Panerai Very Rare Special Edition "1950" PAM 127 Mint Condition Full Set

F.P. Journe Releases Octa Perpetual Calendar
Independent watchmaker Francois-Paul Journe has added a ninth model to his eponymous brand’s Octa collection, called the F.P. Journe Quanti¨¨me Perp¨¦tuel, a perpetual calendar timepiece with an instantaneous jump function. The watch, which will be limited to 900 pieces, made its debut in Geneva during the SIHH and GTE watch fairs.A perpetual calendar (“quanti¨¨me perp¨¦tuel” in French) displays the exact date ¡ª along with the day, month, and often the moon-phase ¡ª by automatically taking into account the variable length of the months and leap-year cycle. Creating such a calendar is one of watchmaking’s most difficult feats, since its movement must have a mechanical ¡°memory¡± of 1,461 days, or four years. The mechanism is usually based on a differential gear system from the hour wheel and includes several hundred components, cogs, gears, levers and rockers. A small toothed planet wheel connected to the month¡¯s mechanism makes a complete rotation in four years. During

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Vintage Helbros Diver
030.JPG031.JPGI came across this old Helbros Diver in fair condition. Sadly when my watchmaker was finishing up the rebuild he ruined the bezel polishing the crystal. Seems I am always needing a bezel for something. Does anyone know the model? it is marked West Germary

Which ROC is your favourite.
Yet to step foot into the world of AP, but hoping that will change soon... out of the current and previous generation of ROC, which is your favourite?

AP ROC back from its Virgin Europe Trip
I was on a business trip to Europe for two weeks in September. Besides attending one of the biggest rail trade fair, Innotrans 2012, in Berlin, I also visited Munich and London. Works aside, the trip would not be completed without some sightseeing, as well as a once-in-a-lifetime experience to the Oktoberfest at its place of origin in Bavaria of Germany. With so many actions happening during the trip, I'm really pleased to say that my ROC, the only watch I brought along with me, has weathered extremely well as a competent and enjoyable travel companion. ================================================== =====================================A short review, or rather a sharing of impression, of my ROC 26300 White dial... It is fantastic and extremely enjoyable to wear! After owning it for two months, with an intensive traveling in Europe, I must say that the silvery dial, the masculine lines and the multitude of finely brushed and polished surfaces on the chronograph case and bracelet h