Hublot BBKing

Non Functional 6 O'Clock Subdial on a Chronograph
Yesterday my Canadian built, Chinese guts, very inexpensive chronograph watch took a nose dive. I went to set the time and pulled out the crown and lo and behold the crowd came right out of the watch. Obviously to repair this would be more dollars than I want to spend and finding a watch repairman to repair a Chinese What-ever Caliber is probably more difficult than finding Bin LadenI cannot take credit for that phrase as a Boston Celtic basketball player said that to a kid wanting an autograph (as in you will have an easier time finding Bin Laden than for me to give you an autograph). Long story short, I was kind of toying with the idea of maybe getting another chronograph and in my search I came across some inexpensive chronographs that had a working 3 O'Clock subdial (30 minute timer) and second hand time at the 9 O'Clock station but the 6 O'Clock subdial was described as following normal time and apparently not being a chrono timer but a subdial following the hour hand (if the h

The American icon Timex Group throws in the towel at the high end of the market.
The American icon Timex Group throws in the towel at the high end of the market.In 2006 Timex bought into the Swiss manufacture Vincent B¨¦rard and started the journey back into the higher end of the market.Timex asked the efficient Herbert Gautschi to continue as CEO of Vincent B¨¦rard in order to allow Mr. B¨¦rard to concentrate on the technical side of the business.Many commentators had voiced their doubts about a lower end manufacturer like Timex Group being able to get a high-end niche brand like Vincent B¨¦rard to work successfully alongside the mass markets peculiar industrial requirements. Back then, I was convinced that this is possible. After all companies like Swatch and Titan Industries prove it on a daily basis.Today, I had to learn that the two companies will go separate ways again and that Timex Group pulls back its financial backing.Who is to blame? Most likely both sides equally. Vincent B¨¦rard engineered one of the nicest movements which probably is too complicated to ma

Raymond Weil question
So i stopped at a store today to browse some watches and i was really drawn to a few Raymond Weil watches. The gentleman who helped me said to me that if i had an opportunity to buy a RW watch, i should absolutely do it. He said the quality was superb and that if RW ever decided to do some real marketing, the prices would quickly spike. I was curious what you all thought. is this just a sales pitch, or are the watches well worth the money? thanks for the help.

Grails that exceeded your hopes
Ok all....Taking a cue from Neonracers "Disappointed in a grail watch" thread, let's take a slightly different approach..Which grails have you bought that you love & fawn over as much or more than you did the day you bought it? Which grail has exceeded your grail-status & exceeded your hopes & expectations?I've only bought 1 true grail. I've got a couple on the list, but this is the only one I've been able to buy...I'd been wanting a 18K sport watch for quite awhile, and was looking at several models / brands. I finally narrowed it down to the Breitling Headwind. Something dressy yet still sporty enough to wear with jeans. But it was discontinued in '05, and not that many 18K's were made. So I started the search. Finally, after 6 months & hundreds of hours of searching I finally found oneIt's only been about 4 months now, but I still get the warm & fuzzies every time I strap it on. So, what's yours? Do you have a grail you've bought that has exceeded what ev

RG RB2 vs RG Schumacher
Big decision up ahead for me. Making some moves to acquire one of the above. Keen to get people's opinions. Tried to set up a poll but couldn't figure out how.