Invicta Specialty Silver Skeleton Dial Brown Leather Men's Watch 17187

So what is"Full Service" on a Watch??......Many people are getting ripp-off
So yesterday I was in the mall with my nephew, we stop at this jewlery to see some watches and some guy came with I believe was a Baume&Mercier and ask the guy working there "how much for full service in the watch" the salesman reply "is goin to cost around $200 and is goin to be ready like around 5pm" it was 10am!!!! full service on a watch is a process that takes several hours to complete. Has anyone else here had their movement serviced? Can you share with us what was included in the service? I found this in the Internet this is a list of all the things they done when they full service your watch* uncase movement, remove hands and dial.* disassemble movement down to the last screw.* clean all parts in ultrasonic and allow to dry (balance cleaned in One Dip or ultrasonic)* inspect all parts under 10x magnification for wear or damage.* reassemble movement. NOTE: additional charges if parts are needed.* properly lubricate per ETA oiling chart.* demagnetize using degausser.* regulat

Museum of Time - Besancon, France
Hi guysI popped into this excellent museum last weekend on the route to my parents in Lausanne. Besancon is in Franche Comte in the east of France, just next to Switzerland. The museum has a large number of historical pieces including a magnificent Leroy pocket watch from 1900. It is claimed to be the most complex watch of its kind for the era...with no less than 24 complications. The watch took 7 years to make. Leroy was a Parisian watchmaker with workshops in Besancon. It was ordered by a Portuguese client, Monteiro de Cavalho.There was a huge number of items on show. I think that these shows are invaluable to collectors as there are pieces of information you do not find anywhere else. Some of the examples of early pocket watches I have already seen in my searches of watches for sale, but the sellers do not realise what they have - luckily you could take photos here without flash :)One other observation was how the more things change the more they stay the same. R

The Official Nautilus 5712 Appreciation Thread
Hi everyone, Seeing that with the 5980 and the 5711 this is the Nautilus which gets, IMO, the most love here I thought it needed it's own thread, so all of you who own one don't hesitate to post pics and say what you love about this piece.I love the comfort, so comfy that I even sleep with mine, strange I know but sleep much better with a watch on my wrist The thinness and weight are also great, took me a few days to get used to it as I was coming from bigger heavier watches, my smalest at the time beeing Daytona 116515.Just love the perfect finition, the beautiful grey-blue dialthe moon phase, I know useless but love to have one.Here are a few pics of mine, please show us your's P1000424.JPGP1000400.JPGP1000392.JPG

Change, improvement or just a different look 2016 Explorer
So I owned an Explorer 39mm in 2016 when the 2016 revision was released at Basel that year. I liked it when it came out but at the time liked the one I had and didn't think there was enough difference between the two to do anything costly and drastic about it.Fast forward two years. After seeing the 2016 version at AD's the last couple of years I really do think the changes to the hands and 3,6,9 took it back to its roots so to speak and are solid improvements. I decided this week to let my current one go in favor of one so I have a slightly used 2017 model on the way. I just couldn't see having a version of a watch I liked when I could have one that truly sang to me.I'm just curious of forum members who had the 2010 Explorer 39mm and liked it but decided to part with it for the 2016 version because it just came together so well and you saw it as an improvement not simply a change or different look.

You¡¯ll never get the bezel colors you want again....
That is to say as long as Rolex produces the cerachrom bezel you will never be happy with the colors (that is to say if you want an exact representation of the 5 digit references). Everyone is complaining ¡°ohh! the new GMT still has the wrong color!¡± ¡°It¡¯s cranberry not red¡±. And so on and so on....Thats not entirely true. Rolex does nail the color for the Blue and the Red- PERFECTLY, but only for an instant when it¡¯s in the perfect light and the perfect angle. And never base your opinion on color on a Image you see on online even from Rolex. Those pictures never represent real world lighting. As opposed to the metal bezel in the 5 digits, which is for the most part has a much flatter finish, the cerachrom has glossier/polish finish. It will always bring in slight nuances of other color by means of a slight reflection, from other subtle shade colors that are in your environment. And that¡¯s why the finish will never ever produce the same exact color in every setting. This is