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Tech Talk: Montblanc’s TimeWriter II Chronographe Bi-Fr¨¦quence 1000
If three watches constitute a trend, then measuring milliseconds, or 1/1,000s of a second, is a trend. Two watch brands, each with high-speed horological histories, have launched mechanical chronographs claimed to be capable of accurately measuring 1/1,000s of a second. Last year, TAG Heuer debuted its Mikrotimer Flying 1000 Concept Chronograph, followed this year by the even faster Mikrogirder. At SIHH this year, Montblanc launched its own millisecond-measuring marvel, the TimeWriter II Chronograph Bi-Fr¨¦quence 1000, which employs a unique approach to splitting seconds.In a sense, development of Montblanc¡¯s high-speed chronograph began in 1916. That¡¯s when Minerva launched its first 1/100s-of-a-second stopwatch. Acquired by Richemont in 2006, Minerva was a true manufacture, known for chronographs and pilots¡¯ watches. In 2007, Richemont decided that Minerva would produce movements for Montblanc, and the following year, Montblanc launched the ¡°Fondation Minerva¡± to create the TimeWriter

Watches At the Gym
Anybody bothered by people who wear watches on bracelets or leather straps at the gym? Plastic, rubber, and nylon is a different story. It might sound petty, but man does it bother me.

COSC question on resale
I sold a Blackbird (new modle date at 12) to a guy in UK. I got the watch on trade..I thought everything was compleat. Watch was 99%.(I wore it a few times). The COSC was not there. Now the guy want me to give him 120.00 to get a new COSC. Whats the big deal with this piece of paper. I sold the watch for 3000 Total..including shipping to uk from US What do you think??

Waterproof strap for radiomir?
I have started looking at the radiomir cased Panerais with the wire lugs and have a simple question. Are there waterproof straps available for them? I am not going to dive with it, but I do like to have a strap that can take anything. Leather is out of the question. Rubber would be fine, I use that on my 176. But some other material that you don't need to dry if it gets wet would also be fine, maybe nylon? I guess they all take 26mm straps? I googled it but it seems that I could only find straps for springbars, will they also be usable with the wire lugs? I assume you loosen the screws on the backside, slide the wires out, and then remove the wires somehow from the strap?

Need help on Stap sizing
I wanted to order a strap from Panerai but not sure of their sizing. The rubber strap that came with my 1024 fits great. The straps that come with a new watch are they the standard size? I have a 7 1/2 inch wrist so I was going to order a standard size strap, should this fit me ?Thanks for any help.