Panerai LOGO CONTASECONDI 1000 ES.

Vulcain Anniversary Heart Cricket Watch For President Barack Obama: Thoughts
I wanted to go over the new Vulcain Anniversary Heart Cricket watch that was given to President Barack Obama once again. I have discussed the watch on Luxistwatches-dealer, and in other places as well. You should know that Vulcain has been giving new US Presidents watches for over 50 years. It is part of the Cricket watch heritage and started with Truman. He liked the Cricket watches from Vulcain because they not only had an alarm, but one that would actually wake him up. I can't say without a doubt (cause I don't know them all) that the Vulcain Cricket alarm movements are the "best" mechanical alarm watches out there, but you probably won't be disappointed in you get one cause you want a mechanical watch with an alarm function.It also makes fantastic marketing sense for Cricket watches to be presented to Presidents by Vulcain. Talk about effective and easy marketing. What a sell that is if you know a few world leaders are wearing the same watch. It is certainly a step up in value from

Factoid of the Day 6-5-08
My Rose Gold poll got me thinking. Here's some info from jewelrymaker. Rose gold is also the hardest of the alloys:Composition of Gold AlloysWhen you buy gold jewelry, it isn't pure gold. Your gold is really an alloy, or mixture of metals. The purity or fineness of gold in the jewelry is indicated by its karat number. 24 karat (24K or 24 kt) gold is as pure as gold for jewelry gets. 24K gold is also called fine gold and it is greater than 99.7% pure gold. Proof gold is even finer, with over 99.95% purity, but it is only used for standardization purposes and is not available for jewelry.So, what are the metals that are alloyed with gold? Gold will form alloys with most metals, but for jewelry, the most common alloying metals are silver, copper, and zinc. However, other metals may be added, especially to make colored gold. Here's a table of the compositions of some common gold alloys:Color of GoldAlloy CompositionYellow Gold (22K) Gold 91.67%Silver 5%Copper 2%Zinc 1.33%Red Gold (18K) Gol

Used PP Question - Disparity in Date of Sale
Hi folks, quick question for you. I recently acquired a 5196 in good condition from a reputable seller. There is a discrepancy in the date of original sale - listing stated 2012 but is actually 2009. The watch has never been serviced and appears to be running fine.I understand there are many variables to the equation - but all else equal, what would an appropriate way to handle this - i.e. what type of adjustment should I ask for? I would expect this has an impact on resale value (particularly near term) and also 3 years closer to requiring a service. How would you guys handle / what is fair?

PP box?
Came across this online. Trying to figure out which model it's from. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Patek 5065 Lume
Have this question I always wanted to ask. I have a 5065 acquired in 1999. 2nd version with the sapphire back.Sometime in 2005, the lume for the hands fell off. The hands are still intact. I sent it back to PP service center. They replaced the lume but they are brighter than the rest of the watch, i.e. the numbers and number indicators. Is this normal? My friend said that's cause they use a different luminance. Also I've never polished this watch before. And it is quite scruff up. Should I bother polishing it? I like it the way it is but some people do ask me why don't i polish it. Not sure if that's an insult.