U-Boat Men's Watch

Another grail alert!!!
Actually, not sure if anyone would consider this to be a grail watch or not, but it certainty looks cool, and is rare, and Richard Branson owns one apparently.cgi.ebay.au/Omega-Speedma...QQcmdZViewItemPhotos taken directly from the seller's auction

Benrus double date
Hey guys I'm pretty new to the WTF and well just kind of getting back into picking up different pieces, not a "serious" collector but an enthusiast if you will. I own a similar Benrus d/d to that one when you open this forum, Day of the week window, and pointer for the date. Its in a stainless case with "regular" lugs, not teardroped or knotted like the one shown. I like it though and went looking for one. I saw one selling on the bay and thought I'd just watch it to see where it went. I'm guessing a few noticed it and heck one may have bought it. My watch runs OK the jeweler I used in the past who did some repairs for me wasn't too interested in repairing mine or anyone's watches b/c the time vs. what he charged there just wasn't enough GP. So I'm looking for someone who is willing to take on these watches too. So let men know if you know someone.OK the watch sold last night, I watched it to the end, I was tempted to throw out a bid but resisted b/c of the description, one part saying

New to the forum & the GMT Air Race
Hey everyone,I just wanted to say hello as I'm new to the forum having just picked up a Khaki GMT Air Race the other day.I hadn't really planned on acquiring that watch, but I found it at a local AD here in Chicago and he offered me an absolutely obscene deal which I just had to take.Anyway, mine came mounted on the black rubber strap, which I didn't think I'd like but is definitely growing on me. I also had him order the matching bracelet for me (which apparently has to come from Switzerland?).I do have a couple questions though...1. Does anyone have an Air Race mounted on a bracelet that can post a picture of the bracelet? I assume that it matches the brushed case, right?2. Also, I was debating picking up the orange leather strap for the watch as well. Anyone else have theirs on one? Did you have to get it through an AD?3. Finally, can some one recommend a spring bar tool so that I can swap out the bracelet for the strap on my own? I've never bothered to get one, b/c my other

Parmigiani Mechanical Wonders @ La Vieille Russie New York
To attend a Sandoz collection exhibition, one of the finest old automat & timepiece collections, is like transcending one¡¯s horologic culture.Very often, when one sees the phenomenal prices reached during some horologic auctions, the question to be answered is the question of the sense. Meaning crisis? Investment crisis? Values crisis? Yet, it is on the contrary a tribute paid to the classic horologic culture: it is either an outright tribute, by buying rarities such as the Rochat brother¡¯s pistols; for example, the pair of pistols was auctioned for 5 million Dollars recently, in Asia.Alternatively, it is a bet on the future, when collectors put crazy amounts of money on a new Great complication; one could remember the Patek 3939, which was auctioned for 1.4 million Euros.The very high-end watchmaking purchases are those of technical concepts, the oldest being unique pieces for which fabrication secrets have been lost; we get close to the Art auctions, where the principle is to pu

BIG Omega Speedmaster
Took my grandson to the US Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville AL today and what did I see, a BIG Omega.