Thanks for the superb dispatch Mark. The watch travelogue is an emerging category--perhaps an iPhone app in the making.
My hopes on the automotive front would be for a 507; what Heuer pairing would work for this beauty? My vote would be one of the Carrera barrels.
btw: UEFA "adopted" Israel because there were too many incompatible members in the Asian confederation--there was also a stop in Israel in the Oceanic confed. Going the other way, Uzbekistan has gone to Asia (technically a European country), and Australia has decided do become part of Asia as far as soccer goes.