Chopard Happy Sport II Round 30mm

Jaquet Droz "The Writer" Automata: Awesome Antique Android
Watch brands like to pump up their history a lot. This is especially true in Europe where with age comes legitimacy. It also helps when your history includes impressive things. A lot of today¡¯s watch brands that bear vintage names don¡¯t always have the most interesting histories. Much of them can be summed up as "man X did in fact make watches or clocks 150 - 200 years ago." Two of the names that do come with a really impressive history are Breguet and Jaquet Droz (both conveniently owned by the Swatch Group now).Breguet is well considered to be the ¡°father of modern watch making.¡± If you study his work and are lucky enough to see some of his surviving creations you¡¯ll see why. Pierre Jaquet Droz on the other hand is remembered not only for producing incredibly impressive technology, but also for his showmanship. He helped create many of the marketing techniques that high-end watch makers still use today to market and sell their products. Looking back at his work and legacy, his produc

another neebie question regarding my 2254.50
My SMP300 wound down over the weekend cause I didn't give it any wrist time so I wound it back up today. Question, shouldn't the second hand start moving only after a few winds and definitely by about 10?? I wound it quite a bit before the second hand starting moving. Also, what should you hear if you put your ear to the watch when winding? I know about the over-wind clicking protection that should start clicking when the spring is fully wound, but should there be a sort of "grinding"/rough sound prior to that? I'm not sure if what I was hearing was the actual over-wind clicking or something else that is normal. When I put my ear to the watch when setting the minute hand (crown pulled out to position 3) I do not hear anything (as I would expect). This is NOT what I hear when winding though, is this normal?

Lady DJ power retention question
Trophy Wife recently got a Lady's DateJust of her own and we have found that it has a much shorter power retention than my Rolexes, barely 24 hours. Is that because of it's size and is it normal ?

Smp pro two tone
A smp bought in 96 and worn eery day since then

Finally got it: AP RO 15202 blu dial.
Finally on my wrist this wonderful 15202 blu dial.A lot of improvements : new bracelet and more confortable deplo, new dial...In love with 15202 from many years: had a white and a grey one before.A pleasure to share with you.Fabio