TAG Heuer Men's Aquaracer Watch

In search of Ceramic Diver (orange)
I have a 15305OR I wear to work quite often and need a sports watch with durability. Therefore, I want a watch with either ceramic or forged carbon material. I have a smaller wrist, and a 44mm is just way too big. The 42 mm is even slightly pushing it. I've been thinking a while about and have decided upon the Ceramic diver with orange accents. It seems these are much harder to find than its counterpart with yellow accents - why is that? I saw a used yellow one for sale around $17k. It seems most others sell just under MSRP even though used....wondering what's a good price range?Since it's a discontinued model, anyone have any leads? Sent from my Zeitwerk

New PO 45.5 8500. Impulse Buy
I have been anti Omega for the last few years. I just did not think that the cost was equal to the quality. And, I love the speedy, but think the 42mm looks too small. Which is interesting....because I love my Sub C LN.I always loved the PO (had one in the past), but felt that 42 also looked too small and the 45.5 was way too big. Anyway, I was shopping around and stopped in to look at watches. The sales guy knows I am a watch guy and goes into the back room and pulled out the new 8500 with the black rubber strap and orange trim. I absolutely fell in love.It is extremely comfortable, looks great and I think the deployment clasp is awesome. The rubber looks like it could be rubber or leather, which I think is a neat trick. They gave me 10% and I left the store with it.I think my one concern is that I think the the size may end up bothering me. Feedback from my girl and some friends has been super and they usually yawn when I get a new watch. I wanted to post a few pics to see

ideas on where to buy an SMP 2055.80?
Hey guys, any ideas on where to purchase a 2055.80 or 2255.80? Either online or in nyc? Also, what would u consider a good price for one of these? Thanks, nick

Basel, Shmasel...INCOMING!
Well...I guess technically this is a Basel release, just not this year. Been eyeing this one for a while. And truthfully, torn between it and the steel dial. In the end this one just spoke to me. Just works for me and I guess that's what matters in the end.Took some pics to try to capture how magnificent this dial is in the sun...failed, but you get the idea.And yes...I know there are stickers on in the pics. They've all been removed now so the sticker police need not be alarmed. Happy Friday, TRF!

Insightful Rolex event last night (UK relevance)
Had the absolute pleasure of being invited along to a Scottish Rolex & Tudor event last night.Aside from the delicious dinner and free flowing champagne and wine all night (for which I'm suffering today), there was a large display of the Basel 2017 releases (a mix of fully functional and display models) and many other references to try throughout the evening.I believe that the event was a joint Rolex and AD affair, with the opportunity to speak to both the AD's owners (one of whom I was sitting beside during dinner) and Rolex directly, and in a quite frank and open manner.Some of the key points which may be of interest (and confirming much of what we understand) as discussed were:1) Rolex is not happy about people buying to flip and make a quick profit2) AD's are indeed under pressure from Rolex to try and prevent that happening and are mindful of their agency (and retaining it) That's not as bad as it sounds, but it does make perfect sense for an AD not to upset a particular man