Patek Philippe "NAUTILUS JUMBO" DEL 1977

Increasing watch sizes over the years.
Hi all.I was going through some of my old watches and I am quite amazed at the watches that I had in my pre-WIS days. They are in the first picture. The square Seamaster quartz was given to me by my parents in 1988, when I completed my undergrad degree. The Tag Formula One I bought when I entered law school in 1989.Believe it or not, but they are (were) men's size watches .I have since punched extra holes in the Tag strap and given it to my 9-year-old son. He loves it and it looks quite size-appropriate for him .They are positively dinky compared to my PO and my Glycine Airman D24 in the next two pictures.Just thought I'd share.

I may have to send my 5140 back to Patek!!
Please your advice is required. I understand that the date change in February, can take several hours to complete. Mine started at approx 7.30pmHowever it dosen't explain why on the 27th February the date jumped from the 27th to the 29th and completely missed out the 28th!!! And that this morning when I looked at the watch the date had overshot the figure 1 and was sitting partially between 1&2. So a further reset was performed, now the date is sitting squarely on figure 1. Secondly, the hands are not always aligning themselves up in the centre of the 3 letters that make up the day or month. But instead it rests more on the first letter and not on the middle one, which imo is where it should. Now for the alleged world's number one watch brand and the original cost of the watch, this imo is not exceptable, unless somebody can tell me different. The watch was bought brand new from an AD only 5 weeks ago and was set up correctly by this AD. Do you think that PP would consider exchangi

Khaki Field Mechanical Officer has arrived!
My new Hamilton Khaki Field Mechanical Officer watch arrived today and let me tell you that I'm really impressed with it. It's a solid watch with a smooth as glass ETA 2805 mechanical movement I believe THAT HACKS!I'll post some pics when I can get around to it. You can feel the quality in this compared to other unmentionable $300 OTV watches.By Grapthar's Hammer, what a savings!

Doing some math
...grail math, that is. I was gawking at the new JLC offerings and thinking how awesome that Memovox reissue is - until I saw the size is 40 mm. It got me thinking how much it would cost to track down a vintage Memovox from the 50's or 60's and have it restore at JLC. I figure about $1000 more or less for a beater, and $2500 for the job. So for a maximum total of $4000 I could have a like-new vintage in a size more in my wheelhouse. They average 34 or 35 mm usually, with the smallest being 32 mm and the largest at 37 mm (I think). Then I got sidetracked [imagine that!] and started to calculate how much it would cost to scratch the rest of my vintage itches: an Omega dome dialed Constellation on a Milanese bracelet, a Longines Flagship, a Breitling Top Time, and a Rolex Zephyr or maybe Day/Date. After a quick estimation I realized that I could have ALL of them for about the same price as the Breguet I lust after. That's right - every single vintage grail I have left to track d

5235G pics for your viewing pleasure...
Though I no longer own this watch, I wanted to share a couple of pics of the 5235G to show how incredible the dial is on this piece. It amazing because at different angles you get different sheen and color. Hope you guys enjoy the pics!