Cartier Ballon Bleu Grand Model/ D.S.R. NEW

Remembering General Norman Schwarzkopf & His Watches
"I always wore two watches during the [Gulf] war. The one on my left arm was set on Saudi Arabian time and the Seiko on my right arm was set on Eastern Standard Time. That way I could quickly glance at my watches and instantly know the time in both Saudi Arabia and Washington, D.C. Sincerely, H. Norman Schwarzkopf General, U.S. Army, Retired." Words from recently departed General Norman Schwarzkopf in a letter to the Antiquorum auction house in the late 1990s when he donated one his watches for a charity auction.The watch was a Seiko SKX009 diver and was on his wrist for at least the entirety of the early 1990s Gulf War. According to the letter and many images from the time, General Norman Schwarzkopf indeed "double wristed it" with a watch on each wrist. Mark of a true watch guy? At auction, the Seiko which can be purchased new for about $200 today went for $11,000.Four star generals in the US military are quite rare but "Stormin' Norman" was among them. His strategic brilliance and l

A modest 44mm Waltham (minus the pedistal and crown).
New trend seems pretty well on its way. It really won't be long before 18s pocket watch movements are going to be dissappearing into conversions bound for modern wrists. Take a look at item 180637606928. Only a 12s this time complete with tall pedistal and crown. Looks like it might be a new case comversion. I haven't seen anything from the 20-30s with such clean lugs. Other pieces pointed out on the Hamilton forum are 160618615875 and 160629227762. Can 18s be far behind?Joel

User suggests and comments
I am starting this thread because I couldn't find a similar one. If this is a duplicate or in the wrong place, feel free to kill it or move it where it belongs.First let me say that I love the new software and new look to the forum. I have a couple of suggestions or comments.1. Access to the settings that allow us to change number of threads per page, number of messages per page and similar. I believe this software has the ability for us to make those changes, only effecting our personal user account. (maybe I just have not found that here yet)2. As time permits, the ablility to change between available templates for the forum. (a forum I belong to that uses vbulletin has 6 different "looks" that are set in the user cp)3. In the Quick Links area, can we add one to show threads that we have posted in?4. Oh and where is the casino? (only kidding about that one)Again, I love all the work that has been done so far.Dave(edit to add: )Oh and I forgot...maybe a spell checker for those wh

San Francisco AD
Shapur is the name and they have quite a window display. Here are a couple pictures. Taken through two layers of what I would think is unbreakable and bulletproof glass!

Rose gold watch with platinum wedding band?
Anyone on here wear this combo? I am considering a couple of pateks, the 5127 and 5146. On both of these, I prefer the look of the rose gold to the white gold, particularly the dial-case contrast. I think the rose gold looks funny with my platinum band, however, and I don't want to swap out the band.Any thoughts would be appreciated.