Vacheron Constantin Overseas Chronograph

What do Rob Lowe and Lindsay Lohan's girlfriend have in common? A Rolex :o)
Was stuck in a Verizon store for hours yesterday and all they had to read was some trashy gossip mags for women. I did spot these 2 photos which made me smile. One was Rob Lowe wearing a SS Daytona and the other was Lindsay Lohan's girlfriend Sam wearing a SS Sub :o). Even trashy mags have value at times for the WIS.Cheers,Steve RI blew this up at home on my computer screen and it's definitely a SS Sub

What else could a watch company manufacture?
An interesting question I was asked by the proud owner of one of our watches from India in an e-mail recently. He stated that he was worried about companies from the Far East eating too much into Swiss companies¡¯ marketshares. As a consultant working with a large international consultancy he had done some research into the state of the industry in Switzerland recently.Indeed, this question came to my mind a few years ago as well. Business was good back then and there were no clouds of the current economic maelstrom to be seen in the skies.Basically there are three different kinds of watch companies. Those making everything in-house, those making part of their components in-house and those subcontracting most of what they need from a components¡¯ perspective. All three kinds of companies have one thing in common, however. They are all working with stainless steel.Based on this communality and on my company¡¯s special knack for decorative work I decided to explore the market for cutlery in

My small collection
First pic is my entire collection, then from the oldest to the latest acquisition

Become a 2018 Pledge Member...............:)
I just won an auction from Fellows in the UK. I thought it was USD and apparently it's Pounds. Do you think I got a decent deal? CostOMEGA - a gentleman's Seamaster 'Olympic Edition' chronograph wrist watch. 1948 London Olympics Stainless steel case with calibrated bezel. Numbered 78039212. Signed automatic calibre 3303 with quick date set. Black dial with Arabic numeral hour markers, subsidiary recorder dials to three, six and nine, date aperture to six. Fitted to a signed black rubber strap with stainless 42mm with papers. $2400 USD. Sent from my MHA-L29 using Tapatalk

Top Gear Speedmaster sighting
Watching this evening's show featuring the James Bond movie cars. Hammond was sporting a 3570.50 Speedy Pro in most of the shots, along with a PO on an orange strap in a few shots. They also talked with the original Stig, doing some stunt driving for the latest film - Skyfall.