Emporio Armani Classic Silver Dial Stainless Steel Men's Watch AR1788

Perfect Perfection (on the wrist) - 5135P
Well back home from the Tamp GTG this past weekend - a GREAT time as always seeing everyone.One of the gentleman had one of my absolute grails, the 5135 in platinum, on his wrist. He was extremely gracious and allowed me to get a few wrist shots. So here they are. What do you think? There's absolutely nothing I don't like about this watch. Platinum, gorgeous anthracite dial, a very subtle touch-of-bling with the 2 diamond markers, the perfect gray strap and it's a Patek. And most of all, it looks perfectly at home & content sitting on my wrist. Thanks again for allowing me a few minutes of wrist time with this absolutely stunning watch. One day one of these will have a permanent home on my wrist.

Replacing Old Lume
I¡¯ve got a watch where the lume on the hands is no longer useable (it¡¯s falling out), but the lume in the markers is ok. It is that grainy, dark, greenish-brown that all you ¡°patina¡± nuts love. Has anyone had any luck in matching this look? I¡¯ve got plenty of the new lume, but it just wouldn¡¯t look right on this one.I suppose the color could be matched with some kind of paint, but I wouldn¡¯t know how to get that ¡°grainy¡± look. It wouldn¡¯t have to glow as the old stuff doesn¡¯t any more. Steve

Bremont MBII "worth" it?
I know, a loaded question. Looked around for an existing thread on the MBII but didn't find one. It uses a SOPROD ETA movement yes? Listed as:"Modified calibre 13 1/4¡± BE-36AE automatic chronometer, 25 jewels, glucydur balance. Anachron balance spring, Nivaflex 1 mainspring, 28,800 bph, 38 hour power reserve, Bremont moulded and skeletised decorated rotor."So, I'm wondering if the 4K ish (MSRP at the one dealer in my area) reflects what may be considered good value for the price. I know worth is very much subjective, but there's of course watches to compare price wise. Sinn for example, uses similar case hardening technology, good looks, etc, for far less $$$. Only using Sinn as an example, I don't know if the movement quality and or modifications to the movements are similar so perhaps not a very good 1:1 comparison per se. I guess Q is, what about the Bremont, be it the level of modifications to the movement, materials used, technologies added, etc, would make you feel the cost was a

Speedy Pro Club new member
I've been looking for a nice 3572.50 and received this over the weekend. The bracelet is very comfortable but I would like to add a strap for a little variety. Any strap pictures would be appreciated. I find the dial easier to read than any other Chrongraph I have owned. On a full manual wind, the watch ran 50 hours. Don't have anything to compare to but I thought that was good. Special thanks to Fr. John for his recommendations and answering my many questions. It's great to have so many resources on TRF.

Accuracy?
I've had my BLNR for nearly a year and it was brand new purchaced from an AD. I wear it every day and at one or two weekly intervals I reset the time and give it a bit of a clean. Up until a few weeks ago it's always been pretty much running +2 sec fast per day, which is within spec and very consistent. However a few weeks ago it suddenly jumped to +3 sec per day average. At first I put this down to maybe I made a mistake when resetting the watch, but it's been a few weeks since then and it's definitely the watch...It's still well within the warranty period so should I return it to the AD or just leave it and see if the accuracy improves or gets worse? For your information I usually check the time against 'Time.is'.