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Hamilton Sutton
Is the Sutton a good choice for a new Hamilton collector to start with? Which watch should I consider next?

Is this beating a dead horse? Hardlex versus sappire crystals.
I've heard every uneducated opinion from "Hardlex scratches like it's a stick of butter" to "Hardles is just as scratch resistant as sapphire." I've passed on a lot of great looking watches because they had Hardlex, and want to know the real scoop.

White Nautilus 5711
I finally have a chance to get the Nautilus. My grey dealer has both the blue and white dials. The blue, however, has no box and papers while the white is BNIB. They are asking for USD38K for the white and USD36K for the blue. I am leaning towards the white for obvious reasons. I wouldn't consider paying this much amount of hard earned cash for a watch without papers. I've looked on chrono24 and it seems the white Nautilus ranges from as low as 32 to 40 thousand US dollars. Do you guys think this is a fair price? I live in China and I seldom get an opportunity like this. Your wisdom and advice would be highly appreciated. Here are some photos of the watch in question. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Rare watches ¡­ rare books ?
The 'rare handcrafts' like enamel, marquetry, engraving ¡­. the ned plus ultra among Patek watches.We know them for their complications and their superb finishingBut not often seen are the 'art' pieces aka 'rare handcrafts'Anyway, this is a book Patek made and afaik they are and were not for sale.But I think they must be very rare, I've seen all kinds of catalogs, big and small, boxes with leaflets, small books for the Nautilus ( 30th anniversary) , little books with 20 or so pages about their in-house chrono movements ¡­..But this ¡­ this was new to me.I had never seen this magnificent book dedicated to the rare handcraftsA pretty big (155 pages) book about enamel, marquetry, engraving ¡­. clocks, watches, pocket watches ¡­To give you an impression , here are some picturesBad pictures I know :-) but at least you can see a few pages LOLLike said, I didn't knew such a book existedblue hard cover , and inside the 'Rare Handcrafts book'

Rolex travel case?
I¡¯ve seen a couple of these pictures of what looks like some kind of grey Rolex case pop up on my Instagram feed. What is this -some kind of Rolex travel case?