Breguet Marine Chrono "White Gold"

Omega Watches Will Be "Officially Certified" By New Swiss METAS Certification, COSC Abandoned
Today, Omega has announced some very exciting news in regard to how it will certify the performance and accuracy of their timepieces with in-house produced movements. In short, Swiss Omega watches will abandon COSC Chronometer certification in favor of a new and more comprehensive certification by the Swiss government controlled METAS agency. One major reason for this is that moving forward more and more Omega watches will contain the company's Master Co-Axial technology which includes both a unique type of escapement as well as anti-magnetic properties. According to parent company the Swatch Group, Omega is about to offer what possibly is the most comprehensive and extensive way of certifying a mechanical watch. Let's see what?all this means in practice.Watches, and especially higher-end ones are sometimes sold with certain certificate issued by third parties ¨C the most common being the COSC chronometer certificate (Rolex is COSC's biggest customer).? COSC Chronometer certification is

The next revised Rolex model
OK, so we're getting to the end of the 10 year 'upgrading' of the line. There's 2 years left, and still 2 sports models untouched - the Explorer II and the Yacht-Master. Yes, the Explorer probably now has the new GMT movement, but that's not really a refresh. What changes do you think are in store for these 2 models. My AD & I were pondering what could be in store for these lines. Keep in mind, this was just 2 watch guys talking their opinions. We both agree that it's unlikely Rolex won't substantially change these models. It just seems kind of scattered to leave these 2 models alone when every other model has has significant changes. So relative to the Yacht-Master, here's what we were brainstorming:1) leave the case alone & only upgrade the bracelet & clasp (seems kind of half-efforted though).2) use the new GMT's "supercase", bracelet & clasp but the YM's bezel (gold or platinum).3) Introduce a TT & SS YM-II & discontinue the YM altogether.While I much

homage or not to homage
i am not a collector..i am an enthusiast..keeping something in the safe like a hamster hoarding food pellets is not my idea of enthusiasm..i don't hoard my cigars i smoke them...i don't hoard the 30 year old highland park or johnnie walker blue..i drink them...if casio makes a watch that looks exactly like a doxa or rolex...works exactly like a doxa or rolex...and literally costs thousands of dollars less..more power to them...if they put the name doxa or rolex on the face then put them in jail for crimes of counterfeit....if they put the name casio abyss diver on the face i hope to god they sell a million of them...this homage vs. knock off vs. counterfeit argument is crap...i like to shoot guns...i would love to have a colt 1851 navy...but it would cost me a years salary to buy one and i would be afraid to shoot it because it might break so whats the point of owning one...after all i am not a collector...but i can buy a cva 1851 navy for 150.00 dollars and shoot the hell out of every

3573.50 was magnetized!
Guys,You aren't going to believe this (well maybe you are). My speedy was running +45sec/day fast. The chrono was advancing automatically to the 5 second indice when the pusher was depressed and it was hard to wind. Which lead me to believe my certified pre-owned Speedy from Tourneau (yes I know, should've bought from TRF, was a good deal) was in need of a service or overhaul.However, upon taking to the service dept at Tourneau, it was determined that my speedy was magnetized! They demagnetized it, it's now running +8-10sec/day with an amplitude of 317. And the chrono feature works again. I validated the timing against atomic time.No idea how it go magnetized, but wanted to see if anyone else had a similar experience?

Tools of the trade - working in miniature
I guess like most TRF members I'm astounded by the skills and patience needed to design, make and repair PP movements. I've always loved working on first push bikes, then later motorbikes and finally cars and to this day still treasure my Snap-On toolbox and tools.But there us something about the size of the parts in a mechanical watch that astounds me - parts are so small that they are barely visible even through a glass and the care needed at every stage is simply beyond anything I can imagine ever being able to undertake.Simple strap and bracelet changes/adjustments are about my limit (and then not on my PP's). Even then the tools needed are miniature.Interested to hear the level other TRF's have gone to to learn more - perhaps even working on their own pieces and the specialist tools they use?Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk