Omega RARE Chronograph 1936 Berlin

Info on a 2542.80
I've had my Seamaster for over a year now, and it is by far the greatest watch I've owned. It's the Seamaster Professional 2542.80. I was just curious if anyone had any info on this piece. I've never seen it in any of the Omega catalogs, and the only time I really see the stainless steel bezel is on the 3rd Generation Seamaster Pros. Was it a limited run, was it discontinued because no one liked it? Any help you guys can offer on helping me learn the story of my watch would be awesome.

PAM 0048 Is this real?
Hi!I'm new to this forum, but would like a bit of help in determining if this PAM0048 is a real or a fake. It seems as if this is the best place to find the experts barring going to the dealer with the seller. Can anyone help? Do I need to supply more pics? Many thanks!RogerPS. I have been shown a box, papers, etc which match the watch, but there was a paper with results of the movement, but could not tell if this movement was in the watch from outside. Do I need to open it to check?

State of the collection
BackgroundSome years ago Seiko produced some large watches that the aficionados of the brand affectionately called Big Freaking Seikos or BFS. These were regular movement cased in 44mm steel cases with 24mm lugs. I actually liked them a lot and managed to get two of them. However when in my hands, while I loved the dial design, I was not thrilled about the case shape, it was not quite comfortable for me and I was not crazy about the the looks. I ended up selling both of them. But kept admiring the dial design.Present timeSome months ago I was able to find a source for these dials and got them, one at the time, slowly as finances permitted. While doing this I started looking at a possible case that would match or at least look good with thos dials. I could not tell Seiko to make a new case for me so I had to choose between what was available. While Seiko does not make large cases generally I found some that at 42mm were at least not too small for me. These were watches made in

Had the call...
Following on from my thread asking your thoughts on the blue 5711 a few weeks back, I put my name down. I was told that they would have an idea on allocation next February.Currently on a two week med cruise and last week I had a call to say that they had unexpectedly received one and it was mine if I wanted. Wouldn't hold it until my return so I had to bank transfer the funds. That was done and I'll pick it up next week. I'm guessing I only had to wait 6 weeks, so I've been quite lucky.Never had a Patek and not bought from that shop before, though they own a small chain of Rolex AD's and I'm a fairly good customer.

Cleaning a Patek
Hi everyone, I'm new here and had just a question for the veterans.I have a Patek 5726/1A and well I'm gonna be blunt I didn't treat it nicely... I mean i scratched quite a lot, probably because i wear my watches on the right, and needless to say ever since I bought the patek I didn't go a day without wearing it, the watch is just incredible and I love looking at it, I didn't want to polish it so quickly because it hasn't even been a year yet.So basically is there any product or something that you guys use that I could use to clean the watch and make the scratches less evident?Thank you in Advance!