Breitling Chronomat B01 Stainless Steel Satin Bezel

VULCAIN – 50s President’s Watch
The first watch fitted with a mechanical adjustable alarm was born in the Vulcain workshops in 1947 after 5 years of development. The "Cricket function" has since become the Locle brand's signature and is so called because it makes a noise similar to a cricket when it goes off. To coincide with Baselworld 2015, the dials on the manual wind pieces from the 50s President’s Watch collection have been redesigned. The new look features a circular guilloch¨¦ centre and linear guilloch¨¦ hour rim in a range of three different shades of grey: silver grey, grey beige (or "greige") and mouse grey. The 42mm steel case houses the famous manual wind mechanical Cricket V-11 calibre which brings to life the time functions (hours, minutes and seconds in the centre), alarm (point which can be adjusted by the winding crown) and date (display at 6 o' clock). Price: 5’850 CHF

Tip #6 'Location, Location, Location!'
OK.You have probably all heard the famous adage in property buying "Location, Location, Location.'Well a similar adage holds to watch collecting, but this time it is 'Condition, Condition, Condition!!'Serious watch collecting is about owning a watch that is 'to-day' exactly what it was when made by the original manufacturer.The closer you can buy to that original condition the better.Here are some things to look closely at:1) Franken Watch: This is the very worst type of watch (out side a copy/fake). In this case the watch has been changed (usually the face) completely different to what the original manufacturer intended it to be.In other words no other watch of that model would now look like this. This is usually a face change with different numbers or colour of face.We call this 'a Franken'2) Marriage Watch: Bit like a 'Franken' but in this case an original movement with probably the original dial is fitted into another case (not its original)3) Refinished Dial: This 'may' be a

Omega Central Tourbillon
This model was introduced in 1994 and is still sold as a limited edition. Does anyone here own one? If so, how has your ownership experience been?I like the look of the watch and the unique design. But, at close to $100k, it is very expensive. Would a Breguet tourbillon make more sense and be more likely to hold its value?

Does anyone have any early Basel pics/links???
loving the Rolex stuff, but need my Omeeeega fix

Incoming - my first Crown
Good morning all from Bombay, just landed from a nice long flight from London and first thing I did after eating was open the box of my brand new BLNR!!! After many many many years of waiting and waiting I finally decided to treat myself for my 30th birthday this year.Apologies if the stickers are still on! It’s 3am here and I’m tired so tomorrow will be spent trying to remove them all and resizing the bracelet. I’ve learnt so much from all the members here on TRF and I couldn’t wait to share my incoming with you all. And fwiw, anyone who thinks this watch looks ace in pictures, it looks ten times better in the flesh. Absolute stunner. That blue colour is a master stroke from Rolex.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk