Jaeger-LeCoultre Atmos Classique mit Mondphase (unbenutzt)

A Look At The Real Military Watches On This Memorial Day
Today we are meant to remember those who fought and fell for America. In doing so, it is hard for me not to think about the endless stream of "military inspired" watches that we see advertised so much. The oodles of pilot watches, special forces watches, officer watches, the list just goes on really. Some of the most popular watches stem from this lineage, and yet I wonder who ever actually wore the watches that many of today's timepieces are based on.It is true that various elite special fighting units are given watches, or at least they have the option of purchasing them. This represents a very small number of soldiers, and I have no idea whether they actually wear the watches, are given the watches, or if it is just a cute marketing strategy. For those individuals, we should consider them lucky, but the trade off is that they are placed in a pretty high degree of danger.Brands like Luminox claim that special forces units wear their watches, but I am unsure of this accuracy. I imagin

Found Longines in a old safe
Can anyone tell me when this Longines was made? It was found on the bottom of an old safe the watch has a Rhino stamped on the back (the watch is working well)

15202 preowned price premium
How much do you think the premium for a late series 15202 be over the prior iteration?How does the new clasp and AP logo at 6 o'clock impact resale value?I'm being offered a mint older version, full set and recently serviced and would like to know your opinion.

Help! Case ref for mid-size seamaster.
Hi, I've got a mid size seamaster coming in that looks like it will need a new case back.Can any one give me the case reference for model number 2262.5000 ( mid sized back dial quartz).Thanks, Alan

First AD Experience (no incoming)
There's only one Rolex AD in Arkansas and I've been afraid to go in because I thought it might be difficult to come back out without an incoming. I thought today would be a good day to go in and at least introduce myself. First off, the sales rep did a good job of reading me. I'm not from the south and it's quite obvious by my accent. She was very nice but didn't push anything. I told her I'm interested in a steel GMT and also wanted to try on a DD36 to see if it seemed too small for my wrist (note to self, it was). They only had the YG GMT, but she said there was not a waitlist for the BLNR if I wanted to order one. Then she said she expects an impending price increase (usually in May or October). I anticipated she would say this after reading these forums for the past few months. Then she went in the back to get me a catalog and I noticed a pair of gentlemen (perhaps father and son) at the other end of the rolex counter. They wanted to know what the absolute cheapest rolex