Baume & Mercier & Capeland Stainless steel No4499909

Fabulous February! Show Us All Those Incomings
Placed two starter bids and now I'm the owner of two watches! Ah well, at least they have original bands and they were CHEEP! (From the lack of competition, I can only assume that Jim wasn't interested!)c1964 Gary; original bracelet.Seller's image1964 Catalogue Imagec1976 Auto Date Hawk; original bracelet.Seller's image1976 Catalogue imageI have one of these already (in mint condition) and REALLY like it. However it doesn't have the original metal bracelet so there will be a swap session when the 'new' one arrives.

OUCH! ShopNBC Announces $18 Million Loss
ValueVision shares dive on warning of 1Q lossBy Leslie Brooks Suzukamolsuzukamo@pioneerpress.comArticle Last Updated: 05/13/2008 09:18:18 PM CDTValueVision Media's stock plunged more than 17 percent Tuesday after the ailing parent of the ShopNBC home-shopping channel warned late Monday that it would swing to a loss for the first quarter.The Eden Prairie-based company's new chief executive, Rene Aiu, faced hostile investors on a conference call, with some criticizing her pay.An industry veteran who came on board in March, Aiu said she wants ShopNBC to de-emphasize one-time sales of big-ticket consumer electronics, purchases usually made by men, and focus on generating more repeat business from middle-aged women on sales of affordable jewelry, cosmetics, clothes and fashion accessories."A basic fundamental of the business is the health and the size of your repeat customer base," she said. "It's why we're putting such emphasis on it and going after it so tenaciously, because I've seen it

Something new!
Speedmaster Solarimpulse,44.25 mm diameter, titanium, carbon dial, gmt function, date indication:IMG_0333_converted.jpgI like it,BestTom

Yet another .... Incoming First Panerai Thread
I'm new to the brand and I must say I had great pleasure in unboxing this beauty. I think Rolex could well learn a lesson in presentation even though I quickly discard / chuck the boxes in a cupboard until flipping time!!I always liked the quirky look of the Luminor models due to the crown guards but I never really paid attention in any detail to the brand due to the seemingly endless repetitive models and confusing model numbering. Every time I've seen a model I like etc there was always some feature on it that I disliked (along with price) e.g. power reserve displays, painted dials, date, wrong case size etc. I'm still on the fence about the seconds dial although the 422 model was a close contender when I narrowed down my list!!!After seeing pics of a few base models it persuaded me to revisit Panerai however I was still not really convinced etc until I came across the 372 which on certain straps looked stunning on various forum pictures!Looking at the specs it seemed to tick all

a bit concerned ...
Bought a Milgauss White Dial in an online auction yesterday. I was handed the watch which was a brand new 116400 V series from Client 548 (Israel). Under the Warranty card, it says it's from Eurasia LTd. Which is an authorized dealer in Israel.He went up with me to the RSC and had the watch checked up. Unfortunately since I took it to the RSC in Hong Kong, they said they needed another two weeks to verify the serial code since it was not 888. Well, I hope there aren't any problems. I mean they did take it behind closed doors and took half an hour in there. I wonder if that was the preliminary check up. The watch was brought back and said I needed to wait another 2 weeks. If there were problems with its authenticity, they would have told me straight away right?Also, I hope there are no legal issues with the watch either... being stolen or something like that. The watch was just brand new with all the stickers on the glass, the bracelets and even the black code on the left side of the ca