Oris Chronograph

Bell & Ross BR01-92 Gold Ingot Limited Edition Watch
Short post, but here the images say it all. If there was ever a gaudy watch that I wanted, it would be this watch. I typically shy away from euphemistically decadent watches such as this, but I am oddly drawn to the golden hues and texturing of this special limited edition watch from Bell & Ross. Take the extremely popular Bell & Ross BR01 series, make it out of gold, and make it after gold bars, and you have the Bell & Ross BR01-92 Gold Ingot. It is not just another gold watch, but a commentary on luxury itself.?? The entire 46mm wide case is constructed in 18k rose gold, and so are the hands, dial, and hour markers.Special pyramid texturing on the dial really makes the watch special. Just a gold watch would be one thing, but this is a watch with a gold personality, and that is not just me sounding cheesy. It retains everything you like about the Bell & Ross instrument look and appeal. I like how the gold hands are skeletonized so that you can see the gold underneath.

Are "luxury" watch brands getting too expensive too fast?
As the title suggests, do you think "luxury" brands are getting too expensive too fast? Are they getting more expensive faster than other items? For the purpose of this discussion, a luxury brand is any brand selling it's staple of models over $1,000. This would include everything from Tag to Patek Philippe so obviously it's a wide & general discussion. I was thinking this as I noticed a couple models had tripled in the past 5 years. Now that's the extreme, so I went & checked. A couple stats...Rolex: the average price of a Rolex from 2004 to 2009 climbed 39.7%. 3 models climbed over 50% over this 5-year period. The steel & gold Datejust (51.5%), the stainless steel Datejust (52.4%) and the stainless steel Daytona (51.5%). Only 1 model - the steel & white gold bezel Turn-O-Graph had a total increase of less than 20%. Surprisingly, the next 2 to climb the least were the all gold ladies Datejust on a jubilee (27%) and the Day-Date president (28%).Breitling: the av

Incoming from DavidSW!!
I am very happy dealing with David. This guy is legit by all means when it comes to honesty and flexibility, he really stands by his reputation!I was hesitant between the 15202 and the 15400 but decided to pull the trigger on the 15400 due to my 7.5 wrist, the 39 wears quiet small.Kudos David will definitely make more business with u in the future..Pics of the 15400 blue dial

5726 vs 5712
Trying to decide on my first PP. I like the added complication of the 5726, but like the weight / feel of the 5712R or G. Tried all three on today. I would have never thought I would prefer the 5726. By the way, I current own a DDII RG, GMTCII YG w green dial & a YG SubC black dial.. So I'm good with gold watches. Question is, what are the opinions of the SS 5726 vs the gold 5712?

Hacking the 324 movement. Will this hurt the watch?
A random video popped up while I was on YouTube and the guy showed a way to hack the seconds hand on his Aquanaut 5167. Just thought it was interesting more than anything else since have seen so many haters complain about the lack of this feature. I'm not very knowledgeable at all when it comes to watch mechanics so honestly have no idea if this is harmful, common knowledge, or unique to this movement. Anyway thought I would share for any opinions about this hacking work around. https://m.youtube/watch?v=ZvbpMg1Zlzg