Ulysse Nardin Maxi Marine Diver Stainless Steel

Auction Watch: Antiquorum To Headline Latest Event With Patek & Rolex
The following timepiece auction analysis post is by Chris Meisenzahl. He is a long-time watch enthusiast and daily Speedmaster Pro wearer. He blogs at The Pretense of Knowledge and can be followed on Twitter at twitterwatches-dealer/speedmasterwatches-dealering up on November 13th the good folks at??Antiquorum will host the latest "Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces" auction. This one is to be held at The Mandarin Oriental in Geneva. The highlight and star of the event is clearly the "Patek Philippe full 24-hour repeating, quarter and special-type five-minute repeating 24-hours in one revolution" pocket watch, circa 1894. This will be no small event, the catalog lists over 600 items.I know that most Pateks are too tame by Paneristi standards, and I guess the standards of many sports-watch fans, but I can't get enough of Patek. e??¡ëThis Patek described above is one of those over-the-top vintage pieces that we see as the cornerstone of every large auction."the recently discovered

First Omega Purchase, AD help
Hi All,Been trolling here for the past few weeks, drooling over some magnificent timepieces. I'm in the market for a 212.30.41.20.01.002, or a 213.30.42.40.01.001 but I'm having a bear of a time deciding between the two. I like the non-chrono because it's minimal, "clean," and the sweeping seconds hand is, to me, the hallmark of a luxury watch (what does OP stand for? I see it associated with non-chrono quite often). But I also like the chorno because I like chronos, but no sweeping seconds hand, except in the smaller chorno. Also, would one of you be so kind and forward a list of ADs that have been trusted on this site? I would actually prefer to have the watch shipped to me (NY) from another state to avoid the sales taxes. What are fair prices for the above two watches? I've seen some tempting grey market watches on line (35% off), and would like the ADs to match or come close to that. is that unreasonable?Thanks, and I hope to join the Seamaster club soon.

Basel 2008: Hamilton Below Zero Diver
This was just released on another site:"Water resistant to 1,000 meters the Below Zero is equipped with a helium escape-valve. The case, in stainless steel PVD, measures 46mm. It has double sapphire crystals. Dials can be had in black or silver. The strap is black rubber. Movement is the automatic ETA caliber 2824. ""A chronograph version will also be available with the automatic Valjoux 7750. This model will be water resistant to 200 meters. "

Sleepy Saturday. Which Hamilton will keep you going today.
Got a new strap for this Rodney. I picked up this one as a non-running parts watch to fix up that Franken but ended up rebuilding this one instead. It has a freshly serviced 735 movement and looks just about new.

Outgoing...
Did I say incoming? Make that landed The reasoning behind my selection of this one goes beyond logic, maybe beyond even WIS-logic and into the realms of that small (and at times short-sighted) group, Il Paneristi. In my feeble defense, I made the mistake of accepting an invitation to Firenze not to long ago and the temptation got the best of me...Four numerals, small seconds and last but certainly not least, the Marina Militare label... c/o Ralf und Volker... I'd never buy such a watch w/o seeing it in person so it was fate when my favorite local grey dealer pulled it out to show me. Only one owner, originating from an Austrian AD (I curr. reside in Vienna), properly used, but not abused; my dealer decided not to do anything to it so that the buyer could decide. Considering it's not vintage per say, I'm going to have him send it in to OP for a full service and (minimal) surface polish.My two PAMs will pretty much keep me satisfied for a long time to come*... big and clean vs. complic