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Bring a Loupe: A Girard-Perregaux Olimpico With Full Set, Some Killer Enicar Chronographs, And A Few More Great Under The Radar Finds
This Bring A Loupe focuses on vintage watches that fly under the radar for a lot of collectors, but that are really worth looking at. This week you will not find any Universal Geneve, Heuer, Rolex or Patek; but keep reading. You will indeed discover a rarely seen Girard-Perregaux Olimpico, a couple of Enicars, and maybe the most Seventies chronograph ever made, from Revue. The purpose of this unusual selection is twofold:  to introduce you to little-known yet really attractive vintage watches, and also provide you with some Christmas suggestions at interesting price points. This is your Bring A Loupe for December 18, 2015. A Girard-Perregaux Olimpico Reference 9075, Simply A Very Cool Chronograph 1 OF 10 For me, this was the most exciting find of the week. I had previously seen the Girard-Perregaux Olimpico on the wrists of collectors, but I was not expecting to see one example suddenly pop up on eBay – especially not in such a good condition, with the o

Speedmaster Broad Arrow GMT 3581.30
Does anyone have a broad arrow GMT white (#3581.30) with some wrist shots so I can see what it actually looks like? Trying to make-up my mind on the Omega or a white Panerai 113.Thanks.

Favorite Watch Under $500?
We all drool over high priced pieces and grails, but what's your favorite real world watch?Here's mine: Swiss Made Invicta 2014 Reissue that cost $349 about three years ago. I like it for the style (though some think it's ugly), the heft and the size. It's slightly larger than the Invicta 9937 series (Rolex Sub homage) and was one of the first true Swiss Made Invicta Pro Divers.I'd tell you my $400 Seiko 6R15 diver is better made, has better lume, better bracelet. Superior all the way around, in fact, but this particular piece just calls my name.

ROC Chrono Malfunction - any ideas why/how?
As I have posted, I just picked up an AP ROC 25860 and love it. The only problem I found out after I had completed my Daytona trade is that the minute hand on the chrono register does not advance past the first minute (everything works perfectly until 1 min, 59 seconds. Then the seconds hand of the chrono passes 12:00 and keeps going as it should, but the minute hand doesn't advance to 2 or any further). I checked it for about a minute and a half in the store so it appeared the chrono worked as it should. Now the dealer is dealing with it and will of course fix it, so that's not the problem. Not knowing that much about the drive of the chrono in these watches, I was wondering if anyone had ideas of what is going on or if they have had similar experiences?Thanks,Steve

I have two new-ish Omegas: The Hour Vision SS and the Aqua Terra SS/Tek Gray dial.
Both of them of course have the 8500 movement, and both of them run +/-0 sec/day. The HV I had to have regulated to do that, as it was running -2.5 sec/day when I got it. The AT came that way, and has never deviated in a year. In my experience, only the 8500-Series Omega movements, (and the Roloex movements with the new Parachrom Blu hairspring), can stay that accurate for extended periods of time; months or years. Does anyone else have similar experiences? Just curious, thanks.