Breitling Galactic 30 Sierra Silver Dial Steel and 18kt Gold Ladies Watch C71340L2-G672TT

Hello, and a question from a mechanical watch newbie (Nomos Club Datum)
I last bought a watch about eleven years ago. It's a nice enough quartz watch, but not something that would impress any watch person. Its bracelet finally started to fall apart this spring. Wondering about what to do about it, I figured maybe I'm entitled to a watch every decade or so. I walked into a jeweler's and asked to see what's available. There were a couple of watches there that I thought were rather nice. They were German, from Glash¨¹tte Original. The designs didn't immediately click, though I thought the numbers were a bit unnecessarily cute, for example and I felt the price was a bit extravagant too, so I walked out again, feeling pretty cheerful and liking the idea of German watches. I like German mechanical engineering and German design in general; it's matter of fact, functional, and well made. Besides which, everybody with any watch aspirations seems to have, or want, a Swiss watch.I made my way onto the Internet, wanting to find out if there were any other nice German

How important is Geneva Seal to you ??
Image above - Copyright © Patek Philippe SA, Geneva, Switzerland, for nonprofit educational purposes only.How important is Geneva Seal to you ??Before I tell you my opinion, I would like to hear what you think?This is a subject that comes out quite often across various watch forums,but the recent development and rumors provoke this question once again.As I am sure some of you heard - it is possible that after decades of usage ofPoinçon de Genève, Patek Philippe could consider dropping it altogether ormaybe develop its own standard.These are my (pretty simplistic) thoughts.Few years ago I was pretty impressed with COSC (chronometer) certification.The entire testing process takes 15 days, and the watches are tested in five positions. The watches are tested as movement only, and do not come with hands or anything. Automatic movements have the rotors detached during testing and three temperatures are tested as well. 23 Degrees Celsius is the main temperature test

Basel Daily News
This is a good way to keep up with the goings on at Basel, which officially opened yesterday.baselworld/go/id/bbnf/lang/eng/

I already voted on this poll?? really?
I was out of town for a few days....came here to check the latest threads and looked into couple of new polls that were posted while I was out....and stumbled with something interesting.....both polls show the message "I already voted on this poll"....could anyone shed some light on why is this???

Antiquorum 2014 Auction Catalog (Nov. 8 + 9 2014 Geneva)
Hello. I am looking for a print copy of the auction catalog that appears below. If any member has a copy of it I'd be very grateful if you could contact me so that we can discuss further. Thank you very much. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk