Invicta Wildflower Silver Dial Pink Leather Ladies Watch 13967

Need Help on this PP
Hi,I am a brand new member of this forum and a longtime dreamer of owning a Patek Philippe. I am a collector myself and have owned many other brands but never a PP because it always seems to be out of reach. In the last few days, I have an opportunity to acquire a very old PP that will need repair. It is a 18K gold manual wind with a sub-second hand which is missing. The crystal is also gone. When I removes the back, I can see in the back the case number of 677xxx and another number, 2455 which I guess is a model number. The movement number is 12-400. I would appreciate if someone could help me with the following questions: 1. Is this model Calatrava? Does the number 2455 mean anything? 2. Do you recommend the repair to be carried out by PP authorized repair center? Is the repair cost substantially high since the second hand and a crystal are also needed? It also needs a new leather strap. 3. Since the owner of the watch would want to have several thousands of dollars to give up this p

Parnis - good or bad?
So, I'm cruising eBay and I see a brand called Parnis. The sellers seem to be based in China or Hong Kong, with a few in Taiwan. A lot of these homages* seem to be made in China, with Chinese movements. I'd like to know if these are any good, longevity-wise. A lot of them are hand-wound; good on Parnis for keeping this tradition going. They seem cheap enough; some of their Rolex homages are only half the price I paid for my dear old Sandoz (USD$450.00). I'm considering some of their PVD covered items (Rolex doesn't use PVD, and Pro-Hunter isn't officially recognised by Rolex, so I'd say that's enough of a variation to put the PVD-covered homages in my 'acceptable' category). I do want to know if the brand is worth the price - many of these homages are between USD$110-$150. Is this price worth it, for what you get? How's the quality, longevity, accuracy? I'm guessing these homages have Sea-Gull movements under the hood - true or false?Thanks in advance for your help.*That's th

Breitling Chronomat B01
Does anyone know the thickness and the price?

Need some help please
Hi everyone.I saw the Dark Side at an AD and fell in love! I can't get it out of my mind. However the only hi end watches that I own are Rolex and Panerai. I'm having a hard time justifying how expensive it is. I can get the Dark Side for quite a bit off retail but it's still up there. My question is how do Omega hold their value? In particular how to you think the Dark Side will hold value over time? I've never had this concern about a Rolex. I'm debating getting rid of my GMT C and I've already turned my Panerai. Thinking about three watches for my collection. Sub no date, SS Daytona, and the Dark side. Thanks!

Patek Philippe Gondolo 5200 (8days) or Rolex Day-Date Platinum Baguette dial
Hello members of most excellent forum.I am in a starting point to acquire one ultimate watch to my collection and these two resemble it to me. These two represent little bit different areas in chronoworld as Patek is manually wound and is not at all that rugged as Rolex. Day-Date is an icon and baquette diamonds in dial are only way i consider i can have diamonds in my watch, i just like diamonds in a certain way and hiding them as hour markers is that certain way for me. They both have Day and Date and have certain lifetime karma which i like. Rolex gets points for being a lot less worry free than Patek Philippe. In Patek instruction manual there are like dozen warnings how you can break the watch in different ways. Almost none of these exist with Rolex. Warranty is 5 years with Rolex and 2 years with Patek.I have Explorer II, Deepsea Blue and soon SS Skydweller blue dial. I am just thinking would this be decent view of Rolexes and also something from almost all parts of Rolex world.