Maurice Lacroix Fiaba Diamond 39x21

Project Watch Club: 18K Omega Seamaster
Last year I enlisted a little help from a fellow member & Omega collector to help me search for one of my grails. I was not having much luck finding a solid gold Seamaster from the late 50's or early 60's. The reason was I didn't want another of the normal 55x (no date) or 56x (date at 3) calibers you see so many of. Not that they're bad - on the contrary, they are some of the best Omega ever made - but I have a 561 gold capped pie pan from 1961 so I wanted something out of the ordinary. It's no secret I've owned more than a handful of Omegas from this period (hey Scott & Angel: how are they behaving?) so it's not like I didn't know what I was doing. I looked into vintage watch sellers as well and found a few that were decent, and one manual wind caliber 285 from 1961 that would have been on my wrist if not for the price....but more on that later. It turned out that I had 2 choices at the same time; one from Europe and one here in the US and both were 18K. I monitored th

Sotc 2012
Finally got off my butt and took some pictures to compile a "State of the Collection" thread. In rough order by purchase date:Tissot T-touch: my first "real" watch, a present to myself. I wore it EVERYWHERE so this one is actually a warranty replacement of the original one. Come to find out, welding is not so conducive to electronic longevity.Wenger Swiss Army: gift from my parents. Love the guilloche dial. Currently the closest thing I have to a "dress watch", but currently on the hunt for a replacement.Hamilton Khaki AirRace: The first watch I bought when I got into "collecting". Have both the orange rubber (with Hamilton deployant) and the black "leather". Amazing how it changes the look/feel of the watch. Ball Fireman 43 (orange):While I like the watches above, they are merely "crushes" compared to the first watch I truly loved. I was immediately smitten by the build quality and tritium lume. I bought it preowned on bracelet, it currently lives on a Strapcode NATO which matches col

The Rarely seen
15300 lume shot

Anyone done business with Govberg Jewelers?
Seem like nice/knowledgable people on the phone and are listed as an AD on the Panerai site. Any good or bad experiences dealing with them?Thanks for any info!

Sell the 16600 for the BLNR?
Hey guys.So the BLNR is my absolute grail watch. I currently own the 16600 SD and 16570 EXP II (which I will most likely never sell because it¡¯s my birth year). I have been thinking of trading the 16600 up to the BLNR, or selling it cash and buying a BLNR.I know the saying is ¡°don¡¯t flip just add¡± in this forum. But currently I do not have the means to add, and I don¡¯t know if I will have the means to add a third Rolex in the foreseeable future. (I¡¯m not in need of $. My savings must go toward other investments and I prefer a 2 watch collection)Pros about the SD that make me want to keep it:-When it was in production, it was rarely sold over the sub which in my eyes gives it more character it more valuable in the future (just my opinion)- M serial which means as far as I know it was produced in the final year of pre ceramic.- potential collector piece? (Just a hunch, not a fact)Pros about the BLNR:- it¡¯s my favourite attainable Rolex lolWhat would you do?Sent from my iPhone using Tapat