IWC Portofino Silver-Plated Dial Automatic Men's Watch IW356517

Perrelet Regulator Retrograde Watch
The people at Perrelet are at it again, dancing the complication jig. This new Perrelet Regulator Retrograde watch mixes a few complications in a way that (to my knowledge) hasn't been done before. You have a retrograde hour display, regulator style separation between the hours, minutes, and seconds (that occupies the main dial), and a periphery style date display. The balance of the elements is quite good. Plus, there is likely to one one (or two) people in the world who have been dreaming for a watch that combines all these complications together.So if no one has been clamoring for a watch like this, what is the point? Well, to look cool. Watches with various different hands and types of dials are visually fascinating. People will look at the piece and ask "what exactly is going on there?" You can see how Perrelet split the watch in to two personalities (as is typical for them to do these days). There is the slightly larger sporty model in titanium that is 43.5mm wide, and a more for

Historical Perspectives: American Pocket Watches: A Primer For The Wristwatch Collector
John Cote is a professional photographer and watch collector living in Indianapolis, Indiana. HODINKEE welcomes his insights on the world of American pocket watches. – NM What should a wristwatch nerd know about American pocket watches and the industry that made them? In my opinion, from the late 1850s until just after WWII, the American watch industry produced more and probably better portable timekeeping machines than the rest of the world combined.I said portable timekeeping machines instead of watches, because during the same time the Swiss produced a lot of fabulous and technically amazing watches. The American watch industry primarily produced time-only watches while the Swiss made these, and also a lot of exquisitely complicated watches. What drove the American watch industry was the idea of producing tool watches for the masses. The founders of the industry were starting from scratch and they wanted to produce quality timepieces that the common man could afford. Ea

Blue Diver Pro 20mm Rubber Strap
Hello,I did the search but couldn't find much info!I'm looking for a blue diver pro strap for my Super Ocean but can't find anything on the Web and was wondering of I could get some help here to find a place who still sells them since even Breitling is not listing the blue one on their official Web page.Thanks alot for all the help or info

Which Nautilus to really balance out the collection?
Hi All,As you can see, my current collection consists of a '68 Omega Speedmaster Professional (Transitional), Patek Philippe Annual Calendar, Pre-ceramic Rolex GMT Master II, Vacheron Constantin Patrimony, and currently a Panerai Luminor 1950 3-day automatic. Since getting my AC and Patrimony, I have found that the PAM is just too big and heavy to be comfortable so am now considering to flip it and buy a Nautilus. Many of the pictures that I have seen of that watch tend to make it look quite big as well but I recently had a chance to try it on and was amazed at how comfortable it wears on the wrist. It can also be dressed up better than the PAM. I am convinced this is the way to go but am now debating between the 5711 blue, 5711 white, or the 5712. The 5711 blue seems to be the iconic watch (and I have seen numerous polls here to suggest that is the better choice) but I also really like the look of the white as well. Similarly, I like the complication of the 5712 and the hints of r

I thought I was done.....I wasn¡¯t
Some of you may recall I recently bought my grail (again) after selling one for the ceramic Daytona. My grail is the white gold Daytona with panda dial. I started a thread and said...I think I’m done. A couple of months ago I was tempted (thanks to Nairn��) by a 1972 ‘birth year’ GMT Pepsi. I fell in love with the look of it, but I struggled with the light and delicate feel of vintage and also the serial number 290XXXX may not even be my birth year of 1972. I have therefore traded the 1675, a Breitling and a Tag Heuer against a ‘new old stock’ White Gold BLRO GMT dated 29th December 2016, it will be with me on Thursday......after this, I really think I will be able to say I really am done with 2 awesome white gold modern Rolex. Pics on Thursday.