Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Chronograph

Audemars Piguet Millenary Chronograph Watch At SIHH 2009
You know that I have been economically deluded by the watch world when I hear that a watch costs around $35,000, only to think, "that sounds like a really good price." Not that I can afford it, I just wouldn't expect an 18k rose gold-cased Audemars Piguet watch with an in house chronograph movement to go for that "low" of a price. I must have luxo-fever. But for $35,000 you can't go too wrong with this beautiful chronograph version of Audemars Piguet's lovely Millenary watch. The sorta asymmetric is not off-centered as it might appear. Two oblong circles overlap to create that interesting look that Audemars Piguet perfected. Though, the chronograph version does actually have some off-centered dials.The standard Millenary watch uses the two circles for the minute or the hours. This version uses the outer circle cleverly as a tachymeter. It is not the most elegant application of a tachymeter scale, but it works. The dial has everything in the right place, though it does come across as th

Identify this Hamilton, can anyone?
Hello,I am new here. Can anyone help me identify this Hamilton? i do not know how to open this watch, so if anyone can guide me how to open this watch, so i can take a pic of the movement. I really appreciated.hamilton.jpg

Factoid of the Day - 2/07/08
Nickel is considered a "dangerous" substance in Britain - and the metal's content in wrist watch cases is regulated under a 2005 law.Nickel causes skin rash in some people.

tool watch suggestions owing inspiration to the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms?
HELSON%u00252BSkindiver%2B03.jpgI really love the Helson Skindiver for a whole host of reasons, but was wondering if it was my only option for a reliable, mostly period-correct workhorse diver in the vein of a Fifty Fathoms? I've seen a few designs from Prometheus (the Manta Ray) and MKII (like the Paradive and the Sea Fighter) but wasn't hugely blown away. Any suggestions? Maybe a NOS Seiko redux? Or should I have been more blown away by the aforementioned? Or is the Skindiver unique in that it's one of very few?

Houston We Have a BIG Problem!!
So i'm sure many of you remember last week I had purchased an AP Legacy and posted several pictures of it. Well, over the weekend I was only wearing it around the house and because of it's HUGE 48mm size, the ceramic octagonal crown was digging into my wrist and hurt because of the sharp point. I could'nt screw down the crown anymore to change the angle and if I tried to unscrewed it a bit to change the angle of the crown and to make it not be so uncomfortable, i feared water would get in it and didn't want to take such a big risk with such a $$ watch. Another negative about the watch is, the bullet proof strap was starting to frey a bit, and i could only imagine what it would look like after a couple of months... also, the strap isn't waterproof because of the leather underside of the strap, so I could never swim with it or shower or anything.. it would be just a once in a while watch which I already own in my collection.. I really loved it so much, but these were things that hit me w