Girard Perregaux 1.st Quartz Watch

A Riddle and an Update
When can a speck the size of a grain of sand stop the presses at ? When it materializes in the editor’s kidney. So begins the story of my ill-fated trip to Baselworld 2010. I arrived at Zurich airport on March 16 feeling pretty well, but by the time I had my train tickets, the stabbing pain had started. A doctor visited a few hours later at my hotel in Germany. He dispensed some pain medication and I hoped for the best, but the next morning things were worse. I ended up spending about 5 days in a German hospital where I received excellent care: in all about 15 x-rays, 4 or 5 sonograms (three administered by specialist doctors), and a CT scan, plus several visits each day and night from nurses, and plenty of medication. I generally felt the center of attention. Test results were consistently reported within a few hours. Without getting into politics, I appreciated the opportunity to experience a European health care system first hand while the health care debate raged back home. O

PROPER INTRO WITH PICS - of some faves
Greetings Gents:I have collected since 1995, and though am currently in the Netherlands (as a result of my dual Citizenship I frequently travel back to the US) - I have gone through many phases, but mainly Omega and Rolex, as well as various 1950s-80s historically significant divers. Some obscure divers as well from: ZRC Etanche Grands Fonds ca. 1960 (6 o'clock crown & Nr. NOS), Aquastar ca. 1962 (Deepstar GEN 1: VJ 23 MINT, GEN 1 Aquastar Benthos 500 Nr. MINT) Aquastar Regatta NEWPORT ca. 1980 (Lemania mov't, TRUE NOS), LIP Nautic - Militar 1940s (MUSEUM QUALITY on original leather band, incredible speciman) LIP Nautic Ski ca. 1965 (electric R 184, dual crown, compressor, MINT), EPSA compressor cased watches of various types, Alsta watches, yep the Jaws movie watches etcand even transitional Heuer-Tag Heuer ca. 1985 ref 510.501 PVD Chronographs with Lemania's celebrated 5100 (Nr. MINT), ZENITH Defy Gauss ca. 1971 ( MINT, 1/2000, screw-down crown, 200m WR, exact spec to Rolex MilGa

Should rookie buy this AT?
First time posting (on any forum, ever), but I've thoroughly enjoyed the last several hours(!) reading various threads about Omega watches. Here's my happy problem: I have entered that stage of life where I want to, and can afford to consider some of life's finer things, but am completely new to quality timepieces. For dress-wear I currently own a simple, thin, smallish, gold-coloured Seiko from the 1980s that is nice enough, but NOTHING like (in looks, performance, build, size or cost) the modern high-level watches I've started looking at in stores, or just read about on this forum.It so happens that, just as my mind has opened up to a truly great watch, my local jeweller has directed me to an estate Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra Chrono 2500 with red leather? box and full docs/cards (Ref#23033000, Watch#81918198, Circa Nov 2008) at what seems an interesting price Cdn$2k (=~US$2.1k). The jeweller knows the watch semi-aficionado who owned, but never/rarely (gasp!) wore it, so its near-new/

Patek everyday wear?
Hey all,Just wondering if any PP owners wear theirs for everyday use? Ie: work, gym, etc...Thanks for reading, Hans.

Crown seal/gasket
Bit of a weird one - just finished winding my Black Bay and Railmaster when I notice this broken piece of rubber right where I set my watches down. Seems almost like a gasket or seal that would fit well in a crown. Not sure if I¡¯m being paranoid but a second opinion wouldn¡¯t go amiss! Apologies for the poor photo but it¡¯s the best I could do. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk