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Vulcain Cricket Annivesary Heart Automatic Calendar Watch
While it is rather pricey this new version of Vulcain's Cricket Anniversary Heart Automatic calendar watch is a lovey timepiece. Over the last few years their Anniversary Heart models have been stealing my attention. I like the design that is classic but still bold, as well as the emphasis on mechanics. I still feel that Vulcain makes the best mechanical alarm watches around.One interesting benefit to a mechanical alarm such as this over an electronic one is the sound. While there are some notable exceptions, most electronic alarm watches have an anemic "beep, beep" to them. Vulcain's Cricket movements make loud buzzing noises and vibrate a bit. I really want to see electronic alarm watches do that as you'll certainly be aware that your reminder if going off. The Cricket movement's alarm also goes off for like 15-20 seconds. It all depends on how fully wound the alarm barrel is. That is sort of the down side - each time the alarm goes off, you need to wind it up again.This new version

Omega Seamaster Titane
Hello everyone I am brand new to the site today. I have been wearing my fathers Omega Seamaster Titane that he received as a gift brand new around 1981 or 1982 for about 8 years now. This is the first watch I have really ever stuck with due to the fact that is is very sturdy and resists water. It looks nice too. I had to change the battery when I first got it because it had been sitting in a drawer for many years. So in 1999 I took it to Mayors Jewelry in the Altamonte mall and had the battery replaced and they cleaned the outside for 40 bucks. Then about 2004 it stopped again and they changed the battery and cleaned the outside again. Just last month it stopped again so I took it to a different Mayors Jewelry and they said that it was not the battery and they had to send it to a service center to check it out. Well 4 weeks later they call me and say it needs a complete service, cleaning, oiling, new hands, and a battery for a grand total of 338.50 My question is do I really need to ha

Some more Rolex signs from around the world...
Baselworld 2008:Basel Airport 2008:Baselworld 2007:Basel Airport 2007:London HQ 2007:Funnily enough, the London HQ is near here - which goes quite nicely with the Rolex crown:New York HQ 2007:IdleSwede Custom Sign - NYC 2007:Not my pics - I think these were taken in the far east?

Looking for info on Grandfather's watch.
This watch was my Grandfather's, who retired from Rock Island Railroad in the late 60's. Hamilton 992, SN#2454535, 21 jewels. It needs the winder, and maybe some other parts. Is this a lever set? If so, the lever is missing. i would really like to get this working, preferably myself. Checked the SN, one place said[ATTACH=CONFIG]28567 it was made in 1929, one was 1932. Any help will be apreciated.[/ATTACH]

Solid gold watch models
When considering the purchase of a solid gold vintage Hamilton (or any watch), do you factor in where gold pricing is to determine what you'll pay for it? The reason I ask is that Bryan had an outstanding 14K green gold Cushion Form with the exploding dial for sale recently. I thought seriously of buying it and then selling one or two of my gold filled versions. After checking my spreadsheet for the average price, I decided the asking price was too high compared to the average and let it go. Needless to say, it sold very quickly. Obviously, precious metal models have always cost more, but do we now need to take into consideration the price explosion in the gold market when buying our watches? I'm thinking we are forced to pay a premium now because if we don't, sellers will dump them on the folks that melt them down and some really good watches will be lost forever.