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How Manually Wound Watch Movements Compare To Their Automatic Counterparts
One thing we have noticed over the years at ABTW is, with watches, nothing is as simple as it may first seem. Take, for example, the humble automatic watch movement that we see in numerous watches today. This could be the reliable ETA 2892 or 2894 that are used by various companies, the Soprod A10 that is seen more frequently nowadays, or an in-house watch movement made by Omega or Rolex. Whatever the watch movement, the automatic rotor and its works is a basic complication that is seen so frequently that it is almost taken for granted.As we know, the benefits of an automatic rotor are constant winding of the mainspring and ¨C thanks to the higher average tension in the mainspring when the watch is being worn ¨C more consistent power through the gear train. This means the watch should keep better time as you avoid the diminished amplitude and associated rate loss as the mainspring winds down. It is also convenient in our hectic lives, when we may forget to wind our watch each morning bef

Oris BC3 Sportsman 42mm Watch
More relatively affordable Swiss watch action from Oris. New for 2010 is this updated BC3 Sportsman model in a 42mm case. This is about as no nonsense as you'd want to get with a watch, and Oris keeps all the functionality you've come to expect in this collection. For years that have been centrally aligning the day and date windows for a nice clean look. As you can see, at 6 o'clock you have two stacked windows with the calendar information. Done well with white text on black discs to match the dial. Hands are long and easy to read, almost as though the watch were a dive watch. The hands and some of the numeral markers are coated in SuperLumiNova for ease of reading. That combined with the well placed markers make this one highly legible watch. The Arabic numerals on the dial are polished steel, and applied to the dial.Oris watches never forgo at least some decoration. The 42mm wide steel case has a thin polished ring around bezel that matches the polished crown. The case design is fun

Speedy Pro - Please Help Authenticate
Hi Folks, I finally bought a pre-owned Speedy Pro, and can't wait to get it sized and wear it. I was hoping someone could help authenticate it. I have new respect for the great macro shots some of you post. It took me several tries, and it's still not very good! Thanks for your help!s1170.photobucket/albums/r540/adventurema/

5164 on bracelet
Looks pretty good to me. Has anyone done this?Pic is from Altierjewelers on Instagram.

New Arrival - PAM00425 S.L.C.
It's good to have a Panerai back in the fold This one's been on my radar for a while but at 47mm I thought it would be far too big for my 6.75 wrist I tried it on yesterday in my local AD and well, how wrong was I! Yes it's big but because my wrist is flat, the wired lugs sit well within the edges of my wrist, so for me that's perfectly acceptable.The watch is just amazing! It's just what I want in a Panerai - big, simple dial, in-house manual wind movement and of course those fabulous gold hands. And yes I like the Pig!! I've had a 111 before and we had a bit of a love/hate relationship. Sometimes it would be on my wrist for a couple of weeks, other times it would'nt last a couple of hours. I think it was the hands I couldn't get on with, at least they'll be no problem with the 425, gold hands rock It's been a busy and expensive last few weeks and with the watch fund completely depleted they'll be no more in-comings for a long while. But I can honestly say I'm very happy with where t