Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 35mm steel and gold/or acier cadran crEme /cream dial

Sinn EZM 7 Watch
Sinn has been getting real divers and desk divers alike drooling from the mouth since the 1990s with their seriously pro EZM line of watch. "EZM" stands for Einsatzzeitmesser, which roughly translates into "mission timer." Really happy they chose to shorten that word to just "EZM." Also sounds E-Z to say. These watches have come in different forms over the years, but have all shared a more or less signature DNA look. Now in its seventh iteration - the EZM is starting to get some color.It is really quite difficult for Sinn to improve upon the durability of timepieces like this. They are all super hero watches. Some just have slightly differing powers. Each is a perfect companion to "take into a fight." Like other Sinn watches the EZM 7 has a tegimented steel case - which is a hardening technique that makes the steel hard being 1200 vickers in hardness. The steel has a? sandblasted finish and the case is 43mm wide by just 12mm thick. Sinn uses their special AR coating technique on the sa

If I had a doller for every post I've made...
I would only need $3000 more for my next watch purchase. :DJust wanted to tell everyone how great it is posting here and learning from everyone as well as sharing what little I know. I am glad to know the members and mods and look forward to another thousand posts. Thanks and cheers! ~James Bond

Pondering the great questions in Lfe
Today as I sit in my office, slow work day that it is. I am working on rebuilding a German antique cuckoo clock at home, so I bought the two bellows in to replace the fabric on them. As I said I am pondering the great questions in life and....I gotta know......................................................"Why does super glue only stick to your fingers"

A Week on The Wrist ... (Incoming PP 5146G-001)
I've had this watch for over a week now but I eventually wanted to do a formal 'incoming' thread.Up until now I've only purchased Omegas but in early 2014 I started to look at other brands including NOMOS and Rolex. The thought of purchasing a Patek Philippe in my early thirties never even entered my mind as a possibility.It wasn't until I was about to pull the trigger on a Rolex GMTII as my fourth watch that I started to question if I really wanted it or if I would rather bank it towards a PP. I'm not a fan of having a large watch collection so forsaking all other 'fun' but most likely temporary watches for a quality watch from PP seemed like an easy decision to make (thanks Jorge).For my first PP I narrowed down the models to 5146G or 5396G (interestingly enough, a few other members were also deciding between these or similar models so it was fun gleaning from their threads). I was initially NOT a fan of the 5146G month/day counters and power reserve indicator and so decided on the 5

112 on JV
Psyched to finally be JV'd! The last OEM strap I purchased was a dark brown Riva at the Florence boutique during my honeymoon in 2011. While there, the Panerai rep showed me both the gold and dark grey JV options and while I thought the nubuck alligator was cool, I liked the look of the Riva strap better. Once I returned home and started researching the JV, I was sold on the killer patina photos of the straps after some wrist time. I recently found a gentleman selling an unworn/unmounted JV in the right (standard) size and it was delivered today. I love it. It is a bit more of a muted gold color in person than I expected - despite my photos making it look like every other JV strap I've seen on the Internet - but it was almost immediately comfortable on my wrist and after a lot of aftermarket purchases it's great to have another killer OEM strap for the 112. It's also nice to have a lighter colored, dressier option to break up all the darker leather ammo straps I've been buying lately,