Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 18kt. Gold / Stahl Automatic

Ever seen or passed up a steal?
Well within a month of my acquiring my " Grail " 3573.50, I came across a well-known collector selling his newly-refurbished 1971 Speedy Pro. He couldn't sell it and eventually dropped the price to an unheard-of sum of $1100.That's eleven hundred dollars!!! Now if the gentleman had waited two months, he would easily have picked up a further three to four hundred for this very handsome watch. Later in the year, the watch would have fetched $1800 on that place by the sea let alone in sales corners. There is a reasonably familiar name on again, that place by the sea offering a later late-70s model for nearly $3600 in the past month or so. Naturally I wouldn't buy from said seller as Rick knows since I think their prices are inflated beyond belief. But I do wish I had the spare readies to have opted for the never to be seen again recently-refurbished bargain offer of that 1971. Even paying the import tax this end wouldn't have dented the desirable nature of the bargain that it was.How abou

Some nice Limited Editions posted lately...here's another!
Some very nice Limited Edition Breits have been posted up recently. This is the 500 piece Chronomat USAF (there is also a 50 piece version as well, which I've never seen a pic of)Thanks for looking!

Message in Lincoln's watch
An interesting article in the NYT...http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/11/ar...gn/11linc.html

What Breitling
I am a new on the Breitling part of the forum. I would like to buy a Breitling watch. As to the mechanical chronograph I prefer something from Chtronomat series. If I want a quartz mvt is it wise to chose Aerospace? What is your point of view???

Aqua Terra or SMP??
Hello,Im seriously considering selling the Aqua Terra 2500 i have, the white dial i have ordered is has taken a long time to arrive, and honestly, im starting the hate the way this watch looks. Its a dress watch, which looks wrong with jeans or sportswear.In my opinion, a watch has to be recognized when worn on one's wrist, and the Aqua Terra is constantly mistaken for a Rolex Datejust, something which gets on my nerve Almost a knockoff of that.However, I think that the SMP is a 'true' Omega model that cannot be mistaken for non-other, especially the blue Bond version 2221.80.00.If I sell my AT 2500 co-axial, i can only afford to get the Blue SMP used, and in quartz.Would an SMP be worth more with regards to 'pedigree' and more a an omega than the Aqua Terra? I would really be grateful to any opinion that can help me decide.BTW, Im a 'one watch' type of guy.