Panerai Vintage 3646 Radiomir 17 Jewel

State of the Watch Business - Circa 1970
This is a very interesting article about the watch business that was written as a thesis for an Indian University.scribd/doc/6655842/World-Watch-CaseDeals with the business structure of the Swiss and Japanese companies and explains the ownership of the American watch companies at a time just before the "Quartz Revolution" of the 1970's.Surprising that there so many typographical and spelling errors, though.Your thoughts?Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!gatorcpa

Why does the official US online nist time fluctuate?
For example, I've been checking a new quartz watch this last week with the online time, and until this morning it has not lost or gained a second!At first, it showed the watch running about a second slow, then it was back to 0+/-, and then +1seconds. I checked my phone using the same site. Using the cell phone data not wifi, and the same site was off 2 seconds between the computer and phone!Bandwidth is not a problem on the computer! Download speed is 60Mbps, and the phone gets about 20Mbps Out of curiosity, I did some research, and went to the NIST site, and in the FAQ, I found this: "The current time is shown on the Internet at The Official NIST US Time: - it synchronizes with NIST every ten minutes. There is an accuracy statement based on a measurement of the round-trip network delay. This delay is measured using your computer clock as a timer each time synchronization is made. The site provides a time-of-day service, and it should not be used to measure frequency or time interval,

Royal Oak15300 issues
Hi all,New AP owner and have only had it for a month but have had some issues.When I first took it home I noticed it was running 17/s per MINUTE fast. Took it to my AD and they demagnetized it and it was running perfectly. Then it stopped once or twice because I don't think I wound it enough, and for the next few weeks all was well.I played golf today and a few hours later the watch stopped again. Except this time the rotor won't budge. The other times I just wound it and it started again, but the rotor isn't moving and although I can wind it manually is it not starting. I get the feeling the spring is getting old because it doesn't seem to hold much of a wind.Any idea what the issue might be? I'm going to bring it back to the AD on monday and may ask they cover a full AP service at this point (the warranty is with the AD not AP, and they said if I had other issues they would cover an AP service).

Diver question . .
When setting the time on my AP Diver - the minute hand always moves when pushing the crown in to set the time. Is this normal?Thanks,Jeff

Omega PO goes to Cuba
Just got back from Cuba, spent a beautiful week there with my girlfriend Corine and some buddies (Scott and Kurt), soaking up the sun, smoking lots of cigars, and drinking lots of rum. It's a very interesting country, the literacy rate there is apparently over 95% which is on par with or better than many Western countries, and they have a health care program where every citizen is able to see a doctor. Whether or not treatment is readily available is another story however, as there is a shortage of even the most basic things, like cold medicine and even toilet paper. There is 0 homelessness which I found interesting, since the government assigns every person a home of some sort.One rather strange sight was a fair bit of hate propaganda in the form of billboards etc. aimed at America. The Cuban government wants very much for the Cuban people to resent America, but I didn't find that to be the case at all. I spoke with many locals and did not find a single one who hated America, an