Girard Perregaux Vintage 1945 XXL Chronograph

Breva G¨¦nie 01 Is First Ever Mechanical Weather Station Watch
Thanks to the talent brought to us by master watch movement designer Jean-Francois Mojon and company Chronode, we now have on this earth what is essentially the world¡¯s most expensive "Casio ProTrek" with the Breva Genie 01 timepiece. Why spend a few hundred bucks for a watch with a slew of digital environmental sensors that can (and will) last like an Energizer bunny when for over $150,000 you can get a mechanical weather station watch with an altimeter and barometer? Of course the Breva requires a bit more tinkering and care. It makes perfect sense for me. It's like those guys that want to have a photography dark room in their basement to get closer to the ¡°soul¡± of picture development in resistance of the scourge that is the unholy memory card and Photoshop alliance. Though in this case I hardly think that someone will have more artistic control over predicting the weather by using a mechanical versus computerized means of considering it.My sarcasm is extremely hypocritical given th

A rare Yacht-Master in its element at the races
It's just a plain NOS Yacht-Master from the fronttill you flip it over and have a look at the inscription on the casebackPlease do not copy the case back scansI haven't had much of interest to post of late so I hope this makes up for some of the shortfall. My research todate is as follows,:-Maxi Yacht Rolex CUP 2003 timepiecesMy summation, findings and conclusions to-date on the Maxi Cup presentation Yacht MastersNot very much attention has been paid to the quite unique and very rare breed of Rolex watches. That is the presentational watches awarded at Rolex sponsored events, the highest profile watch known to-date being the 24 hour Daytona, well here is the story behind my own Yacht-MasterThe event was held at Porto Cervo Italy in 2003 in which Rolex timepieces were awarded in the prize giving, including my Yacht-MasterSection A contains a brief history of the series and the then current 2003 event expectationsSection B a summary of the events racing from the Alfa Romeo competiti

I'm done buying Rolex.
..........Spoons..:)2 more and I'm locking the cabinet...:)

Saturday Watches
return of the 857:

What causes natural fading of GMT bezels?
Is it the sun that naturally fades those beautiful pepsi bezel inserts on the GMT's? Salt water? I assume a new genuine bezel will eventually age gracefully just as the old ones have, do you think that's a reasonable assumption? I'm not in any hurry for mine to fade, I'll let it develop organically, but just wondering what does it, and if it's still viable on a new insert. Thanks for your insights!JCATT