Hublot Big Bang 38mm Automatic Stainless Steel

New SMP Member Here
I finally pulled the trigger on the 2254.50 Thank You Father John for referring me to the OMEGA AD in DC area.This is my first Dive watch. Originally I was looking for a Speedmaster day-date or date, but could not decide on which one to get. While I was looking at the Omega catalogue, I happened to see the model 2254.50, I really liked the bracelet and also the dial was different than the other SMP models, and I really like the black dial.So I started to look for the 2254.50 since November 2008 but no luck. Most AD's didn't have it in stock anymore. Then I started looking at ORIS. It caught my eye, because I have heard so many things about it and I went to the AD to look at the Diver Date black dial. So far I have not seen any 2254.50 in person, so I was leaning towards the ORIS. It was hard to decide because I had seen the ORIS in person, but the 2254.50 only in picture. So one day on the WTF, I read a post by Father John about a jeweler in the DC area that had a lot of these

Red Ceramic is possible
Looks like a Red/Blue Ceramic Bezel could possibly be made for the GMT-IIC.James Dowling(MrRolex) spoke with the owner of watch company MB&F "It is a special limited edition of his Machine Number 2 designed by Alain Silberstein.What really interested me was the red band around the periphery of the watch, it is made from a new material called 'Hy Ceramic' which is a stable red ceramic material. If you can cast your mind back a couple of years when the first steel GMT Master C watches hit the market & almost simultaneously I visited the Rolex factories in Geneva. Whilst there I asked their head of R&D if there were any plans to introduce a version of the watch with a red/blue ceramic bezel, I was told that this was unlikely due to the problems of making red ceramic. This opinion was confirmed by other watch makers, including Jaquet Droz who make many of their watches with ceramic dials.So, now that there is a stable red ceramic, I wonder when (and if) Rolex might make use of

The Attack of the 42mm Elgin Trench Watch, GIANT SIZE 6s ! ! ! ! !
Hey guys !TRUE size 6s American Trench Watches are among the hardest to find and obviously some of the most sought after models to obtain.This 1917 Elgin Trench Watch did NOT start out as a pocket watch ! ! !The case was made to be a trench watch and is NOT a pocket watch case conversion like others that you will see ! ! !This case is CRAZY big, it measures 46mm lug to lug and 42mm with the crown.Size 3/0s Elgin trench watches are much smaller, around 36mm by 31mm on average.There are a couple versions of Philadelphia "Silverode" size 6s cases but this one is by far the most difficult one to obtain. (I'm sure Greg will drop in on this one)The second that I saw it I just had to have it and soon there after it was mine, all mine ! ! ! (well two days later). Movement details: 1917 Elgin, size 6s, grade 286, sn 20559586This trench watch has TRUE SIZE 6s ELGIN MILITARY HANDS ! ! ! ! !These hands are so hard to come by it's not even funny ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! The Roman numeral dial on this Elgin

My Panerai journey in a year...
So my obsessions with Panerai began in 2017 (late comer.. I know) I got interested in Panerai last year when I walked into a an AD and checked out the various panerai collections. Did my newb research and decided my first Panerai would be the 560. (Not the sandwich one) Then got the 564 because i wanted to see the seconds hand moving on the dial. Then proceeded with the 1305 because i wanted something more casual and something I take to go swimming in. As the year progressed and I read more about Panerai and what makes them special, the 564 started to look too smilar to the 560 and I sold it (at a loss of course, but expected to fund for a Rolex BLNR (2015 year 2nd hand). It wasn't long before i was looking for a Panerai GMT watch and the 1320 caught my eye. Took the plunge and got the 1320. Few months later... the more I looked at the 233, the more i realized that would be my Grail Panerai watch. I kept holding back from getting the 233 because the 1320 was already a GMT... but t

A Guy and a gal, A 16013 and a 6917 (True Love Story) with pics!!
Just in time for Valentine's Day .. A love story about a man and a woman, and two Rolex watches. The year is 1979. A young couple has been married for a couple of years already, but they acted as if they were still on their honeymoon. The young man was a car dealer, and the young lady was unemployed, because she was with child This young couple loved each other very much. In fact, neither of knew that it was possible to love another person as much as they loved each other. The young couple were married and starting on building their lives and their family together. One evening in 1979 the young lady looked at her young husband and said the two words that both scared and excited them. She said it's time! The husband rushed his beautiful young wife to the car and sped her to the hospital where she was taken in and prepared for delivery. While in the delivery room the young husband paced the floor until he would get tired of pacing, and then he'd sit down and stare off into nothing with o