Breitling for China not for Amerika Chronomat Hong Kong Fei Gao

A project taking much time - Subscription to Special Project's Watches Open
A while ago I told our fellow member Emerson (eaea) who is also administrator of the Oris forum about the project we are currently having in the final stages about watches with gold or gold plated cases.The administrators Emerson (eaea) and Scott D had approached me about posting some information on my project of watches sporting a gold case. And John gave his ok to post a very special idea about a watch subscription here in the General Forum. Thank you all for your support.Well, the project started nearly three years ago when I was approached by a fashion company and asked to design three special watches with dials with Armenian scripture. I started diving into the topic and the more I read about Armenia and talked to people about their region the more I took a liking to the project.Early on in the project I decided to name the watches after three beautiful lakes in Armenia. The Lake Arpi, the Lake Lessing and the Lake Sevan. I was enthralled by the blissful pictures I saw of these la

Wifey's Bday Gift. Input Please.
Ok. So my wife is turning 40 in a couple of months and I've decided to get her a watch as her gift. I've gotten it down to 2 models. Got some input from her in passing as we window shopped. I'm trying to decide between an AP ROO SS white or a Blancpain Leman model in white. Both have diamonds on the bezel. The AP comes on a rubber strap and the Blancpain comes on either stain or alligator strap. The AP is much more sporty while the Blancpain is a bit more dressy, but sporty enough I think to wear casually. She already has dressy pieces from JLC and Cartier. Here is my dilemma. The Blancpain is an automatic movement and the AP is a Quartz. Is it worth paying this much money for a quartz movement? She likes the idea of a quartz because she doesn't have to adjust the time before wearing it. I just have a hard time getting my head around it. I just wish AP would make this model in an automatic without the chrono. What do you guys think?

5712/1A question
When changing the date at the end of the month, do you use the pin pusher or the winding crown?

Cut the seal: 5270g
After a few weeks of viewing the 5270g through the plastic while it sat anxiously in the safe (that was a test of one's patience!), today I finally cut the seal, breathed in some fine Geneva air, and strapped it to my wrist. It's truly sublime, and the blue is just mesmerizing and dynamic. Here are a few pics (I love the hint of red shown via the 4 representing the Leap Year). Thanks for looking!

My one complaint about the 5164....
Hello everyone here at TRF! I've been mulling over this post for some time wondering if I should even start a thread like this. I am a person who always tries to focus on the good aspects of people and things and ignore the negatives. That is especially true when discussing an item like a Patek Philippe watch which is truly as close to perfection as one can expect from a man-made item. All that said, I am really struggling to get past one issue with the watch that is driving me up the wall.....the incredibly loud (relatively speaking) rotor noise.Now I know this issue has been raised before. For whatever reason, the 324 movement is a noisy movement. Now, I have owned the 5167 Aquanaut in the past and it seems that the movement in the 5164 is even more noticeable and it's really taking away from my enjoyment of the watch. As a matter of fact, I was in a meeting the other day. The room was somewhat quiet as someone was presenting. When suddenly the guy sitting next to me said he