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Mondaine Stop2Go Swiss Railways Watch With 2 Second Delay
I was probably standing at a train station in Switzerland for a half dozen times before I first realized a peculiar thing about the clocks. The design of the clocks has been memorialized in Mondaine watches, and later in Apple devices, as they've "borrowed" the design in some versions of iOS. On a white background, the incredibly legible clocks have black hand hour and minute indicators along with a red seconds hand tipped with a large circle. The strange part is that when the seconds hand reaches "O," it just stops for a full two seconds, and then jumps ahead to keep telling the time.This doesn't mean the clocks run slow. The seconds hand quickly moves to catch up with correct time. So the logical question is why? According to Mondaine, the Swiss SBB Railwaya clocks have been doing this for about 70 years. The story starts with a Swiss desire for accuracy - naturally. In the 1940s Switzerland wanted the clocks in each of their train stations to be synchronized. If you are a train hist

Anyone purchased a Rolex from gray markets?
Hey Rolex fans, I'm looking to purchase my 1st Rolex. At the same token, I'm looking to save $. Has anyone purchased a timepiece from the alanfurman's or swissluxury's of the world? Much appreciated.

A classic, timeless watch
I've been thinking about this for about a year, but I want to get 1 watch that I could wear my entire life with pride regardless of whether I am extremely wealthy or just starting out. I think I am going to go with something simple and classic, like this:Thoughts? I was also considering the 5146:but I think the 5146 is the kind of watch you get if you collect watches and not if you're looking for a simple, timeless piece to wear for a lifetime.What kind of image does the 5127 and 5146 project? They seem like watches for very different kinds of people. Who wears what kind of watch?

The $108200.00 Omega Tourbillon Ltd 88 Pieces
A nice TRF member from Australia came to visit in the Washington DC area and I took the opportunity to show him some AD's in our area.We went to the Omega Boutique in Tyson Corner II.And saw this Omega Tourbillon beauty.She is a beauty to behold.

Is this the time to buy a DateJust?
I've been admiring the new datejust 41. Now that all the pressure is on the ss sports models, is this the time to buy a DJ?Anyone bought a SS DJ with 18K bezel recently and scored a big discount?