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Richard Mille RM 032 Automatic Chronograph Diver’s Watch
This newest Richard Mille creation is designed to go deep and to offer a range of functions along the way. While exploring the depths, you have at your disposal hours, minutes, seconds, 60-minute countdown, 12-hour totalizer and flyback chronograph, annual calendar with oversized date, and a month indicator. Find pricing and wallpaper inside. Available in titanium, 18K white gold or red gold, the 50 mm x 17.80 mm RM 032 is water resistant to 300 meters (30 atmospheres), following ISO 6425 diver¡¯s watch norms.The power reserve is circa 50 hours, 45h with chronograph running. The digits for the date indicator are composed of two discs, with the digits cut out like positive stencils, offering great visual clarity combined with style. The annual calendar allows for the date change to be automatically calculated for months of 30 and 31 days; the only exception being the month of February.Assembled by three layers connected with 22 screws, the bezel and system attaching it to the watchcase,

Just ordered first SEIKO skx007k2
I'm a huge Hamilton watch fan but I've grown fond of the SEIKO SKX007 200m diver. I took the plunge after a little research and bought it through one of the sponsors here. Discount Watch with a 10% savings. Their link is at the top of this forum.After discovering a few faux Seiko watches on the swamp I decided to trust my instincts. This is the fourth time in the last few months I've used the sponsors here and I've been very happy everytime.I would like to do some modifications to this watch. Can anyone recommend a watchmaker here? I know what I want to do with it so I just need to find out how much it will cost.Thanks and I'll send some pictures as soon as it gets here and again after the mods.

Question on winding stem
Hello all,I recently bought a ticino big pilot with the Asian version of the unitas 6497. My question is this, is the winding stem for this the same as the Swiss version? Subsequent to that, will a crown made to fit the Swiss version fit the winding stem on my Ticino?The reason is that the crown on my Ticino is a chrome plated base metal and I want to swap it with another crown. Have any of you had experience with this type of crown or this one in particular and can you attest to its longevity?Thanks, B

Factoid of the Day 8-06-08
from the site of WTF sponsor watchprince, an interesting Omega tidbit:We routinely receive inquiries about OEM watch bands and other parts. With a few exceptions, orginal equipment is generally available only through authorized dealers of the watch in question. One of those exceptions is Omega.

AP finishing question
Is there a consistently observable improvement in finishing between the SS pieces vs the PM pieces? Pictures seem to support this.