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Antiquorum’s June Sale: Steve McQueen, FDR, and More
Antiquorum’s June 11 auction in New York will include timepieces associated with American icons including Steve McQueen, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Frank Sinatra, and others, well as collector pieces including a Patek Philippe Ref. 1436 dating to 1941, a mid-1990s Patek Ref. 3970, and an A. Lange & S?hne Tourbillon ¡°Pour le M¨¦rite” produced in 1996.Steve McQueen fans will have opportunities to bid on 2 wristwatches associated with the actor: the TAG Heuer Monaco worn during the filming of Le Mans, and a Rolex Submariner Ref. 5512 given by Steve McQueen to his good friend Jimmy Brucker. McQueen’s Von Dutch motorcycle is also included in the sale. The TAG Heuer and Rolex timepieces are estimated at $10,000 to $20,000, while the Von Dutch is estimated at $80,000 to $120,000.Previews will be held June 5 at Hours Minutes Seconds at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, and at Antiquorum’s Madison Avenue headquarters in Manhattan June 7-11. For further information

Rolex Pocket Watch
Does Rolex make one. And if they do, does anyone here on this Forum know where I can get one?ThanksRob

.....Yes, THE ORANGE MONSTER was there to start the night ......;-)
The actual GTG will be today in the afternoon, but some folks came to townearly so we decided to go out and party a little.We started at our house and then continued to Clearwater beach where wemet some other WIS. No everyone is pictured but 10 folks showed up to enjoya nice casual dinner at the beach, cigar bar and then later the 3rd establishment later.More pictures from the event will come up later and some lucky winners will go homewith these nice free gifts from our sponsors: BALL watch and Orbita WinderIt is a little to late to register via the link in my signature, but if you decide to show up at the last minute you can always call WatchFan1: 727-365-2266.

AD vs Boutique
Is there any difference pros/cons wise between buying at an AD that sells a wide variety of watch brands, and buying at a boutique that exclusively sells Rolex and Tudor? Advice is greatly appreciated

Idea for Rolex business model
Tell me what you think of this idea. As a generalization, it seems like Rolex produces less SS sport (e.g. daytona, sub, GMT, skydweller, etc.) than are in demand and more PM sport subs and GMTs than are in demand. I'm an engineer and we talk a lot about push vs pull systems. Why doesn't Rolex take specific models and only produce what is ordered and paid for in advance? No more, no less. It seems like this would dry up the gray market because why would I pay Joe Shmoe more than retail for a ceramic daytona when I can just order one from Rolex, even if I still had to wait 6 months? They could still keep boutiques with DJ, DD, and a few others. Rolex's team has to be way smarter than me, doesn't this make sense?