Maurice Lacroix Materpiece jours retrograde Tonneau

GTG in Barrow Alaska 12/6 and Ushuaia, Argentina 12/13 :o)
Since there are so many GTG's, seemingly every other month or so, I thought I'd plan my own with it's own theme (North and South). This would be a 2 part GTG where the first weekend in December it would be in Barrow Alaska (the northernmost city in the US and 320 miles north of the Arctic Circle, what better place to test our Explorers)Here is the GTG headquarters hotel...then, continuing the party, the next weekend we'd leave the USA and meet in the southernmost city on earth, Ushuaia, the capital of the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego We could take a Yacht here from the US and test out our YM's. From a security standpoint, I can't tell you which hotel in Ushuaia this is, but it's where we'll be stayingOk adventure travellers, who's in?I'll be waiting at the Barrow Airport for all you guys and gals that are coming in on the 6th. Look forward to meeting everyone then. For you true adventure seekers there will be an afterparty after the southernmost GTG back north, at the true

Exotics vs. Embossed Cowhide Leathers: Does anybody really care?
Hey, guys,I've been researching leathers online, and thought I'd conduct a poll on a subject that interests most watch fans: Exotic leather straps!I've been reading about alligator, crocodile, caiman, ostrich, boar, buffalo, elephant, rhino and more. There are black market resources for just about any hide you can think of some of which don't warrant discussion in civilized company.The chief concern for a collector is authenticity: E.g., is this a genuine alligator leather strap, handbag, etc. or is it something else? I've learned that there's a graduated scale of value, for example, and alligator is considered "premium quality," crocodile "medium quality," and caiman "low quality." There are a number of logical reasons for this grading system that I won't go into, here, but with instruction and practice it's possible to differentiate species from scale patterns fairly easily.What's NOT easy to do even for the experts (non-invasively, non-destructively) is to tell the difference

Serial Numbers List?
Hi Fellas,Was wondering; is there a public data base, or list of some sort that exists, so you can check the serial number of an AP watch?For Example; I'm looking to buy a RO Diver I series and want to reference the serial, or case number?Thanks in advance for your timeCheers

Orange Omega Teaser
Anyone see this? I hope it means that a ceramic orange bezel is coming for the SS Planet Ocean.

Thinning out the collection
Say I have the following in my collection:5990, 5205g, ROO Navy, ROO Elephant, 1680 red mkIV, 16610LN, PAM 320.I want to cut two. Which ones?(probably to make room for either 5712 or RM055, but not within 5 years)