Audemars Piguet ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE ALINGHI TEAM IN ORO ROSA

New SMP Member Here
I finally pulled the trigger on the 2254.50 Thank You Father John for referring me to the OMEGA AD in DC area.This is my first Dive watch. Originally I was looking for a Speedmaster day-date or date, but could not decide on which one to get. While I was looking at the Omega catalogue, I happened to see the model 2254.50, I really liked the bracelet and also the dial was different than the other SMP models, and I really like the black dial.So I started to look for the 2254.50 since November 2008 but no luck. Most AD's didn't have it in stock anymore. Then I started looking at ORIS. It caught my eye, because I have heard so many things about it and I went to the AD to look at the Diver Date black dial. So far I have not seen any 2254.50 in person, so I was leaning towards the ORIS. It was hard to decide because I had seen the ORIS in person, but the 2254.50 only in picture. So one day on the WTF, I read a post by Father John about a jeweler in the DC area that had a lot of these

Engraved bezels, center cases
I have been experimenting with applying black enamel paint with a brush to engraved Hamiltons. I've only done one so far; a 2nd. Generation Cushion Form with Aztec engraved bezel and engraved center case. It came out very nice but it's very labor intensive. Before I do any more, I'd like to be clear on a few things. Were all engraved bezel and center cases enameled or painted black? I know that there was an inlaid black enamel Square, (was the center case on this model enameled as well?), also an engraved Tonneau was bezel and center case enameled/painted as was the 1st. generation Cushion Form Ribbon engraved bezel and center case. But it seems like I never see a 2nd. generation Square Engraved or a Wreath bezel Barrel (say that 3 times fast!)with enamel/paint. I did look at the appropriate catalog photos, but they don't show the sides of the watch and all the engraved bezels appear to be enameled/paint but that might just be for contrast in the picture. Does anyone

Hamilton of the Day: Jazzmaster Open Heart
Specifications:Jazzmaster Open Heart H32565595 with brown dial40mm case sizesapphire crystalSwiss automatic movementlug width-20 mmwater resistant to 50 meters

5165 vs 5167 choice
Hello all, I am drawn towards the Aquanaut - but sadly local dealers do not have the 5167 in stock (and the 5165 is discontinued- but can be obtained used of course)If you own either, did you go through the decision proces by trying both on - and did you by any chance take a seperate shot of each watch on your wrist?I guess what is making the decision hard is that I prefer 40 mm watches for sports watches (Typically Rolex sub and 16600 SD) - but for dressier watches and shirt cuffs at work I prefer 38 mm.The Aquanaut would for me be somewhat of a combination between a sports watch but mostly a nicer dressier but still not too formal watch for work wear.Some wrist shots of me wearing 2 other watches - I was hoping it could help you give me some advice:New larger Sub (40 mm but wears slightly too large for me IMO)16600 Seadweller - also 40 mm but better appearance on the wrist:So what do you think, would the 5167 fill up too much of my wrist - or would the 38 mm 5165 be just that tiny bi

Thinking of a new strap.
For my 111G. Here is a picture that happens to show the same watch on a strap I am thinking of getting. What do you think?