Bell & Ross Aviation Limited Edition (€ 2.435,- ex V.A.T.)

Bring a Loupe: Great Vintage Watches From Universal Geneve, Heuer, Cartier, And Rolex
This week's Bring a Loupe will present you a handful of great vintage chronographs from Universal Geneve, Heuer, and Enicar. We will also cover a sporty Rolex Explorer that traveled magnificently through time, as well as a very elegant Cartier with a twist. This is your Bring a Loupe for September 4, 2015. An Early Rolex Explorer II In NOS Condition 1 OF 7 The Explorer II reference 1655 is a die-hard tool watch originally intended for cave explorers. This explains its most striking feature: the prominent 24-hour orange hand that allows one to tell a.m./p.m. time when underground and out of sight of the sky. This unique arrow gave this reference its Italian nickname – Freccione – while the Steve McQueen Explorer moniker is bogus, as the actor never owned or wore a 1655. The Explorer II offered here is the most sought after – a Mark I example with a straight second hand (the later iterations featured a lollipop hand instead). The watch seen here

Another "People's Choice" strap vote.
I need a watch I can wear casually with jeans but still occasionally with a blue button down shirt. I don't own a blue dial now, but thought I'd put a blue strap on one of my favorite vintage watches:I still like the strap on it, but now that the brown croc is on the Breitling this Seamaster won't see as much wrist time - which is a pity because it's a regular in the rotation. I thought I'd put a blue strap on it so I went shopping for some ideas. I'm stuck between these two....Ostrich:Croc:I haven't had a nice blue croc since selling the Daniel JeanRichard, but I've never worn an ostrich strap and I hear they're very comfortable & pliable. I have a $15 Groupon to eBay and it's begging to be used so help me out here - what would you choose?

Merry Christmas!
Omega Fairy!!!

Ty Burrell rocks a GMT 116710LN on Hot Ones
Nice watch, Phil Dunphy!

Fat Lady GMT bracelet
Close to 4 years ago, I sent a well worn GMT Fat Lady into Rolex Canada for a full restoration. https://.rolexforums/showthread.php?t=342110Some members were horrified that I would molest an older classic. I had no regrets then and none today. I end up with a pristine GMT that I will probably never sell. It is still almost as cherry as when it came back and I almost forgot I had them return the original bracelet to me. They disassembled it, polished and cleaned it. It looks like new save for a teeny-weeny dent in one of the end links. Had I known how nicely it would clean up I might not have replaced it.It's just sitting in the suede bag and I was wondering what value should be placed on it? As mentioned, It has the end links (restored as well)It has a little stretch but it looks like new after they restored it. As mentioned, it has the end links as well. Might be short a link or two. I know people will say don't break up the set but the originality of the watch is not that important t