Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Black Dial Rose Gold on Strap 15300or.00.d002cr.01

Leather and Lugs: The Making of a Herm¨¨s Watch Strap
Watch straps usually play second fiddle to the watches they hold in place. Not at La Montre Herm¨¨s, which takes its leather goods as seriously as it does its watchmaking. In this feature from the WatchTime archives, Gisbert Brunner explores how a fine leather watch strap is crafted.For many watch fans, connoisseurship stops at the case lugs; the watch strap, a temporary, easily replaced accompaniment, is no more worthy of study than a paper napkin. That isn¡¯t fair. Fine watch straps reward scrutiny the same way fine watch movements and cases do. Equipped with a little knowledge of leather-crafting techniques, a connoisseur can become as expert a judge of the former as of the latter.A good place to start one¡¯s study is at the world-famous, cr¨¨me-de-la cr¨¨me leather goods company Herm¨¨s. The company makes some 120,000 straps per year, not only for its own collection of Herm¨¨s-brand watches but for those of Parmigiani Fleurier as well.Hermes makes some 120,000 leather straps per year. Eac

Activity?
It's not too much activity on the forum today. I wounder whyI am interested in learning something about Rolex that I don't yet know. Usually I learn a lot each day from this forum. Today I don't think I have learned anything newI used to like jubilee bracelet better then oyster bracelet before. This has all changed. I now actually like oyster bracelet better. It is still some types I think looks better with the jubilee bracelet but if I could only choose one bracelet for ever I would most likely choose a oyster.Pepsi and Cola GMT-Master looks better with jubilee bracelet in my opinion.So does whit dialed Explorer II. Yellow Gold datejust is also better looking with a Jubilee and some other datejust's fits a jubilee better then an oyster bracelet too. More or less all the other watches I like with a oyster bracelet. I know you got the president, pearlmaster etcbracelets too but if they there were only jubilee and oyster then that is how I would like it.Anyone know wean the last time Rol

tritium watches - any health concerns
Just wondering if someone was going to wear a tritium watch 24/7 if there are any health concerns associated with it?

Newbie Here, heres my collection. Hope you guys like it.
I have been a Audemars Piguet fans few years back, and I just could not resist since then. [IMG][/IMG]

Pateks 2nd hand above retail
So it seems the message boards are active with all the talk about upcoming 5711/12 steel price increases and concern whether it is selective or will be across the board on all Nautilus or all sport or all steel or all men's, etc etc models.It would seem to me that if the goal were to diminish the 2nd hand/grey market-reseller position, then PP price increases would be selective to those models that resell for a premium greater than retail price.This isnt a perfect science however as the 5712/1A tends to sell slightly below retail and it appears to be subject to the price increase.We all know about 5711 being the prototypical example selling for 40-60% premium above retail. BUT, what are the other models in similar situations and what percent above retail do they resell for?