Patek Philippe Nautilus Annual Calender - 5726A

Transparent Caseback - Important?
Hi,I just wondered how important you feel this is on a watch? I am finding myself considering this more and more important in my enjoyment and choice of a watch. I'm almost religiously "anti-quartz" and find myself fascinated by the movements in a mechanical watch - so much so I have started to learn more and more about them (which was once for me a completely secondary consideration).Because I am so interested in this now I feel that I need to see it. I consider it a thing of real beauty and want to watch it in action. More often than not I find myself now attracted to a watch because of it's transparent caseback (takes all sorts right?) For example, somebody posted up the Omega Speedmaster Sapphire Sandwich - I thought "Oh I want one of those" (pic below - not mine)DSCF7195.jpgThen someone showed me the movement on the Zenith El Primero Pilot - it made me want one of those too (pic below - not mine)ZenBDSpecial2%20012.jpgHow important is this to you guys?

Longines Hydro- 24hr. Impression
First off, the more I wear this huge (202.5 gram) hunk of metal the more I like it.However I'll start with what I don't like:1. The chrono second hand is just a hair off and its so slight I'm not sure it even is.2. The polished hands?...mixed feelings on that, but they lume better than one might expect.3. Polished metal attracts finger prints.Now what I do like, beside the obvious WR and bulk:1. Good time keeper thus far, 4 seconds fast in a little over 24 hrs.2. Looks cool, a little sparkle but not too much, kind goes both ways.3. Pretty tight clean finsh.4. Wide heavy bracelet, it's not tapered, but fits this watch well and is quite comfortable.5. Has the 7750 wobble, although not as noticable as my Hammy.6. The pusher are so much smoother than the Hammy, nice and smooth and precise.7. The crown is perhaps the best of all my watches, well protected yet easy to unscrew and set but still snug and easy to find the settings.So far so good...

Incoming - thanks to HL65..
For the enablement!

Went watch shopping and to dinner in San Francisco
We went to San Francisco to watch shop for my wife and to visit my daughter and her husband so they could take my wife out to dinner for Mothers day at the Franciscans Restaurant at the Fisherman's Wharf. Unfortunately neither my wife or the AD wanted me to take pictures inside.LOOK AT THE SIGN IN FRONT OF THE TOURBILLON STORE PROTESTING THE SWATCH GROUP

An Icoming. 14 Watches update 27 years update.
Well.My wife wasn't into watches much. Yet she loved the 14 watches 27 years post, we would sit on the sofa and love reading it.The day she died I had just picked up my grail watch. And that's a special time piece.Then I picked up a Speedmaster. Love it. I'm done then I thought. Yet, when I was saving up for the grail watch, my AD showed me a watch. I passed on it, as I was saving for the Grail.Now, I've seen one on Chrono 24. I'd have ordered it! Mega nervous as I've not bought like this before.So an incoming is on the way. Watches are just material possessions. But are they?For me, they have started to give a reason to fight back the darkness. They tell the story of our lives. They keep the time of our lives.And when the darkness envelopes us, they keep ticking. As life does.And, when we go, they carry on.So, soon it will be 14 watches again. But a few more years on. My wife will be so mad again! But it's meant to 14 watches. The years we were married.Thank you all.