TAG Heuer Rare all Pvd 'Racing Mate' new old stock condition

Hideous Melding Of Mobile Phone, Mechanical Watches, And Painful Design: The Mobiado Professional 105GMT Gold Discovery Phone
What do you get when you try too hard to make a luxury mobile phone that stands out? In fact, what do you get when you try too hard to make just a luxury mobile phone? Most of the time it is some hideous creation that excels at delivering a sub par technological device in an expensive skin. So if you want to spend big bucks on a luxury phone, you can have a device that is probably antiquated before it reaches market, and is covered in gems, gold, and other gaudy looking essentials. The message no one seems to be getting is that mobile phones are mostly a commodity because technological changes and advancements require an upgrade every 12-24 months. Stick luxury watches, those can last for generations - literally.Still, there are a slew of "successful" luxury phones out there. Vertu is one of them, as well as the Tag Heuer Meridist. There are also Nokia's line of "fashionable" phones that come with hefty style premiums. These phones do well in limited markets, especially among those are

Cool thrift store find
Tossed a battery in it, and got my first chronograph. The funny thing was the store had a bunch of dead Fossils for $40, and I bought this for $15......silly.Justin

Which dial do I need to source before servicing?
I'm about to bring this in for service and figured I might as well get a proper dial replace done at the same time. To my knowledge, the current dial is original to the watch but previous owner pulled a dunce move and had it relumed (a shoddy job in my opinion) and I'd like to get this back to near(er) original condition. Either way, I'm hoping to source an appropriate dial before I drop it off. Could you all guide me in deciding which dial to pick?

Rose Gold Sunday.....
A quiet Sunday, so I thought I'd shoot some pics of my RG Day-date and Vintage RG Patek before they are sent off to the vault......

New to Panerai, looking for advice!
Hello everyone!I've seen too many Panerai now to be able to ignore them any longer, and I'd like to add one to my collection. Problem is, in Chicago, there's only one place that I know of that has them (Tourneau, sadly) and after reluctantly heading over there today, they didn't have THAT many to look at.Bit of background for me and what I'm looking for. I have small wrists and I wear a Daytona daily right now. I had my eye on the PAM512 from photos but I had no idea how truly small this watch was and when I tried it on, I wasn't really digging it. I see that the 572 seems to be a larger, automatic version of this, but I can't find a lot of photos of the 572, especially on a wrist.One thing I don't like about some Panerai is the very wide and thick watch strap. I'm looking for something decidedly smaller, like you'd find with a white/rose gold Daytona, if that's possible at all.Further, I know my Rolexes inside and out, but aren't as familiar with the classic Panerai's and anything I s