Patek Philippe Vintage 3523/1J Pre-owned

Speedmaster without the name?
The dial of the watch on the left hand side, looks very much like a 1970s Seamaster; however, the word Seamaster is not there. It has Omega, Automatic movement, Swiss Made. I am assuming it is the 1020 movement; however, what I can not figure out is what type of watch this is. All the ones I have seen from that era, had the word Seamaster listed on the bottom half of the dial. Anyone know the model?OMEGA REPAIR LOT-SEAMASTER Cal 501-RUNS+DIALS+MOVEMENTS 1020-GOOD BAL,267-RUNS

Found another Benrus alarm/with question
I found a twin to my other Benrus alarm watch (which is posted below) at a flea market Sunday for $20. It was covered with dirt, but for that price is there to lose. It isn't like I need two Benrus alarm watches that are exactly the same, but I couldn't resist at that price. I spent this afternoon cleaning it up. Amazingly, once I removed the grime from the nooks in the case and from around the crystal and lugs, and then polished the crystal, it looked pretty good. I probably spent two hours carefully carving the dirt out. Any place there was a crevice, there was dirt. The crystal wasn't deeply scratched, but it looked like someone rubbed it with steel wool and didn't know how to polish it.The crystal is in great shape and once you could see the dial and hands, both of those are pristine. Even the caseback looks great. The only negative is a dent which when through the gold plating into the base metal. And in general, the case seems a bit more "used". So here's the first Benrus

New arrival: SL All Ceramic Throttle
Yes, I know it is neither Swiss nor a Legend, but Swiss Legend does make a decent product at an eve better price point. Plus, compared to Invicta, SL's customer service seems to get decent reviews online.With the apologies out of the way for buying a Swiss/Chinese watch, I picked up a an all ceramic Throttle. It has a black ceramic band and a black ceramic housing. It uses an ETA G10.211 quartz chronograph and is topped off by a sapphire crystal. The ceramic feels very light and overall it has a very polished look.

A vintage movie about Hamilton
A friend of mine from France just sent me the link to a black-and-white movie about Hamilton from 1947.Enjoy watching it.

Finally joined the AP Club
New black 15400 thanks to David SW. I spent a long time looking for a Grail watch to celebrate the year 2016. It was a significant wedding and work anniversary and I considered a lot of different watches. I thought I wanted a DaytonaC since it was released this year but my AD is giving me the runaround. I considered the 15202 but it was too small/thin (sorry purists).I considered the 15300 but couldn't find one and didn't care for the non color matching date wheel if I didn't get white.I considered the 5711 but still haven't been able to try one on, but luckily I didn't really like the similar sized 5726. Sadly the treatment I got at all the Patek dealers was off-putting. I mean, how important do I have to be to spend $25k on a stainless watch.The closest runner up was the Aquanaut but I didn't like it on the bracelet. The 5167 on rubber may be my next piece but I figured for this much money, the watch ought to be a little flashy.Pics or it didn't happenimage.jpg