Piaget Altiplano 2836 Stainless Steel Case 38mm Gold Dial Watch

New MASCOT pics . . .already!!
for the past twenty years I start my work week on Sunday night, here we are at work.my company recently purchased one of our competitors, this building, and heres where I have been for the past three yrs.keyless entrysince I open the building for the new week, we have to shut off the alarm systemI'm a toolmaker, gotta unlock my tool chestsolid oak, built here in Dayton, Ohio by the Gerstner company - these are not your typical tool boxs, I store expensive instruments inside, I have aquired through the years, because tool shops do not supply everything you'll need.unbelievable, my day guy did not clean the sump tank - it was due for a cleaning before I went on vacation last week.no sense in firing up the controls just yet, gonna be at least 4 hrs cleaning the tankI set up, program, and operate many different CNC machine tools to produce tooling for beverage container systems (presses) and or machine orthopedic implants.this particular machine is a multi-spindle universal CNC grinder, I

What are your OPINIONS on watch values?
What watch brands (and models) hold their values the best (your opinion only)? Both over the short and long term.This is an opinion based question. I know how much people here dislike talking values, (i have no clue why), to me that is part of the fun of watches...What brands plummet and never regain value the moment they leave the store?I will give my novice opinion. I think the Rolex President P or G(2nd hand) or Sub is one of the best values in watches. I dont care for rolex, but that watch seems to be a great value. UN seems to drop significantly (new or used). Which sucks because I love the brand.PP is pretty even keel.Panerai, I am still looking at, I just dont knowthere are man many others, but these are the ones that popped into my mind

Jean Daniel Nicolas
A while back I became very interested in the independent watches, and I tried to learn about the different watchmakers and what they were building. I learned about Daniel Roth and about his history as a watchmaker. I was very impressed with his credentials and life experiences. I was also impressed with the Jean Daniel Nicolas Two Minute Tourbillon he was building. I read about Daniel`s philosophy and how he was going out of his way to build a watch that was special. The tourbillon takes 2 minutes to make one complete revolution, there are pointers at either end of the tourbillon to count the seconds. The watch beats at 18,000 VPH, not because it`s easy but because it`s hard. Daniel says that he wants to be able to see the watch beat. I went ahead and ordered a Two minute Tourbillon and the story begins.During the wait Daniel would send me photos of the process and keep me advised to the progress being made. Here are a few of the photos I`ve received.A year and a half ago, I had the pl

Speedy winder
I didn't think i had big fingers until i tried to wind this Speedmaster Pro. Have you ever seen a helper tool, or should i just hand it to my DW and ask her to wind it like i've been?

Would you accept a "brand new" patek 5990 with these scratches?
Geneva hand selected A 5990 for me and it came in. The entire reason for them to hand select one for me was to make sure I had no problems with the watch that I have previously had. But bad news before it even got to me. HSWA said that the watch had some scratches on it. HSWA NY received it, saw some scratches through the plastic sealed bag and opened it to give it some extra QC before sending it to me. Keep in mind, this 4th replacement 5990 I am receiving was hand selected special for me, unlike the others that were just sent to me without any extra QC from Geneva. HSWA NY noticed before taking the watch out of the sealed package that there is one deep scratch by the clasp which I can feel with my nail, its deep... and other lighter scratches around the clasp area. They sent me pictures.HSWA NY sent the watch to me so I could personally inspect it to see if I could live with it. Otherwise I can send it back no questions asked. There is also a very small blemish on the dial that I can