Breitling J Class Chronograph

Breitling At The Reno Air Races
One of the major timepiece archetypes is the pilot (or aviation) watch. There are numerous brands with products that fit this category, a segment which is attractive to anyone with a fetish for flight or planes. Some brands have an actual history with aviation, some try to produce the best possible pilot watch for today, and many others simply try to emulate the concept of a stylish pilot watch. Anyone interested in aviation watches will have a range of models to choose from.For a lot of people that choice is very easy. Actual pilots (both civilian and military) choose or aspire to own a Breitling watch. Those aren't words from Breitling themselves. The Swiss brand does indeed have an historic connection to aviation going back a few generations, but that isn't really important to me. Why? Well because a lot of brands can accurately state that. The last hundred years of aviation didn't have just a few watch makers producing instruments and wristwatches for pilots. It was the combined ef

Rolex not holding it's value as it once did?
One of the benefits to owning a Rolex is (was?) the fact they held their value compared to other watches so well. This was always a plus to me and one of various reasons I chose Rolex. The first Rolex I owned some years go (A GMT) I owned for 3 years and sold a very close to what the MSRP was when I got it.It seems to me, with the advent of places like Ebay, the many non AD on the 'net selling at well below MSRP (and clearly some are willing to take the chance of dealing with non AD to save the $$$ or such sites would not continue to exist...) and added to that, a glut of used Rolex on the market due to the economy, my impression is used Rolxe's are not holding their value as they once did.You can get used Rolex for approx 50% MSRP used easily enough, which seems quite a bit lower then it used to be. I sold 2 Rolexes for much higher then that, and they sold quickly, prior to all the above factors reducing their values. My impression is, a used Rolex seems to sell for about the same $$

Shopping for a new winder?
If you haven't noticed yet, our sponsor Orbita is running a special promotion exclusively for us. They're offering up their great Privee 1 single-unit automatic watch winder, which normally sells for $695, for only $250.00!!! Seriously, you can't beat this deal with a 2 X 4! But you'll have to hurry because the deal goes away on July 11. If you ever considered getting a quality winder, the time is now!Check the promo thread over in our Watch Winder Forum for more details, please.

watch magazines in the uk
is there any good magazines in the uk for watches ?

AP Divers
Haven¡¯t posted very much to this forum, but have been reading for a while. I bought a 15202 steel last year and am thinking about adding a diver. I have been looking at the white/blue boutique only dial that launched in 2017. Apologies if this has been discussed at length before, but what is generally considered the taxonomy of desirable AP divers? The crazy colors from this year and last year seem too much to me. But what is considered the canonical example of a modern AP diver and how does something like the white/blue version fit in? Is the ceramic significantly better? Any thoughts appreciated. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro