Audemars Piguet GRAND PRIX - CARBON

P¨¨re de Temps ?
Any experience with these watches from China? Let me know !Thanking in advance.Only Mechanical Watches

Some Help With Complex Enameling ? .....pleeeeease !!!!!
here's a reminder of the watch that needs re-enameling.....so, I am gonna give this a shot at enameling .......I know to get Testor's Enamel, and use a spotting brush....( an old fashioned teeny tiny brush that comes to a sharp point used to "spot" out white spots in photo prints......) I was actaully pretty good at spotting ......there is one leeeetle problem about this watch that has me concerned .....if you look carefully you can see the remnants of the green and black paint......and er .....the colors are not nearly straight up and down or on concentric lines around the crystal .....nope they angle in at each other and cross paths with every color change .....yikes !...so ....so I put in all the greens and clean off any edge leaks, then put the black in and hope that none bleed too far over and creep into the green area......does the paint dry hard enough so that if the green is very dry and some black is smeared aross it while cleaning the black, will the black clean without sta

The Chronometers...
When most people today here the word "chrono", they immediately think of a chronograph, a watch with 2 or 3 sub-dials to time events and things. Well, there is another chrono, the chronometer. This watch looks much like an ordinary watch, but it is actually a very precise timing instrument, which is tested under many tough conditions, unlike the ordinary timepiece.For a watch to be described as a chronometer, it must meet certain precision standards.In Switzerland, the Contr?le Officiel Suisse des Chronom¨¨tres (COSC) conducts tests and issues certificates to watch movements that meet its standards. A watch containing a movement meeting those standards may use the term ¡®chronometer¡¯.Here is the COSC definition of a chronometer:¡®A chronometer is a high-precision watch capable of displaying the seconds and housing a movement that has been tested over several days, in different positions and at different temperatures, by an official neutral body (COSC).¡¯On granting certification, the COSC

Welcome to the new WTF Watch Winder Forum!
WTF Members & Guests:Welcome to the new Watch Winder Forum on WATCH TALK FORUMS. Special thanks to WTF's newest sponsor ORBITA CORPORATION for being the chief sponsor of this forum. So sit back, relax, and let's talk about a sub-hobby of watch collection - watch winders!!!

Lets see our 2007 collection.
As the year is about over lets see what we purchased in 2007.Remember this thread is useless without your photosPhilip Admirale Blue Dial 44mmPhilip Admirale Black Dial Crocodile 44mmTag Heuer AquagraphTag Heuer AquaracerInvicta Reserve Speedway Gunmetal,Subaqua Noma 111 V7751,Ocean Ghost Diamond Meteorite Gunmetal