Breitling 7650 Co-Pilot - Yachting

How To Make Your Own Watch
Have you ever wanted a unique watch? Or perhaps just a few small changes to one you have or are considering? Once you dive into the world of horology, sooner or later you'll start having strong opinions about what you like and dislike, and will probably start wondering what it'd take to make Your Perfect Wristwatch.If you're wealthy, it's quite simple. Simply call Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin or many others, and they'll be delighted to create a custom watch for you. For the rest of us, it's a bit harder, but perhaps this post will help you get started.Let's start with the companies that exist to solve this precise problem.Dwatch creates dive watches with a cushion-case design. As far as I know, they only have one case right now, but if you want a diver that's a good place to look.121 Time offers more choices, with quartz or mechanical movements. More cases, more looks, good reputation.Moving up the cost scale, Golay-Spierer makes custom watches and?the results are pretty impress

My Steinhart Ocean-1 GMT - some photos
more pics here and hereshort review here

Vintage Model for Monday, Nov. 10th - Sherwood (Seneca)
Hamilton Sherwoodcatalogued 1935-193814K solid yellow gold case19-jewel 982 movement$75.00 new with black enamel numeral dial$77.50 new with applied 18K solid gold numerals (most common version)20mm x 37mm case size16mm strap widthproduction quantitiy unknownOriginally named Seneca, the model name was changed to Sherwood shortly after its release in 1935. None of the company's records indicate the reason for the change. Interestingly, this is one of the few models that was never shown in the catalog with the applied gold numeral dial version. From what I've seen on eBay, the ratio of dials with gold numbers vs. black is at least 20:1.1935193619371938

Help me decide!
Hey everyone, the time has come where i'm going to take the plunge and purchase another watch, and I would like your help picking between my two finalists. I can get either watch roughly for the same price. I know there is no such thing as a "good buy" when it comes to watches in this price range, but which watch do you all think is more watch for the moolah?1) The Breguet 5207BBor2) Patek Philippe Aquanaut XL 5167 / 1AI know they are both very different watches, but i'm not looking for any particular style, just something a little different to add to my collection.Here is a picture of the Breguet (found online):I like this watch because it's very different looking. It's unlike anything else I currently own. I would not choose this watch as my first watch, or even my second or third, but I really like Breguet's rose engine turned dials, classic blued steel hands, and I think the retrograding seconds (reminiscent of old carriage clocks) is cool I also really like how this watch has

quartz watch repair
I have a Philip Admiral quartz chronograph that I recently sent for repair. I changed the battery myself and ever since was not working properlyI sent to a repair center and was told watch had to be disassembled and reassembled with necessary parts. Also threw in a sonic cleaning and 48hr time test. This comes out to $200 bucks. This seems a bit much for a QUARTZ repair. I was told it would be more to replace the movement. I questioned them and they took 10 dollars off Am I being hosed?