Cartier Ballon Bleu Automatic 18Kt Rose Gold Diamond Steel Ladies Watch WE902081

TimeFactors Speedbird III (PRS-22) Hands-On
Sit back, pour yourself a drop of your favourite and have a think…If someone told you that you could get a proper Flieger from a boutique maker, numbered case and dial, in-house design, screwed-in crown tube (none of this pressed-in stuff), 80,000 A/m soft-iron inner case and a top-grade ETA 2824-2 movement, what would you guess the price tag would read? ?¡ê3,000? ?Maybe a snip at ¡ê2,000?Now we've started, a couple more questions…Where would you expect this paragon of low-volume horology to come from? ?La Locle? ?Geneva? ?La Chaux-de-Fonds? Glash¨¹tte?And what would the logo on the dial read? ?Omega, possibly. ?IWC, perhaps. ?Breitling or Bremont, maybe?I'll bet you a pint in my village local (should you be lucky enough to find yourself in Bampton's splendid Morris Clown) that your answers are not, respectively, ¡ê470, Sheffield and Timefactors.From South Yorkshire, Eddie Platts, Timefactors' owner, has been shooting across the bows of the branded Swiss watch industry since 19

Vintage Seamaster ... can't find info anywhere. HELP!
I purchased this watch from a collector about 10 yrs ago. I am thinking of having it cleaned up a bit and maybe selling it. Can anyone help with ID'ing it for me? After a couple hours too many on-line, I haven't found any matching dials. I know its circa '50's and may be military issue? I haven't taken the back off. (A little scared of causing damage). But I will if that's required. Thanks!

WR affects service time?
I am sorry if the question is stupid but does the fact that a (mechanical) watch is more or less water resistant affect the interval time required between service? The question arose after a discussion I had with a friend and comes from the observation that the watch that (as far as I know) has the longest interval time recommended between services is the vacuum sealed quartz GS, it sounds reasonable that if a watch is sealed, as in divers watch, less dust gets in and lubricants does not get old as quickly as in a less water resistant watch but I never heard any seller or technician say anything like this.GLF

Thinking about getting my first AP
I've been toying with the idea of getting my first AP. I went to the boutique in Manhattan to try a couple on. To my surprise....the 41mm Royal Oak actually fit my wrists better than the 39mm one. I have pretty small wrists at 6.25 but I automatically assume the 39mm RO would fit me right away but boy was I wrong. The case and bracelet was very stiff and it kind of hung on the side of my wrists. The bracelet did not hug my wrists the way that I like. When I tried on the 41mm RO it actually fit a lot better. The bracelet was not as stiff and it actually hugged my wrists a lot better. Does anyone have the same experience when comparing the two different sizes? I'm looking to get a simple blue dial 15202 or 15300. Which do you guys prefer?

What?
.forbes/sites/hannahel...-pocket-watch/ Someone tell me I don't know how to read.....please. I just read that they want almost $72k for a pocket watch that has zero complications and not a single precious stone on it. (I'm not taking jewels for movement).Panerai, I love you, but but but.........really?