Breitling Chronomat Chronograph

Who is credited with creating the first automatic mechanical watch? And....
So, from the wisdom and knowledge vault of WTF, who or what company invented the first automatic mechanical wrist watch?Then, I've read about how quartz watches decimated the mechanical watch market and had absolutely horrible effects on the American watch industry, yet, by the 1980's, mechanical watches started to make a comeback and today mechanical watches are very popular once again and I think I even posted an article noting that such watches provide a very large profit for watch companies. So, why have mechanical watches made a comeback? Either your opinion or maybe you can point me to some research on the subject.I'll be very interested in seeing you have to say.

Childhood Watches Located
I saw my folks today and my Dad had my first two childhood watches for me. I will have to take some pics and put them up when I get home.My first ever, a very small Mido, is still ticking away.This made my whole day...I will be 43 in October and got the Mido before I went into nursery school, at a little more than three years old.

DSOTM Pitch Black or Daytona C
I can only afford one and I plan on wearing it into the ground and passing it on. Which one would you go with? Any experiences with the pitch black version of the dsotm?Thank you all in advance! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

No more sealed Pateks
Interesting development with Patek requiring ADs to remove all factory packaging before it leaves the doors. Another attempt to curtail the grey market.watchesbysjx/2017/07/pate...d-watches.html

New Arrival: Patek Philippe Gondolo 5124G-001
Hi,After 8 weeks, my new watch has finally arrived! I chose this watch to compliment my rose gold Breguet Classique Automatic 5177 and as a new case shape for collection. I wanted a white, noble metal watch that was somewhat dressy, but also would be at home when dressed casually. A manual wind was desired but not required. I wanted a watch that was easy to set-up as part of a larger rotation.As I understand it, the Gondolo collection was launched relatively recently by Patek standards; only about 20 years ago. It is named after a line of historic pocket and wristwatches manufactured by them for the Gondolo & Labouriau (a Jeweler in Rio-de-Janeiro) in the early twentieth century.This line of watches is Patek Philippe¡¯s homage to the Art Deco style that was popular from the 1920s¡¯ to the 1940¡¯s. The Art Deco style emphasizes simpler geometric, cubist-influenced forms with certain repetitive shape motifs that frequently come in threes, can utilize modern industrial materials and cont