Bedat & Co No. 3 Automatic

Citizen Campanola Grand Complication AH4000-01X Watch Available
Citizen Campanola Grand Complication AH4000-01X image courtesy of Arizona Fine TimeThis is the current best of the Citizen Campanola line up in my opinion, and a watch that I have and reviewed here. It is one of my favorite watches in my collection. I see maybe 1-3 of these watches that show up a year for sale on the regular channels. Buying them in America is more or less impossible, although there is a small handful of authorized dealers. You really can only get them imported via online dealers and even then it is hard to find the watch. You've probably read my words on the Citizen Campanola line of watches pretty often; but I will indicate again that the Campanola line is highest quality luxury line of watches from Japan's Citizen watch group.The Grand Complication houses the most popular complications that are desired, but in a hand-assembled quartz movement instead of a mechanical movement. I've commented before on the cost of a mechanical watch that houses all of these complicati

Elliot, is this one of your straps?
I have this strap and it has a "TC" on the buckle, so I was thinking it might be one of your straps. There is no identifiers on the strap. Its very comfortable, seems relatively waterproof and I'd love to get another one in a different color. I can post a more complete pic if that would help.

Vintage Chronograph Rattrapante
Hi allI noticed that Adam (GLADIATOR) posted this in another watch forum, and I thought you might be interested in reading it. I've seen the watch, and it's really beautiful. Enjoy!Best, Ike"As some of you know, I collect mainly vintage watches prior to 1950, however within my collection I fell in love and also collected (modern) Dubey and Schaldenbrand watches. Dubey and Schaldenbrand was founded in 1946 as G.Dubey. Georges Dubey, was professor of complicated horology at the Technicum in La Chax de Fonds. In 1946 he had been joined by Rene Schaldenbrand who had been head of production of complicated watches and had designed/developed an economical fly-back seconds watch.So both men were, outstanding Horologists.They decided to start limited production of a split-seconds fly-back chronograph (Rattrapante) at an economical price.They chose the name 'Index-Mobile'In 1946, they were granted Swiss patent No. 253051, and in 1951 they received US patent No. 2548101.To quote from the USA

Haven't been around much
Howdy everyone. I haven't been around the watch forums for a bit, have been dealing with some life issues that we all have to face. Nothing new there, but many things have taken my $, time, and attention over the last year or so. I am still a watch enthusiast, and hope to be able to resume involvement in the hobby over the next few months. In the meantime, I'd like to give an appreciation discount to WTF members.10% my collection of NOS vintage bands, bracelets, and straps. Direct purchase only, contact me for purchase, please don't use "buy it now".As always: Free shipping anywhere, free spring bars, free sizing.thank you,Scottstores.ebay/Timesofplenty...ge-Watch-Bands If this post is out of line let me know and I'll edit it, or mods do your thing :)

Keep or Return?
So I picked up a Breitling for Bentley 6.75 (A4436212) and noticed some weird marks on the bezel slide rule. They almost appear to be water rings, or maybe a flaw under the finish that is making its way to the surface? Anyone seen anything like this before? My gut tells me that water (or moist air) got in. The seller is the original owner and has assured me that the watch has never seen water as he's had the crocodile strap on it since day one. However, it's a Florida watch and if the watch wasn't entirely waterproof, I could understand how humid air could wreak havoc. The seller has agreed to a return for a full refund. I have the watch boxed up to go back, but I'm wondering how difficult it would be to have corrected. The seller has offered $250 to repair the watch. I don't think that's enough for the repair, but I think I got a good deal on the purchase.More trouble than it's worth? I can't seem to find the bronze dial/croc strap combo very often which is exactly what I was looking