Audemars Piguet AP Royal Oak Offshore Safari Chronograph - 44mm Stainless Steel - Brand New In Box

watches-dealer Editor's Watch Gift Guide For 2012
We get asked for advice on buying watches all year long but we can't answer everyone. If you still aren't sure what watches should be on your shopping list this holiday season, let's see what the watches-dealer writing team has to say. Check out the 2012 watches-dealer editor's watch buying gift guide below and see what everyone feels is worth your money.Ariel Adams' ChoicesCasio ProTrek PAW-2000T-7It won't win any beauty contests but a Casio Protrek might save your life, and it is a damn reliable and handy timepiece. A perennial favorite of mine, high-function Casio ProTrek (formerly Pathfinder) watches are a must for anyone who does anything outdoors. Light, durable, and extremely reliable, these go anywhere, do anything watches are something you'll come to love if you don't already. I own a bunch of them and continue to lust for more. A great model is the Casio ProTrek PAW-2000T-7, which comes on a titanium bracelet. There is also the standard?PAW-2000 (reviewed here)?that comes in

Bring a Loupe: A Very Rare Panerai, A Great IWC Ingenieur, A Stylish Movado, And Much More
This Bring A Loupe covers a few brands that rarely make it into BaL: a rare platinum Panerai or a crazy Movado Super Sub Sea, it really feels they deserved a spot this week. You will also find a stunning Zodiac, a great IWC Ingenieur, and an intriguing watch from Ochs and Junior. This is your last Bring A Loupe for December 26, 2015. A Panerai Radiomir Reference PAM21, Complete With Rolex Movement 1 OF 10 Broadly speaking, Panerais can be divided into three periods: vintage with most of the production around World War II, then pre-Vendome between 1993 and 1997, and finally Vendome (Richemont). Their relative desirability also follows this simple pattern, if we want to simplify things. The Panerai PAM21 is one clear exception to that simplistic rule: while it was only launched in 1997, Paneristis consider it as one of the most covetable references. This Radiomir has a 47 mm platinum case housing a manual-wound movement from Rolex, matching the earliest production fr

The Value Proposition: The Montblanc Heritage Chronom¨¦trie Ultra Slim
The Montblanc Heritage Chronométrie Collection was launched earlier this year at the SIHH, and it includes a number of watches that have attracted, for very good reasons, a great deal of attention, including the Montblanc Heritage Chronométrie ExoTourbillon Minute Chronograph Vasco da Gama, the Montblance Heritage Chronométrie Quantième Annual Vasco da Gama, and the very nicely done and very practical Montblanc Heritage Chronométrie Dual Time. It also includes a watch whose merits are easy to miss at first glance, and which we finally had a chance to look at up close and personal recently here at HODINKEE.  That watch is the Heritage Chronométrie Ultra-Slim. 1 OF 6 The Montblanc Heritage Chronométrie Ultra Slim is Montblanc’s entry in the world of watches that are ultra-thin, or extra-flat, or ultra-fine, or whatever you want to call them as we pointed out in a recent story on one of the finest of the ultra-fine

The creation of a Patek Philippe
My AD's president was invited to be the guest of PP last year. She was taken through all of the PP workshops and jotted down some notes. I found this info interesting, hope you do, too."There are between 50 and 100 steps to make an average dial. A dial has between 12 and 20 bath treatments.The dial factorythe color of a Patek dial is a science. Patek employs an expert chemist (there are only a few at this level in Switzerland) to assure consistency. In one day he can have four variations of color in his baths depending on the time of day and humidity, so he has to make constant adjustments. If there was a group of dials that came out a little different for a particular model, people would go crazy trlying to buy one for the rarity, so it's critical that the dials are exactly alike."

Team Omega!!
My 2 Professionals, Seamaster and Speedmaster.