Omega ca. 1943

Hard Timers: How Hublot Conjured its Magic Gold
The Hublot brand is known for its use of unusual materials, including cermet (a mix of ceramic and metal), tungsten, and something the brand named ¡°Hublonium¡± (an alloy of magnesium and aluminum). Now the company has unveiled one more: a very hard and therefore scratch-resistant alloy of gold Hublot has dubbed ¡°Magic Gold.¡± Click here to read our report on how Hublot creates it.Despite all the excellent properties of conventional gold, it is very soft. Measured on the Vickers scale, 18k gold has a hardness of 140. By comparison, the steel alloy that¡¯s commonly used for watch cases and bracelets, 316L stainless steel, ranges between 200 and 240 on the Vickers scale. Rose gold is slightly harder than yellow gold because there¡¯s more copper in rose gold. Magic Gold, however, scores nearly 1,000 on the Vickers scale.Hublot is not the first to introduce a harder form of gold. In 2010, A. Lange & S?hne developed a gold alloy for its 165th Anniversary Homage to F.A. Lange watch. It refers

Buying Wife a new watch
I want to buy my wife a new watch. She doesn't know the first thing about watches. I want to therefore buy her something nice....but really cheap!!! Does anyone have any suggestions?

Watchmaker in North West of England - Any recommendations?
Hi all! I am about to embark on the purchase of an Omega 311.30.42.30.01.006 (Sapphire Sandwich) with a view to doing the Mitsukoshi hand and dial swap conversion but I am struggling to find a watchmaker in the North West of England to do the work.I am aware of a couple of watchmakers that may perform the task but they are some distance from me and I would rather not post the watch and parts if it can be avoided.I am aware of: -Duncan Potter Genesis (016977 3123).genesiswatchmaking.co.uk/But this is in Cardiff.watchworks.co.uk/Again this is in Bristol so would require posting.I have tried Whittles Jewellers in Preston as they have an onsite watchmaker. They say they will do the dial swap etc but only for the cost of a full service ¡ê480. I informed them I intend to purchase a brand new watch (possibly from them) to do the conversion but they say all seals will need replacing, blah blah. This seems a bit excessive on a brand new watch and I don¡¯t really buy into it although they did sa

Major update to Blue dial 5711/1A at Basel 2018
Well here it is, the news we’ve all been waiting for, major update to blue dial 5711/1A, now matches the white version.

Just in time for Christmas: double incoming!
I was very lucky to be able to find both and with special thanks to Dimitry (DE66) whithout whom I would not have been able to get the 5712. Thanks! I managed to find a 5712 and an ap 15300 blue in the same week. Let's see if I can make it without any incoming for 2017! (Yeah right) but I am close to perfection Pics:Thanks and happy Christmas!