Panerai Luminor 1950 "3 Days" PAM 372 Full Set

I Senz Drier Rainy Days Ahead With This Umbrella
About two years ago I embarked on an intellectual conquest regarding the state of umbrella technology. Based upon the conclusion I had come to regarding the antiquity of most umbrella designs, I figured it was high time for something better. What I realized is that a simple thing like having a covering from the rain, is a dilemma that our brightest engineers seem to put little effort into. Honestly, the basic umbrella design has to be 250 years old. Other then new materials and some fancy springs, little has changed for 95% of the umbrellas available.In some countries were it rains often, umbrellas are basically disposable goods. Take Japan for instance. While there I noticed that you can get umbrellas just about everywhere you go. They cost about $4.00 each, clearly a price for a disposable good considering everything else there is so expensive. But for someone like myselfI would be willing to pay a bit for an awesome umbrella, which is one of the reasons I got really excited when I l

First Look: Ten Top Vintage Lots From The Phillips Hong Kong Watch Auction One
November saw some pretty exciting auctions and the good news is, the season is far from over. Come December, Phillips' first auction in Hong Kong will offer plenty of incredible vintage grails. Think for instance of the rarest perpetual calendar from Patek Philippe, or a Rolex Daytona Solo, or an incredibly elegant Crash from Cartier London. We should also not forget a dreamy Datejust in pink gold, as well as a seriously enticing chronograph from Vacheron Constantin. Let's focus now on our 10 favorite vintage watches coming up next week. Patek Philippe Reference 3450 Perpetual Calendar In White Gold ¨C One Of Two Known! 1 OF 122 OF 12 Let me introduce you to the star of the show, the incredibly rare Patek reference 3450 in white gold. Total production for this 37.5 mm perpetual calendar was a mere 244 units in the early 1980s, but the vast majority of them were cased in yellow gold. Only two examples have been found in a white-gold case, and this one comes i

How to add a link?
I bought an Omega symbol for my girlfriend for Chistmas. I thought the band was too small, so I ordered a link. I saw a lot of very tiny parts, so I am nervous to try to take this band apart. Is this something I can do at home? Do I just remove a pin by pushing on it with a needle? Am I better off find a jeweler?

Aquaracer Bezel Opinion?
I love this watch but I can't help but think that the inner bezel should have been used to list the hours for a 24 hour clock instead of having the same numbers on both bezels so I mocked this up in Photoshop because I wanted to see if I'm the only one who thinks that would have been a better design choice.

First Experience with Clearwater Service Center
So as some of you may know from my older post, i just got a used 15300 Royal Oak which arrived running several minutes fast per day. I sent it off the the AP service center in clearwater for diagnosis and repair. The watch is just over three years old but the previous owner never signed up for the third year warranty so the warranty period was expired. I was afraid I was going to get slammed with a 1k+ repair bill on a watch i had just purchased. Anyway, just hours after receiving my watch, I got a call from Betsy at AP customer service. She told me they were currently diagnosing my watch and that I would get a call the next morning with the diagnosis and repair estimate. This morning bright and early, I get another call from Betsy saying that the watch is apparently running fast due to displaced oils causing the hairspring to stick. She told me that even though the watch is out of warranty, they are going to do a complete service for free and give me a two year warranty on the watch.