Vacheron Constantin Overseas Dual Time Ladies

Urwerk UR-1001 Zeit Device Pocket Watch
Someone recently asked me whether they thought pocket watches might come back in fashion. John and I spent time discussing this during an episode of the HourTime Show watch podcast and after giving it much thought the answer was a resounding "not likely." So why am I mentioning this before I discuss what is arguably one of the coolest pocket watches around? Because this pocket watch you see before you won't find a place in jacket pockets and be used to tell the time on a regular basis. It will be stored sweetly and safely and played with from time to time. The privileged few owners of these watches will still use a wrist watch as their primary (or at least secondary) means of telling the time. This and other pocket watches will merely be a collector's item. Possibly really cool collector's items, but still just that.Pocket watches are increasingly attractive for high-end brands to make as limited edition models because of collective nostalgia and size. In 1989 Patek Philippe released i

1960s OMEGA - Worth getting repaired?
Greetings all,I recently inherited an Omega in pretty bad condition. Took it into the sole Toronto Authorized Repair shop and they had to ship it out to Switzerland. The estimate came back at $1175CAD to repair and refinish.The watch is either a:- 1962 SEAMASTER (Reference BA 166.001) (18k Yellow Gold)- 1962 SEAMASTER (Reference BA 165.002) (Gold Plated)- 1968 GENEVE (Reference MD 135.0041) (Gold Plated)The repair shop I took it to noted the caliber as being 2810 but I tried looking it up on the OMEGA site and it didn't seem to exist.I know this is pretty vague - but the watch will come back in pristine shape. It is a keepsake so I do want to get it in working order, but it's REALLY only worth it if the watch is (or may become) within $200-$300 of the price to repair it.Thoughts?

To all our new "refugees"
Hello to all our new members. I'm Dennis and Terry (screen name diver88) are your moderators. I'm an outcast from another site as well. There are quite a few castaways here at Watch Talk Forums. We try to keep a more relaxed atmosphere about discussion topics. As long as everyone respects other members we're very open. Feel free to start a daily wrist check here in the Omega Forum, or join the one in the General Discussion Forum. We also have a Community Forum open to registered members only - we call it the basement because it's down at the bottom of the main page where we talk about all non-watch related subjects. Wander around to other forums and see some of the features if you like. The OFFICIAL Hamilton Forum is frequented by some very prominent collectors and has a vintage watch of the day. We have some very accomplished collectors here in this forum too. There's a weekly post I write in the General Discussion forum called Horology 101 (geez, that sounds so egotistical

H-101 update on COSC vs Real World timing
You may recall this thread where we broke down the COSC certificate and it's meaning:Horology 101 - deciphering a COSC certificateLater we tested that Tiffany's Mark SS Coupe watch to see how it really performed:Horology 101: COSC vs. real world testingWell, after some more great service at Tiffany's in Center City, Philadelphia I have some pleasing results! I dropped off the watch for regulation (free of charge) it came back to me running like this:Pretty darn good in my estimation - averaging -0.82 seconds a day is phenominal......but we're not done yet. No, because I'm crazy. .....or so my watchmaker says, and probably a few of you also. Well, I took it to Sam and told him it runs a little slow and asked if we can try an experiment on the timing machine. He replied "Sure, but you realize you're insane for messing with those kind of results." After I agreed, he tweaked the watch so a brief run on the timing machine showed it gaining in all positions. Here's the amazing part: t

What is a 'rich history?'
I see this term thrown around, and I think it is misused. It is clearly a marketing tool and mainly hype. I certainly don't think you can get the rights to the name of an ancient watch maker and then claim to have a 'rich history.' Rich history implies an unbroken ownership and manufacturer that preceeds the QR (quartz revolution). Actually, the word implies that your company goes far back into history unbroken and in the hands of watch makers and not businessmen and corporate nerds.So, who today actually HAS a 'rich history?' I think Rolex qualifies as it has remained in family hands for many decades and also has 'in house' capability. 'In house' would HAVE to be an important part of 'rich history.' As far as I know, Seiko would qualify. Patek, Jaeger, Cartier, Franck Muller, Corum, Blancpain, Bovet, AP, Roger Dubuis (and the other privates), GO, Nomos, Omega, Panerai, Parmigiani, Piaget, Montblanc, Timex, UN, UG, VC, Zenith....Do these qualify, really? Are there others? Are