Chopard St. Moritz Gelbgold 24mm

Audemars Piguet Watchmaking Class In Silicon Valley
The week after the official availability date of the Apple Watch, while many are trying to formulate an opinion after having tried or received the new smartwatch, Audemars Piguet, one of the few remaining family-owned, independent watchmaking giants held a master watchmaking class in the center of Silicon Valley, San Francisco.Having taken part in various watch industry events, I sort of knew to expect a first class glitzy affair, as luxury brands tend to offer to their precious clientele. What I did not expect, however, was the intimate level of attention to detail that was prepared for attendees of this event and the hands on, one-on-one activities we took part in during the entire four-hour event.Michael Friedman's vintage AP Royal Oak "Jumbo" A-series reference 5402STFirst off, it's important to understand that AP has held similar watchmaking events in various cities across the world. However, this was, to my knowledge, the first time it was being held in San Francisco or in the Si

Olympics desk top
There are quite a few beautiful Olympics desk tops from Omega available at their web site. I downloaded a couple, the US version and the Olympics version (shown below). Worth checking out.OMEGA Watches: Home

New strap for my Orange Monster
The SEIKO strap is XL and obviously made to accommodate a wet suit.So, I was searching on the 'net and came upon a pretty cool looking one, ordered and put it on my OM. It's very comfortable and is the size of a regular strap (7.5" vs 2' long).

What is your greatest garage sale, antique store ect., find?
I've read some posts where people have said they would never buy anything used, but there a some great deals to be found on the garage sale front. A little polishing, maybe a new band and wham, like new! What's the coolest watch you have found at a yard sale or antique store?

Anyone use tang instead of Deployment on Royal Oak?
Would love some input here guys- when I had my Panda I used the tang buckle on my horseback straps as the deployment is just not that comfy. Does anyone run a tang on their leather strap on royal oak? Just got the 41mm rose chrono on strap and wanted to get the rose gold tang buckle. Any input would help. Thanks everyone!