Girard Perregaux Sea Hawk II 18k Rose Gold Special Edition To John Harrison

Help Needed w/ 1920's-30's Patek- Hello From New Member-
Hi everyone, I'm a new member, and this is first post. I'm hoping for some info from the horology experts-collectors here. I have an old Deco Patek ladies watch my Father left me 10 years ago with some other fine estate jewelry when he passed. He collected all kinds of items......like me Here are some pics of the watch..There's also a very nice Deco platinum diamond-emerald bracelet that kind of matches this watch.At the "time" I received this watch & other items, I had an old friend I went to high school with in LA.who is a GIA graduate, and worked at GIA in Santa Monica as the curator of the gem collection for many years.take a look at this Patek watch and all the other estate jewelry. She was curator of the gem collection, but liked watches a bit also, but was not a complete expert She said it was a nice old Patek, and she thought the movement, at least the top plate with the name engraving etc. was also made of platinum, like the bracelet and it was a bit unusual. Is

Archimede
Any Archimede owners out there? What has your experience with the brand been.I am really intrigued. I really dig Fliegers and this seems to be a great looking watch.

Patek Philippe Gifts
So, I get home to realize I had a package for me and the wife from my AD!!And then, surprise

Scratch out of the box from AD
I hesitate to even post this but I am curious other people's thoughts. First and foremost, I admit some fault in this. What I am about to explain could have been prevented by me.I was looking at a new watch at the local AD. In short, the watch was beautiful and I saw no damage to it. I looked it over very carefully. I agreed to purchase it. They took it in the back to remove a few stickers and box it up. They brought it out and I paid and left. When I got home I took the watch out of the box and photographed it for insurance and placed it back in the box. A couple days later I started wearing it and I noticed a slight scratch on the bezel. At first, I was angry at myself. I thought I must have done it. Then after a day or two I went back and looked at the insurance photo I took. When I zoomed in I could see the scratch was there.How angry would you be about this? I can say with roughly 80% certainty that the scratch was not there when I examined the watch but I can not say

Rolex in water
So I¡¯ve had my new Rolex Milgauss for a week. Told my kids it¡¯s completely waterproof, and now they want me to take it swimming in the ymca pool. How many of you actually take your Rolex¡¯s swimming in either pools or the ocean?Thanks!!