Breitling Galactic 32

IS this a replica Can you tell
I am a Sinn man, but had to liquidate all my Sinn's about a year ago. I came across Oris and really flipped for them. Want your advice on this one in the picturesI came across this ORIS Small seconds Blue face. I know it may be hard to tell but from these pictures can you tell it its a replica. I have a chance to buy it second hand....It was purchased in August 2010. He wants to sell it for 750.00 I would need to get a new strap as the old one is sized to a 6.75in wrist and I have a 7.5 in wrist. Please weigh in.

Watch Auctions - Interesting editorial
from europastar.com:NEWS Strategic auctions January 07, 2008 By Pierre Maillard We won’t go into detail, in this column, about the dramatic shockwaves travelling through the world of watch auctions. We are not looking to weigh the good and bad points or to sort out the complex tangle of recent events. We are also not going to accuse or exonerate the players. The Antiquorum affair is too confused and still too ‘hot’ to try and draw any definitive conclusions. But there is a lesson in all of this: watch auctions have become one of the central tactics used by the world of timekeeping; they are one of the principal places where brands’ reputations are made and unmade. Similar to what is happening in the world of art, where the value of an artist is judged by the rising or falling prices of his or her pieces at auction, the absolute ‘value’ of a watch brand is more or less tied to its products’ bidding performance at auction. Is this reasonable or f

First Panerai-- A Zero, purchased in Firenze
Picked up this PAM 000 at the boutique in Florence when I was there last month.

Stolen Rolexes
Is there way to determine if a Rolex is stolen? i.e. is there some sort of national registry? Does every individual watch have it's own serial number? Thanks.

16600 for BBB ETA...
I¡¯m thinking of sending my 16600 into the sea and replacing it with a Tudor Black Bay Black ETA. Probably can¡¯t keep both. Talk me out of it...