Baume & Mercier and Ilea Ladies Watch 8767

Bring a Loupe: A James Bond Watch, A Mythical Rolex Chronograph, A Rare Eberhard, And Many Other Pic
This week's Bring a Loupe will mark the exciting return of watch auctions, with some picks straight out of London, featuring a legendary Rolex chronograph. Let's not forget some great diving watches and chronographs, and, notably, a quartz Heuer that appeared in a James Bond movie, and a very funky Fortis chrono. This is your Bring a Loupe for August 28, 2015. A Very Rare Anti-Magnetic Watch, The Eberhard Scientigraf 1 OF 11 When you think about anti-magnetic watches, the Rolex Milgaus, the IWC Ingenieur and the Omega Railmaster usually come to mind straight away. The Scientigraf from Eberhard deserves a respectable mention too. You get much more than a plain scientific tool watch, with its very interesting Explorer-type dial and unusual handset, all that in a sweet 38 mm case. On this example, I especially like the typical Eberhard indexes and the lollipop second hand. Casowatches is selling a great Scientigraf here, and it even comes with the original Ebe

LV and LVc
Let me first start off by saying I love my 16610LV and it has almost been my daily wear for the last 6 years. It is a D-series that I bought new from an AD that has long been closed like many other AD's that have closed over the recent years.Today, I got a 116610LV from an AD which I hopefully will establish a good relationship with as with my old AD. When I first saw and tried on the 116610LV two summers ago (at another AD), it did not strike me that much. It did not yell "take me home!" to me, nonetheless, I did not dislike it. Well, fast forward to today, I suppose my taste has changed as I am getting not younger. My only regret is that I did not grab the 116610LV when I first had the chance which was two price increases ago!I will give my LV a much deserved break and I will now use the LVc as my daily wear.Anyway, here is a pictorial (since I am not as an eloquent writer as John and most of you) comparison of the old-school and current LVc. It is not easy to capture the true

Shiny Sunday...got your bling on today?
I'm nearing the end of my rotation. I need to give the 1962 Lindsay a chance to shine today.

Cleaning the brushed finish with dishwashing product
Thought I'd share and somebody may find usefullThis is about my attempt to clean up brushed parts of my SMP 300 bracelet with Scotch 3M product. This is not my idea, i picked it up a while ago from some gentleman on the web who also wrote some reviews on SMPs and Submariners. I was reading this about 3 years ago when my SMP was still all fresh and new.Today my SMP is well used and have a lot of age marks, so passing by this Scotch thing in the Walmart, i thought i will give this a try. Anyway, here are some pictures with results.Before (i only took before picture after finishing one half, so on this one one half is done and one is 'before', in process (i was covering polished parts of the bracelet with tape), and after. I didn't polished the small parts of teh bracelet in between two polished bars, and haven't tuched the polished parts at all, but even said, i have impression that my SMP bracelet looks freasher after this process. Also see the picture of the clasp - every SMP owner wil

Rolex GMT-Master II 116710 BLNR
Hi Everyone. I am looking to purchase my first Rolex, and the one that caught my eye right off the bat was the GMT Master II 116710 BLNR. Unfortunately, that is also a very popular model, and I have heard some crazy wait times. Some promise to have it delivered by the end of the year, others are saying the wait list is 1-2 years, and a lot of retailers in Toronto wont even bother taking a deposit due to the excessive wait time's. As a new Rolex Buyer, I had a few questions for you guys:1) What are your thoughts on this watch?2) Are wait time's like these common? (I live in Toronto)3) If I put the deposit down now, am I locked in for the current asking price of $10,200 CAD, or is it possible that if Rolex increases the price, I will be paying the new updated priceThanks for your help!