Panerai Luminor 1950 Black Dial Titanium Automatic Men's Watch PAM00569

Patek Philippe Ref. 5960P Chrono Calendar: Nice And Classy If You Can Afford It
Patek Philippe is a star among watch makers. Almost like a higher class Rolex, Patek stays high among the uber-elite, and sneers down upon the lower classes of watches and people. This is where you get the sales people who treat you like your father cleaned their father's bathrooms. Regardless of their attitude, Patek Philippe is an innovator in the watch world, and they helped further the movement to bring back the mechanical watch when quartz watches looked to be taking over in the 1980s. Today Patek Philippe is among those watch makers who have a reputation for ultra-high quality watches whose value can actually increase overtime.Their latest foray is the Reference 5960P, the "P" standing for platinum. This is an innovative piece because it the first of it's type for Patek as an in-house monochronograh ("monocounter" chronograph). This means the chronograph time elapsation windows are within each other for the minutes and hours. The seconds hand for the chronograph is on the main di

My Swiss Lloyd gets an American brother!
Just won my 3rd vintage watch. Unlike my Swiss made Lloyd re-issue, this watch is made by the original Hamilton, made in Lancaster PA, with an in-house American made movement! It will be a few weeks before it arrives, so it's seller's pics for now. Oh, did I mention, Lloyd's brother's name is "Gary." The Hamilton Gary...

New Arrival: Orient Star Retrograde
Just arrived yesterday. Still need to get the bracelet sized.Tech SpecsOrient Star Retrograde- 4o hour power reserve-Sapphire Crystal with anti-relflective coating-Movement-ORIENT caliber 40A50 Made in Japan [22 jewels | 21600/hour vibrations]-Diameter 39.5mm without crownPicturesVery nice padded boxSubtle dial work. Orient offers the choice of a black dial or this cream dial. I chose the cream hoping that it would show more of the dial decorations and it looks like I was right.Closer look. I realy like the chrome highlights around the sub-dials.Another close look.What is the secret of getting a clear shot of the crown markings?Slightly domed sapphire crystal.Dual push clasp.A look at the clear case back and the works.Lume shot.

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FINALLY! Incoming!
As some of you might know, I posted on this forum here, asking for help, trying to choose between a 111 and 000. Thanks for the suggestions guys, you certainly helped me make up my mind! But first, a little background...Four years ago, I'd been looking at possibly getting a Panerai. I registered myself and was an ardent lurker on the Paneristi forums. Lurk, lurk, lurk, lurk... save, save, save, save... finally, I had the resources to pull the trigger on a Panerai. I had decided then to go for the Pam176 - I liked the titanium build, and its clean dial appealed to me. So I started the hunt for a used 176, but just my luck... nothing came up in my searches on Paneristi. So I moved on to other forums, TRF being one of them. Naturally (and especially since this is a Rolex forum), I deviated and started getting interested in the Submariner instead. All of a sudden, my interest had suddenly taken a massive turn. Two years of careful research seemed to have been flushed down the drain! I spen