Blancpain Fifty Fathoms - A 2200 - 1130 - 71

Update: Patek Philippe’s Henry Graves Watch Sells for $24 Million at Sotheby’s
The world’s most expensive watch ever sold at auction retained that lofty title at a Sotheby¡¯s auction on November 11, which coincided with the 175th anniversary celebration of its maker, Patek Philippe. The so-called Henry Graves Supercomplication, a pocketwatch made by Patek Philippe in 1933, is the most famous watch in the world and has the distinction of being the most complicated watch ever made completely by human hands. Its reappearance on the auction block, 15 years after it became the most expensive watch ever sold at auction, came in the same year that Patek Philippe commemorates 175 years of making watches. Estimated at more than 15 million Swiss francs (about $15.5 million), the watch sold for $23,983,140 to an anonymous buyer at Sotheby’s Geneva sale of Important Watches.?Discussing the sale of the Henry Graves Supercomplication prior to the auction, Tim Bourne, Sotheby¡¯s worldwide head of watches, and Daryn Schnipper, chairman of Sotheby¡¯s watch division,

Need Advice ETA 2834-2 Runs too Slow
My Victorinox Ambassador with an ETA 2834-2 is losing about 15-20 seconds every day and I have the index on the balance maxed out in an attempt to gain time. What can I do as a next step to try to get gain a few more seconds? This all started after I sent the watch in for service because the movement was jammed when I tried to set the time. I sent it back to the dealer for fixing and ever since then it's been losing time. Prior to the service, the watch gained about 5 seconds a day and I was happy with that. I'm a novice learning how to disassembly, clean and re-assembly watches, so any advice is welcome. I don't want to send it back because there is technically nothing really wrong with the watch and it's just something I'd like to take care of by myself.

Is there a watch that is a "Base" model look....
...that is similar to the look of IWC Big Pilot without the 8 day movement....and the price tag?I know of Panerai Base models...and the IWC BP has a very small date.....any others that have a simple dial with arabic numbers?Thank you

Speedmaster strap change
Is it hard to change the strap to a bracelet. I have both and wanted to put the bracelet on. I do not however want to damage the watch.Is it easy to do or should I take it in and pay 10 bucks to have someone do it for me?Thanks guys.

1st Panerai (510) On Its Way
I finally added a 510 to compliment my Rolex BLNR and Omega SMP. I ordered it directly from OP and it will be here tomorrow. So excited!