Breitling Airwolf Raven Silver Dial Mens Analog-Digital Watch A7836434-G653SS

*** US Buyer Poll ***
Hey GuysHope you're having a great weekend.You know I love polls. Heh, must be a throwback to my younger maths days. I wasn't too wild about maths but I loved statistics.So this is a two-part poll, one for buyers in the US, the other for members in the rest of the world. I wanted to gauge if possible, how we source our watches. Do we use a local AD or indeed if we engage in " distance-buying " and in particular if sourcing over some distance is more common practice in the US than anywhere else. This is not a multiple-choice poll so if you have a variety of sources, please check the box indicating the manner by which you normally source your watches. If you source primarily over distance then check this box - I think you get the drift. If you haven't bought before and are intending to, then again please check the relevant box, either distance or local.Categories in the poll are of course limited since after all it's either long distance or not. Contact with your source may be by any num

Mirabile Dictu! Old guy/newbie w/questions
Hi all -I'm not a collector but, searching for info on an old Hamilton movement I found among the things left me several years ago by my father, I've determined it to be a 982M, sn M81535, complete & in working order (a rough check shows it ~2.5 min fast/day), w/o case/band.I'm considering putting it back to work. The dial measures .845w x .885h, tho' the movement is .965 x .730ish.Looking at every pic I could find for a similar dialface, I found (on eBay) only a Gilbert, but I believe I read here that this movement was used in 14K cases only.Is it simply a replacement, or have I just not seen the right model?Were dials used on more than one model?I also have an Automatic marked 64059-4 on the back that I can find nothing at all about.I bought this new, about 1971, from discontinued stock where I worked at the time.It hasn't run in 15ish years and I wonder: is it worth having serviced, new crystal & band?Update: just took the back off - it's marked 694A, Seventeen 17 jewels, H

Factoid of Day - 2-6-08
From the Indian Journal of Otolaryrgology:Ingestion of a battery operated wrist watch is dangerous as it can cause perforation due to its sheer size as well as corrosive erosion from the chemicals in the battery. Caretakers of these patients (nut jobs) should be alert to the possibility of foreign body ingestion.

it's been quite some time since I bought a Panerai ... But yesterday was the day :-)
and I love it

Day date bracelet
Looking for a Mens Day-Date 18kt WG President smooth bezel.Are some bracelets on these watches more desirable?Are the movements the same?Comments regarding purchase of same appreciated.