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A Week On The Wrist: The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Chronograph
The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Chronograph. This is a watch that is so known to many of you, it may not need much of an analysis – but this is HODINKEE and you can believe you're gonna get one. The Royal Oak Chronograph is a watch that has thousands of lovers the world over, and a few detractors, too. The ROC, as I'll call it henceforth, is something of a middle ground between two completely distinct Audemars Piguet buyers – the collectors, and, well, everyone else. The Royal Oak and Royal Oak Offshore families often appeal to very different people, but I'll get to that shortly. In this review, I tackle a mainstay in the AP lineup, and an interesting piece of haute horology, though one without its own in-house movement. I will look at how this 41mm column-wheel, vertical clutch chronograph wears, and if the matter of where the movement came from is even something worth noting at all. This is your HODINKEE Week On The Wrist with the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Chro

Newbie Question about Automatic Watches
Hi, I'm new to this forum and automatic watches in general so I have a very newbie question to ask you guys. How many hours per day do you generally have to wear an automatic watch to keep it automatically wound?The reason I'm asking is I'm intrigued by automatic watches but am concerned that I'm not active enough during a day to keep it properly wound. I work at a desk all day and drive to and from work so there's not much time that I spend walking around. Plus when I exercise I normally don't like to wear a watch and, I'm not sure if this is true or not but, I hear it may be bad for a mechanical watch also. Thanks a lot and your help is greatly appreciated!

Couldn¡¯t resist ... 15202
Been on the list for a 15400st for a while in London, but when I popped in and they had the 15202 I tried it on and immediately traded by Rolex Deep Blue + cash for this beauty!Apols for photo quality.... what a classy watch. Love it.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Which APRO 15400 (in the context of these 3 other watches)?
Hi,I have been thinking about adding an APRO 15400 to the mix lately, while culling down my collection to a more wearable size. Hypothetically, if I were to cull down to only 4 watches (two sports and two dress) assuming the other 3 watches were the Breguet, Patek and Rolex models shown; which of these two APRO 15400 models (black or silver) would you choose and why?Thanks,BobBlack Dial:Silver Dial:

Kain Heritage Straps' Presentation Wins
I had zero intention of making this thread - I'm certainly not going to create a thread every time I try a new strapmaker, but what started as a Hey, the shipping box branding is cool grew to this packaging is pretty ridiculous especially at this price point and finally became OK, I'm shooting this thing whole hog.I'm impressed. The well-presented shipping box:With even more killer packaging inside, as each strap had its own carrying case, smaller strap case, and certification card. Again, at the very reasonable price point that Kain heritage sells these straps I am pretty blown away by the presentation here:I actually became worried as I opened the final case containing the strap. The pessimist in me screamed that all this fluff was potentially trying to disguise or justify a substandard product, and I'm very glad to say that I need not have worried. The two straps I purchased were true to the colors as-represented on the Kain Web site, and their fit was new-strap-slightly-tight (as u