Cartier Ballon Bleu - 42mm

Watch Spotting: Vladimir Putin Wearing A Blancpain Grande Date Aqua Lung While Signing Treaty To Ann
If you've been watching the news, you'll know that earlier today Russian President Vladimir Putin declared Crimea a part of Russia in a ceremony at the Kremlin. After a speech in front of parliamentarians and various regional governors, Putin sat down with leaders from the peninsula and signed a draft treaty annexing Crimea. We couldn't help but notice that there was a watch prominently displayed on his wrist. After a little research we deduced that Putin was wearing the Blancpain Grande Date Aqua Lung, a limited edition from nearly a decade ago. 2 OF 2 The Grande Date Aqua Lung is a special edition watch from the Léman collection. Here Putin is wearing the stainless steel version, though there was also an edition in rose gold. The case is 40mm and relatively slim at 11.4mm, which is why it slides under a suit cuff so easily. The styling harkens back to vintage Blancpain dive watches, but with the addition of the panoramic date complication at 6 o'

Anyone have the bracelet id no. for
the ladies 2224.80? I'm looking at the classic seamaster 2284.50 but want the "bond" band to go on it. Freis website is above my capacity for comprehensionjsut need the part number

Do you non-DD owners ever get the intense urge to buy a Day Date?
So I read about every other post on 2 Rolex forums on a daily basis and have seen thousands of pics of DD's over the last few years. I'm approaching 48 years young and have finally got the urge to get a DD. I don't really have the money to get one right now, but I want one. I checked the "bay" tonight and there's only a few WG DD's for sale. The ones in my price range, under $10k are mid 60's models. I guess I'm not going to get a newish WG DD in even the $12k range, so it'll probably be an older model in the end...I have no dress watch when I do dress up, which honestly is pretty rare, so I just wear my YM or Daytona. I'd probably have to sell my YM to get the DD plus a large wad of cash. Not sure about this move, but it won't happen anytime soon, so I have plenty of time to try on watches and see what I like. I'd certainly like to get a watch without much or any "stretch" in the bracelet, so getting an almost new one might be worth saving for.Sodo you non DJ and non DD folks

Which would it be?
Hey PalsAs some of you may know the Speedmaster Professional post Moonwalk and until the early 80s had the cal861 movement in Red Gold. Well not of it but where we currently see Rhodium was once Red Gold. It looks great as I'm sure you've seen from Fr John's pictures.You won't find them with display backs of course. These are converted examples with the cost of conversion somewhere in the region of $400 I would say since a display back would cost approximately $300 assuming you can find one.That would bring up the cost of an early 70s Speedy to something akin to the price of a pre-loved LE. Even the 30th Anniversary " Hello Houston" model now goes for no less than $2200 these days.Hence my question is - which would you go for? The Conversion or The LE? Or perhaps you would consider a young 3573.50 instead?So which guys and why please?Y'all be well now pals ZIN

Rolex GMT Master ii ?
Hello just need some insight on this purchase Can this be fixed by RSCOr is it over polished Is it worth buying ? Thanks