TW Steel Goliath Ref. TW20 - 37 mm

Inside The Manufacture: Five Super Cool Things I Saw Inside The Patek Philippe Factory
I was thrilled to spend two days in Geneva with a little upstart company (that I think is really on to something!) called Patek Philippe.  While the news was really around hand-crafts and the preservation of both hand engraving and enameling (as demonstrated on the monster new 6002G Sky Moon Tourbillon), we were treated to a tour of the PP factory.  We saw a lot of amazing stuff, and  now for your viewing pleasure, here are five of the coolest things I saw while inside the Patek Philippe factory: 1. ?These Two Perpetual Calendar Minute Repeater Pocketwatches Minute repeaters are, in my very humble opinion, the ultimate complication.  They are beautiful, romantic, and each entirely unique.  They exemplify what makes traditional watchmaking so interesting.  They are also incredibly difficult to make.  Here are two vintage minute repeating pocket watches that just happen to be repeaters. Oh, and perpetual calendars.  While the first, w

Constellation Leather Strap?
I have an old Constellation that I bought new in 1990 and never wear as I can't stand the flimsy little bracelet anymore. Anyone know if it is possible to replace the steel bracelet with a leather strap?Thanks in advance.

The Polerouter story
After posting my vintages the other day, I thought I'd share what I learned about my Polerouter...from ninanet.netUG was know for the "microrotor," so the movement itself didn't take up much space. Here is a movement shot of the Polerouter along with some antimagnetic info and the Polerouter Story:Pic and story from polerouter To shortcut the flights from Europe to California (USA) by some thousand kilometers, the airline SAS (Scandinavian Airline System) opened new routes over the North Pole in the Ninteen-Fifties. All crews on these flights had to take part in a special training at the "SAS's Arctic Flight School". The swiss watch manufacturerer Universal Gen¨¨ve provided the crews with automatic precision wrist-watches that are resistent against the strong magnetic field of the polar region. They became the offical chronometers of SAS. On the 15th November 1954 at 19:18 local time the "Helge Viking" (OY-KMI) took off in Copenhagen for the first commercial flight over the North

Holidays in London. The British museum.
Few days ago I came back from holidays in London. So, here are some photos from British museum watch history gallery. Sorry for the bad photos quality, my camera isn't so good. So, here are some photos:

AP ROC 25860 Conversion?
Question for ROC owners out there. I've finally got my 25860 back and love it. How do you like your ROC 25860/26300 on a bracelet vs strap? I've contacted AP and they officially don't support conversion of my model, but obviously AP Bands does. There are great looking brown and black leather bands with white stitching I'm tempted by. They have rubber ones also but with the crappy WR rating this isn't really a sports watch. Thanks for any advice!