Girard Perregaux F1 2000 Chronograph

Philippe Bonay Named Lange N.A. President
A. Lange & S?hne has announced the appointment of Philippe Bonay to the position of President of A. Lange & S?hne, North America, effective April 13, 2009. Mr. Bonay has a strong background and knowledge of the luxury watch industry, having previously held the post of President of Panerai North America where he played a key role in the growth and development of the brand. Mr. Bonay also has broad international experience, having worked in France, Asia and most recently the U.S. Philippe Bonay replaces Marcia Mazzocchi, who has assumed a new role as Director, Special Projects for A. Lange & S?hne. Ms. Mazzocchi was instrumental to the growth of the brand and all those at A. Lange & S?hne are thankful for her dedication and look forward to her continuing success in her new position.

New Shoes for some old watches..well, one is old
1. D Freemont Sapphire:2. Universal Geneve 58 Polerouter

An unbelievable story
Since I have been a member here, I have done a lot of reading and learned a lot. Not just about Rolex in general, but other brands as well. Unfortunately earlier this year before I joined the forum, I seem to have purchased a fake Breitling Navitimer 01. At the time, I thought I took the proper percautions by having the watch verified by an AD in Beverly Hills that amazingly enough serviced the watch and actually has a warranty on it. I was guaranteed by the certified watchmaker at the AD that it was 100% authentic and I had nothing to worry about because he serviced the watch himself. It wasn't until I put the watch up for sale on eBay that I was notified by a member that it wasn't authentic. I didn't believe it at first and I was directed to the Breitling source forum for further discussion. Even at that point I didn't believe them. I then took the watch to the AD and had the watchmaker reverify the watch again. He opened the case and confirmed that it was the watch that he completed

Speedmaster commercial on deadlies catch tonight...
.youtube/watch?v=e_3asu33NmIWas anybody else watching. This commercial came on twice tonight during Deadliest Catch

What is your favorite Nautilus and why?
Like everyone understood my favorite is by far the 5712, love the dial with that amazing blue, and the fact that it has a few complications, the PR indicator is always useful especially that the power reserve is not very big, at the salon they told me around 38 hours.Another thing I love is the moon indicator, can't say it's the most useful thing, except if you are a werwolf but it's nice to look at.Plus I love the micro rotor movement.My second favorite would be 5726/1A-001, the annual calendar is super useful, but if after getting my 5712 and maybe an Aquanaut, if I had the financial means I would probably get the 5712 in WG, the silver dial is beautiful, maybe not as much as the blue but still awesome.In third place would be the 5990, the dial is quite nice, and the GMT always useful since I travel quite often.The 5711 is nice but can't say I would get it, there are many Nautilus and Aquanauts that would come first, I'm sure the blue dial is amazing, but in real just saw the white d