Hublot Big Bang King Power "CONGO" 48mm - 2012 LIMITED EDITION

Any difference in these Seiko models?
One place lists the model as:SNT001P Seiko Le Grand Sport Retrograde Day Date Watch SNT001and the specs say it has a sapphire crystal.Another site lists it as SNT001, but doesn't include the "P", and says it has a hardlex crystal. They look identical to me, but the place that lists it as a "P" with sapphire crystal has a $25 shipping charge, and the other has free shipping.Several other sites list it without the "P" and say it has a sapphire crystal also. Unfortunately, the lowest price overall is the one that says hardlex, but the price difference isn't much.So, any insight into possible differences?

New (to me) Casio Protrek (Pathfinder) PAW2000T
I've really liked the ProTrek / Pathfinder series of watches for a long time. I have the SPF-60 SeaPathfinder, then out of the blue one of what I think is among the best Pathfinders out there came up for auction here recently and I couldn't pass up the opportunity to own it. What makes it unusual is that it's a model either never released here, or if it was available it would have been very difficult to sell here, mainly because we don't get the radio signals for the time adjustment.Anyway, I managed to pick it up for about $161NZD ($120USD), or about 20% of it's retail price here .It has the titanium bracelet which was another reason I was keen on getting it, as I've never had any Ti bracelets/watches. Sadly, the bracelet has been sized for a lady or small child by the looks of it, so I am trying to source about 3 links for it. If that proves too hard, I'll probably have to get the resin strap instead. Bit of a shame as the Ti bracelet looks pretty good.Being a bit of a gadget freak,

Second Time Around (aka: Incoming - again!)
Let's call it delayed gratification. Back in September, Adam and I had lunch while he was in the area visiting and we did a 24 hour swap - my Seamaster caliber 591 for his IWC caliber 89. You can see both watches in this thread talking about our meeting:watchtalkforums.info/foru...orum/43944.htmI guess Adam is happy with his new JLC triple calendar (who wouldn't be?) so he took me up on my standing offer to purchase that same IWC from him. I'm a happy camper tonight. I have what I consider the perfect trifecta of vintage IWC watches now - one yg, one rg, and one ss:I'll have to do a group shot with the Spitfire soon. (right now I'm a little busy taking pics of some other watches though )

Seamaster 300 build 166.024
Was thinking about sourcing a 565 movement to send to archer watches to be built into a 166.024 seamaster 300 using new omega parts. I realize that the watch would appear new and even though its heart would be fully serviced it would still be around forty years old. My concern would be the resale value on something like this should I decide that I wanted to sell in the future. Do any of you omega guys have any advice, suggestions, or guesstimate on a value for something like this?

had some GREAT patek in my hands a couple of days ago... so I took some pics
hope you like themmy dreamthe photogenic celestialone of the best most beautiful perpetuala very nice 5960the great 5170P ( that blue dial is damn hard to capture)