Ebel 1911 750 Gelbgold - Brillantzifferblatt (11 Brillanten)

Historical Perspectives: The Very First Rolex Daytona, Explained (Or, What Is A Double-Swiss Underline Daytona?)
I tend to think that the best way to understand an icon of today - you know the types of watches I'm talking about, the Speedmasters, Submariners, and Royal Oaks of the world - is to take a look at the earliest iterations; the watches that left the factory first and set the overall tone for a particular model that would change wristwatches forever. So, just like I did for the AP Royal Oak "A-Series" here, I now present you with a detailed look at the earliest examples of the Rolex Cosmograph Daytona. I'll tell you what to look for when examining early models and how to spot the only 50 year old Daytonas out there. I'll be honest, this was a really fun article to write and I think you'll love it. This is old school 'Dinkee goodness. The Very First Rolex Daytona 2 OF 28 To many collectors, Rolex chronographs are grouped into two categories - Daytonas and "others". And while Rolex has been making chronographs since the 193

Oris cleaning
Hey I wonder where the Oris crowd goes to get their watches clean and oiled. I reached out to Oris and their authorized rep and was told about $100 but usually more like $400. I know my coworkers has sent his Oris' in form time to time, he said its been always more then he'd thought and the turn around time he felt was very slow. So rather then going back to Oris are there any other recommendations? The watch runs fine I just think that it could use some maintenance to keep it that way. The fact it cost $1200 new in '95 $400 seems a bit high. I'd heard to figure about 10% of the retail for a service. The more it cost the more you should expect to pay. Thanks in advance for your responses

Question about dive watches
The rotating bezels on dive watches always seem to have the first 15 minutes more precisely deliniated than the other 45. Can anyone tell me why? It seems like the first 15 minutes underwater using a tank would be the least important to track, not the most important. If anything, shouldn't the numbers on the bezel be a countdown instead of a countup? If the numbers started at 60 and then worked down to 1, then when the minute hand hit the 15 you'd know you have 15 minutes left. When it hit the 10, 10 minutes left, etc. I've never seen it explained how to use the numbers on the rotating bezel, but it seems to me that it would be more useful as a countdown.

New Pro Diver III strap and deployant
Woohoo, my new Pro Diver III rubber strap and deployant was just delivered for my Superocean. Here are two pictures from when I purchased it, at a presale event.Sizing on my Steelfish, love the micro adjustment in the clasp for added comfort.The Breitling Diver Pro III rubber strap was introduced in 2013 and marks the return to the raised hershey style lettering that made the original Diver Pro strap so iconic and popular. The new raised letter is different, however, and has the complete Breitling text on each side of the strap, with the last 4 letters LING being recessed rather than raised.Introduced at the same time with this strap was the new Blacksteel Deployant Buckle.Going to give a rubber strap a try after my reluctance on previous watches, the cost of entry on this piece was very low to test out. And I feel this will be a great combo for the beach in the future as I can take my bergeron tool with me to change from the bracelet.

Can you help identify this please
Hi all. My wife has has this for 25 years or so and it's been left it a draw most of this time. Recently she asked me to find out what it is ( no box or papers to help me ). Looks to me like a gold quartz DeVille from early eighties with a newer hirsh strap but I'm more in turn with Rolex and Panerai than older omegas.Anyone help me identify it and give a rough guide to any value. My expectation is that it's a fairly cheap and not very popular watch, but wouldn't we all love to have a grail watch hidden in the draw 😄