Patek Philippe Vintage Ladies' Watch, Yellow Gold, ca. 1925

Fashion Watch: Guest Editor On Lifestyle Mirror
Last week I had the privilege of acting as the guest editor on the popular fashion website Lifestyle Mirror. It was an interesting experience, and proved useful to communicate to a non-watch cultured audience. Doing so always helps keep me grounded because it is easy to forget that we use a lot of terms on watches-dealer that many people aren't familiar with. I helped the Lifestyle Mirror readers decide how much to spend on a watch, how to choose a watch for the right occasion, what watches are cool right now, and of course a bit about myself. They did a nice job, and I would particularly like to thank the friendly and talented Taylor Davies who helped put "Arielisms" into Lifestyle Mirror speak.Here are the first posts from my guest editor week at Lifestyle Mirror:Introducing Ariel AdamsTips for Buying WatchesHow Much to Spend on a WatchAriel Adams InterviewWatch Gift Guide

luxurious Cartier Men's W62019X6 Roadster Automatic Chronograph Watch
Roadster chronograph elegant lines with the bold, energetic style for a look that is male Cartier combines rugged yet refined. The large case polished steel is presented on a bracelet link triple steel polished with links Centre brushed and hidden deployment clasp. Hands light sword and bold white Arab hour and minute numbers stand out against the money-sunray dial, which is engraved with the concentric rings for a sporty look of Eve at the wheel. A chronograph seconds hand and three subdials display the chronograph functions, which include the seconds, minutes to 30, and 12 hours. The dial also features a maximized window date at the time of the 03. A Crown of prominent cabochon polished steel complete the signature look. This watch offers Swiss 8510 of automatic Calibre of Cartier movement and recorded is water-resistant to 330 feet.

luxurious Chopard Classic Racing Chronograph Limited Edition Watch
This watch must have one of the most detailed Chopard watch case that I have ever seen. Here, the image is not to do this is justice, but look at the sides and the back of the watch and you get a visual treat. This edition limited to only 500 pieces 18kt gold watch steps both forward and back with a look cool on the Chopard watches chronograph of race line.

So what is the official Rolex time setting as of today...??
Is it: 10,10, 32, 28or: 10, 11, 31, 28

Another Elgin American automatic on the wrist.
This one’s for Doug. I got my Elgin 760 automatic running finally. You may remember in a previous post I mentioned having a 760 that had a bad pallet bridge. A previous owner had bent the bridge so it wasn’t flat anymore. This is the bad one.As you can see the bridge only has a single screw and if the two locating pins don’t seat into the pillar bridge all the way, tightening that screw down will warp the pallet bridge. There is a very small gap between the pallet bridge and the balance so if it sticks up the tiniest amount it will rub. You can see where I tried to restore the clearance by taking metal off the top after I got it as flat as I could. Obvoiusly I was not successful. Doug came to the rescue with a spare bridge and pallet fork and here is the result of the repair. I have seen this case in pics from Doug and Brad but this is the only exploded number dial I have seen. Now I have a large thin Elgin to counterbalance my Gruen and Bulova automatics.One more t