403
A tremendous movement with power for days
📷📷Big Crown Pointer Date Calibre 403
The Big Crown Pointer Date has been central to the Oris catalog since its introduction in 1938. In 2021, a refreshed Big Crown Pointer Date arrived with the in-house caliber 403, which boasts a five-day power reserve, resistance to magnetism, 10-year service interval, and better-than-COSC accuracy. A sleeker bezel (along with updated font and hands) pumped new life into the model. Oris remains one of the world's most beloved independent watchmakers, and this is the piece that represents both where it's been and where it's heading. –Mark Hackman
The Oris Big Crown Pointer Date features Oris' in-house automatic caliber 403 with a five-day power reserve. The steel case measures 38mm x 13mm and has 50m of water resistance. MSRP: $3,700. For more, visit the Hodinkee Shop.
Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda PF GMT Rattrapante
A sleek sport watch with an innovative complication
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During a time when just about every brand has its riff on a sport watch, Parmigiani does something truly original. The brand introduced its Tonda PF line in 2021, but the GMT Rattrapante from 2022 is what brought the collection into its own. The complication is an absolute joy to use – a button is discreetly hidden in the teardrop lug at 8 o'clock. Press it to advance the white gold hour hand, and a yellow gold hour hand is revealed below to track home time. Other than that, the GMT Rattrapante stays sleek, slim, and understated, the defining traits of the Tonda PF that've quickly made it a world-class sport watch. –Tony Traina
The Tonda PF GMT Rattrapante has a steel case measuring 40mm x 10.7mm with 60m of water resistance. It also features a guilloche blue dial and knurled platinum bezel. The caliber PF051 is a micro-rotor caliber with a*"split GMT" function for dual time zone display. MSRP: $27,000. For more, visit* Parmigiani Fleurier.
Patek Philippe Perpetual Calendar Chronograph 5270
The most important complication combination in high horology, now in-house
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The perpetual calendar chronograph is to Patek Philippe what the Daytona is to Rolex. And yet when it was introduced in 2011, the 5270 wasn't well-received. Sure, it was Patek's first perpetual calendar chronograph with an in-house caliber, but some thought the design was too big, too bulky, or just unbalanced. But over the past decade-plus, the 5270 has bettered its aesthetics to match the achievement that is Patek's in-house CH 29-535 PS Q. Today, the 5270 is offered in a trio of metals – yellow gold, rose gold (with matching rose gold bracelet), and 2022's platinum version. While it might not have the collector following of the previous references in Patek's all-important lineage (yet), there's no doubt that, as with all Patek perpetual calendar chronographs, it's only a matter of time. –Tony Traina
The Patek Philippe 5270 features the caliber CH 29‑535 PS Q, Patek's first in-house perpetual chronograph movement. It measures 41mm x 12.4mm and starts at $187,400. For more, visit Patek Philippe.
Patek Aquanaut 5167A
A modern sport watch that builds on Genta's legacy
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If you want a simple stainless steel sport watch from Patek Philippe in 2023, the Aquanaut is really your only option. Introduced in 1997, the Aquanaut is Patek's most recent attempt at a casual sport watch, complete with a tropic rubber strap. It's smaller and less expensive than the Nautilus, while still managing to capture the essence of Gérald Genta's design. The Aquanaut is not exactly a secret and remains difficult for mere mortals to buy at retail, but the demand is justified. Few watches have been as important to Patek's history over the past 25 years. –Tony Traina
The Patek Philippe Aquanaut 5167A-001 has a steel case measuring 40.8mm x 8.1mm that comes on a black rubber strap. It uses Patek's caliber 26‑330 SC with a 45-hour power reserve. MSRP: $24,250. For more, visit Patek Philippe.
Ressence Type 1 Slim
Design so good, it needs no introduction
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The avant-garde Belgian watchmaker Ressence is one of the only brands confident enough not to slap its name on the dial – the design speaks for itself. Nothing else looks like a Ressence. Nothing else works like a Ressence. Nothing else has the audacity to introduce a whole new way of time telling like the Ressence Orbital Convecs System (which shortens to the acronym ROCS, and which does indeed rock). The watches are not easy to find, or to afford – and in models like the 46mm Type 5, they're also not easy to wear. But the Type 1 Slim shrinks and flattens the case size (by at least 4mm in each direction) and knocks 15 grand off the price. So even the bill is slimmer. –Nick Marino
The Ressence Type 1 Slim measures 42mm x 11mm and is water resistant to 100m. The orbital display system uses Ressence's automatic ROCS system to show the hours, minutes, seconds, and day of the week. For more, visit the Hodinkee Shop.
Richard Mille RM27 Series
A trophy watch, yes. But also a technical marvel that's so light it floats
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Richard Mille, the most divisive brand in horology, continues to rack up achievements in mechanical and material innovation. It has established an instantly recognizable design language. And the model you see here is the one we think best reflects the virtues of a watchmaker that routinely charges seven figures a pop. Would we actually wear it? Hell yes, we would.
The RM 27 series was made in partnership with tennis champ and RM brand ambassador Rafael Nadal, specifically developed for Rafa to wear while he plays in matches. The original RM27 blew our minds when it floated on water in 2010. Then in 2020, the latest RM27-04 upped the ante with its ability to resist accelerative forces in excess of 12,000 Gs, all while only weighing a mere 30 grams, including the strap! Which works out to about $33,000 per gram. –Malaika Crawford
For more on the Richard Mille RM27 series, visit Richard Mille.
Rolex Day-Date 36 Ref. 128238
The dress watch to end all dress watches
📷📷Day-Date President 18238
It's as perfect as an Eames chair. As stylish as a 911. As beautiful as Audrey Hepburn. As dignified as Sidney Poitier. As immutable as the laws of physics. With its applied hour markers, supreme legibility, fluted bezel, champagne dial, and general bearing of elegance, the Day-Date looks almost exactly the same today as it did 40 years ago, which is the point. We are all for progress. But to change something this perfect would be a crime. –Nick Marino
The Rolex Day-Date ref. 128238 has a yellow-gold case measuring 36mm x 12.1mm with 100m of water resistance. It's powered by Rolex's COSC-certified caliber 3255 with 70 hours of power reserve. MSRP: $35,000. For more, visit Rolex.
Rolex ‘Rainbow’ Daytona
The planet's most exciting gem-set timepiece — and the rainbow every other brand is still chasing
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Rainbows are everywhere in watchmaking these days, and the modern lineage begins with Rolex. We would argue that it also ends with Rolex. One thing's for sure: The Rainbow Daytona sets the benchmark for gem-setting in watchmaking. The quality of craftsmanship and calibration, the gradient of hand-selected sapphires, it's all so good…and so Rolex.
Lest anyone think this is "just" about the bling (not that there's anything wrong with that), remember that lapidary is no easy feat when it comes to watches. Up to 90 percent of each colored stone is disposed of in order to ensure they all fit perfectly into the gradient setting. And then there's the case, a rose-gold stunner even for those of us who prefer yellow.
The Daytona ref. 116595RBOW has forced the entire industry to reposition its approach to the much-neglected discipline of gem-setting. It now has many imitators, but it remains in a league of its own. –Malaika Crawford
The Rolex Daytona ref. 11659 RBOW has a 40mm case in Everose gold. It features pink gold crystal subdials, 36 baguette-set sapphires in the bezel, 56 diamonds set into the lugs and case, and colored 11 sapphire indexes. MSRP: $96,600. Since not even Rolex will tell you much more, check out our hands-on with the Rainbow Daytona.
Rolex Submariner 124060 No Date
The platonic ideal of a modern watch
📷📷Submariner 124060
Since its introduction in the early 1950s, the Rolex Submariner has become synonymous with the word "wristwatch." It is both never-changing and ever-changing. Most of us who wear one will never go diving, but Rolex continues to finesse the design, making it more capable as the years go on. Nowadays, you'll find the Sub with a ceramic bezel for increased scratch resistance. The case has been upsized to 41mm, but that size increase actually worked to slim down the overall profile. It's a sexy watch, it's a robust watch, and it could be the only watch you would ever need – especially in no-date form. Come on, it needs no further justification. It's the freakin' Rolex Submariner. –Danny Milton
The Rolex Submariner ref. 124060 has a stainless steel case measuring 41mm x 12mm with 300m of water resistance. It's powered by Rolex's COSC-certified caliber 3230 with 70 hours of power reserve. MSRP: $9,100. For more, visit Rolex.
Seiko Alpinist
Not just for mountaineers
📷📷Prospex 'Alpinist' SPB121 With Green Dial On Brown Strap
When Seiko resurrected the Alpinist in three references in 2006, the green-dialed SARB017 took the watch enthusiast community by storm. Today, the modern SPB series Alpinist remains a value proposition with heritage and a beautiful dial design, plus the unique internal rotating compass bezel. The Alpinist can be an easy starter watch or a worthy addition to an already fleshed-out collection. We think it surpasses even the hallowed Seiko 5. With a multitude of dial colors to choose from (the green SBP121 is still our favorite), the Alpinist has established itself as a force in Seiko's current lineup. –TanTan Wang
The Seiko Alpinist SBP 117, 119, 121, 123, and SBP 209 measure 39.5mm x 13.2mm with 200m of water resistance. The Alpinist features Seiko's automatic caliber 6R35 with 70 hours of power reserve. MSRP: $725. For more, visit the Hodinkee Shop.
Seiko Prospex SPB317
Seiko and diver – two words that just go together
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You can't form a list of great watches without a Seiko diver, and the Prospex SPB317 is our pick — embodying so much of what we love about Seiko dive-watch design. The black dial offers a backdrop for a vintage-inspired handset with ample legibility and excellent lume. The wide steel case sits flat on your wrist with an offset crown at 4 o'clock. The bezel is just begging for a PADI certification and some bottom time. Even if you don't dive, a Seiko diver offers a huge amount of value and enjoyment to just about any watch enthusiast. And this is the best one out there. –James Stacey
The Seiko SBP317 measures 41mm x 12.3mm and is water resistant to 200m. It's powered by the automatic Seiko caliber 6R35 with a 70-hour power reserve. MSRP: $900. For more, visit Seiko.
Swatch x Omega MoonSwatch
The universe-altering collab that had fans lining up across the globe
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It's the watch that broke the internet and wasn't even sold online — a Swatch x Omega collaboration that turned a whole new generation into watch enthusiasts, and that was so popular upon release that the cops had to be called in to control the crowds. The piece itself is basically a Speedmaster in a Bioceramic (a.k.a. plastic) case. It comes in 11 colorful and celestial-themed designs. It costs less than $300 and remains one of the most challenging watches to buy at retail unless you don't care which model you purchase. We see fewer MoonSwatches on the street than we do Royal Oaks; a year after the first release, there's still an excitement to spotting one in the wild. –Danny Milton
The Omega MoonSwatch has a BioCeramic case measuring 42mm x 13.5mm. It retails for $260 at Swatch stores (if you can find one!). For more on the MoonSwatch, check out our Week on the Wrist.
TAG Heuer Aquaracer 200
Set it and forget it
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When this 40mm Aquaracer was released in 2022, one thought came to our mind: TAG Heuer, the Swiss entry-level brand, is back. This is the brand's stab at a watch for everybody. In retrospect, a 40mm TAG Heuer inspired by its first dive watches from the 1980s sounds so obvious (and it is!), but it was missing from the brand's catalog for far too long. Now, finally, we have one that can satisfy both hardcore enthusiasts and mass consumers, all for less than three grand. –Tony Traina
The TAG Heuer Aquaracer Professional 200 WBP2111 measures 40mm x 11mm. It has 200m of water resistance and is powered by TAG Heuer's automatic caliber 5. For more, visit the Hodinkee Shop.
Timex Q
A funky vintage reissue that's unashamedly quartz
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When you're a watch lover with limited resources (like me), you've gotta pick and choose. I generally think it's best to skip the lowest-priced watches, no matter how fun they might be, and save up for the occasional splurge. So it's saying something, then, that I have two different Q Timex editions – they're just undeniable.
Launched in 2019 as a nearly 1:1 reproduction of a vintage Timex from 1979, the squared-off and beveled stainless-steel case is reminiscent of many an integrated-bracelet watch. The prominent "Q" on the dial tells you this is proudly quartz and is all the better for it. It's also been the basis for a lot of cool limited-edition watches over the last four years, including a few GMTs and two Hodinkee releases. The whole H family is on board with this one. –Mark Kauzlarich
The Timex Q Reissue measures 38mm x 11.5mm. It uses a quartz movement and has 50 meters of water resistance. MSRP: $179. For more, visit Timex.

According to The Vegan Society:
"Veganism is a philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclude—as far as is possible and practicable—all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose; and by extension, promotes the development and use of animal-free alternatives for the benefit of animals, humans and the environment. In dietary terms it denotes the practice of dispensing with all products derived wholly or partly from animals."

1. Ethics

1.1 Sentience of Animals

I care about other human beings because I know that they are having a subjective experience. I know that, like me, they can be happy, anxious, angry or upset. I generally don't want them to die (outside of euthanasia), both because of the pain involved and because their subjective experience will end, precluding further happiness. Their subjective experience is also why I treat them with respect them as individuals, such as seeking their consent for sex and leaving them free from arbitrary physical pain and mental abuse. Our society has enshrined these concepts into legal rights, but like me, I doubt your appreciation for these rights stems from their legality, but rather because of their effect (their benefit) on us as people.
Many non-human animals also seem to be having subjective experiences, and care for one another just like humans do. It's easy to find videos of vertebrates playing with one another, showing concern, or grieving loss. Humans have understood that animals are sentient for centuries. We've come to the point that laws are being passed acknowledging that fact. Even invertebrates can feel pain. In one experiment, fruit flies learned to avoid odours associated with electric shocks. In another, they were given an analgesic which let them pass through a heated tube, which they had previously avoided. Some invertebrates show hallmarks of emotional states, such as honeybees, which can develop a pessimistic cognitive bias.
If you've had pets, you know that they have a personality. My old cat was lazy but friendly. My current cat is inquisitive and playful. In the sense that they have a personality, they are persons. Animals are people. Most of us learn not to arbitrarily hurt other people for our own whims, and when we find out we have hurt someone, we feel shame and guilt. We should be vegan for the same reason we shouldn't kill and eat human beings: all sentient animals, including humans, are having a subjective experience and can feel pain, enjoy happiness and fear death. Ending that subjective experience is wrong. Intentionally hurting that sentient being is wrong. Paying someone else to do it for you doesn't make it better.

1.2 The Brutalisation of Society

There are about 8 billion human beings on the planet. Every year, our society breeds, exploits and kills about 70 billion land animals. The number of marine animals isn't tracked (it's measured by weight - 100 billion tons per year), but it's likely in the trillions. Those are animals that are sexually assaulted to cause them to reproduce, kept in horrendous conditions, and then gased to death or stabbed in the throat or thrown on a conveyor belt and blended with a macerator.
It's hard to quantify what this system does to humans. We know abusing animals is a predictor of anti-social personality disorder. Dehumanising opponents and subaltern peoples by comparing them to animals has a long history in racist propaganda, and especially in war propaganda. The hierarchies of nation, race and gender are complemented by the hierarchy of species. If humans were more compassionate to all kinds of sentient life, I'd hope that murder, racism and war would be more difficult for a normal person to conceive of doing. I think that treating species as a hierarchy, with life at the bottom of that hierarchy treated as a commodity, makes our society more brutal. I want a compassionate society.
To justify the abuse of sentient beings by appealing to the pleasure we get from eating them seems to me like a kind of socially acceptable psychopathy. We can and should do better.

2. Environment

2.1 Greenhouse Gas Emissions

A 2013 study found that animal agriculture is responsible for the emission 7.1 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year, or 14.5% of human emissions.
A 2021 study increased that estimate to 9.8 gigatonnes, or 21% of human emissions.
This is why the individual emissions figures for animal vs plant foods are so stark, ranging from 60kg of CO2 equivalent for a kilo of beef, down to 300g for a kilo of nuts.
To limit global warming to 1.5 degrees by 2100, humanity needs to reduce its emissions by 45% by 2030, and become net zero by 2050.
Imagine if we achieve this goal by lowering emissions from everything else, but continue to kill and eat animals for our pleasure. That means we will have to find some way to suck carbon and methane out of the air to the tune of 14.5-21% of our current annual emissions (which is projected to increase as China and India increase their wealth and pick up the Standard American Diet). We will need to do this while still dedicating vast quantities of our land to growing crops and pastures for animals to feed on. Currently, 77% of the world's agricultural land is used for animal agriculture. So instead of freeing up that land to grow trees, sucking carbon out of the air, and making our task easier, we would instead choose to make our already hard task even harder.

2.2 Pollution

Runoff from farms (some for animals, others using animal manure as fertiliser) is destroying the ecosystems of many rivers, lakes and coastlines.
I'm sure you've seen aerial and satellite photographs of horrific pigshit lagoons, coloured green and pink from the bacteria growing in them. When the farms flood, such as during hurricanes, that pig slurry spills over and infects whole regions with salmonella and listeria. Of course, even without hurricanes, animal manure is the main source of such bacteria in plant foods.

2.3 Water and Land Use

No food system can overcome the laws of thermodynamics. Feeding plants to an animal will produce fewer calories for humans than eating plants directly (this is called 'trophic levels'). The ratio varies from 3% efficiency for cattle, to 9% for pigs, to 13% for chickens, to 17% for dairy and eggs.
This inefficiency makes the previously mentioned 77% of arable land used for animal agriculture very troubling. 10% of the world was food insecure in 2020, up from 8.4% in 2019. Humanity is still experiencing population growth, so food insecurity will get worse in the future. We need to replace animal food with plant food just to stop people in the global periphery starving to death. Remember that food is a global commodity, so increased demand for soya-fed beef cattle in Brazil means increased costs around the world for beef, soya, and things that could have been grown in place of the soya.
Water resources are already becoming strained, even in developed countries like America, Britain and Germany. Like in the Soviet Union with the Aral Sea, America is actually causing some lakes, like the Great Salt Lake in Utah, to dry up due to agricultural irrigation. Rather than for cotton as with the Aral Sea, this is mostly for the sake of animal feed. 86.6% of irrigated water in Utah goes to alfalfa, pasture land and grass hay. A cloud of toxic dust kicked up from the dry lake bed will eventually envelop Salt Lake City, for the sake of an industry only worth 3% of the state's GDP.
Comparisons of water footprints for animal vs plant foods are gobsmacking, because pastures and feed crops take up so much space. As water resources become more scarce in the future thanks to the depletion of acquifers and changing weather patterns, human civilisation will have to choose either to use its water to produce more efficient plant foods, or eat a luxury that causes needless suffering for all involved.

3. Health

3.1 Carcinogens, Cholesterol and Saturated Fat in Animal Products

In 2015, the World Health Organisation reviewed 800 studies, and concluded that red meat is a Group 2A carcinogen, while processed meat is a Group 1 carcinogen. The cause is things like salts and other preservatives in processed meat, and the heme iron present in all meat, which causes oxidative stress.
Cholesterol and saturated fat from animal foods have been known to cause heart disease for half a century, dating back to studies like the LA Veterans Trial in 1969, and the North Karelia Project in 1972. Heart disease killed 700,000 Americans in 2020, almost twice as many as died from Covid-19.

3.2 Antimicrobial Resistance

A majority of antimicrobials sold globally are fed to livestock, with America using about 80% for this purpose. The UN has declared antimicrobial resistance to be one of the 10 top global public health threats facing humanity, and a major cause of AMR is overuse.

3.3 Zoonotic Spillover

Intensive animal farming has been called a "petri dish for pathogens" with potential to "spark the next pandemic". Pathogens that have recently spilled over from animals to humans include:
1996 and 2013 avian flu
2003 SARS
2009 swine flu
2019 Covid-19,

3.4 Worker Health

Killing a neverending stream of terrified, screaming sentient beings is the stuff of nightmares. After their first kill, slaugherhouse workers report suffering from increased levels of: trauma, intense shock, paranoia, fear, anxiety, guilt, and shame.
Besides wrecking their mental health, it can also wreck their physical health. In 2007, 24 slaugherhouse workers in Minnesota began suffering from an autoimmune disease caused by inhaling aerosolised pig brains. Pig brains were lodged in the workers' lungs. Because pig and human brains are so similar, the workers' immune systems began attacking their own nervous systems.
The psychopathic animal agriculture industry is not beyond exploiting children and even slaves.