Zenith Grande Chronomaster GT

Cockpit Companion: Testing The Bell & Ross Br 03-92
Bell & Ross has been making pilots¡¯ watches since the company was founded two decades ago. Initially, they were traditional-looking, round watches, but in 2005 it came out with BR 01, a square-case, round-dial watch meant to resemble the flight instruments in an airplane cockpit. The watch is very big: 46 mm across. Bell & Ross, headquartered in Paris (although its watches are made in Switzerland), followed up with a smaller version, the BR 03, which is 42 mm across, and then with an even smaller one, the BR S, 39 mm wide. We tested the Golden Heritage version of the flight-instrument-inspired Bell & Ross BR 03-92. With photos by OK-Photography. Our test watch, introduced in 2013, is a member of the 42-mm family. The ¡°92¡± is a reference to the ETA Caliber 2892, which was used in the BR 03-92 series when it was first introduced and is still used in many of its models. (The Golden Heritage itself contains the Sellita SW 300, which was designed to be used as a substitute

Help me identify these old watches!!
I have 4 watches my mom just showed me she had passed down to her:1) Stratford Pocketwatch 6J - "4620162", etched in "6317W" and looks to be "6/11", "Monitor"2) Lucien Piccard 17J ladies wristwatch (gold filled?) manual (swiss I know, sorry)3) Gruen ladies wristwatch manual wind - says "Basemetal" and "0192423"4) Juvenia ladies plaque g20 (gold plated watch) manual windI have no idea the age, but all are very old. The Juvenia and Stratford the oldest I believe. Any info you can give at all would be awesome! Thanks for looking!!

The $1000 Challenge!
Ok Gang...Once again, in my quest for all things Horological and coolI have been gathering up old ads, stock certificates and fun things for you all to see.I came across something that blew my mind!A rare pamphlet to dealers...In it there was a SURPRISE!The $1000 challenge from the Burlington Watch companyto the "Giant" GuysElgin and Waltham (and the World)Entitled: We want a test!"After the Waltham Watch Co. came out with their cleverlyphrased challenge, we answered that challenge.The Waltham challenge was so phrased as not to include American competitors; they challenged only the Swiss watches which everybody knows to be inferior.So we challenged the Waltham (and the Elgin too)But these factories have not come forward for the test.The Waltham company sent out the original "Challenge" (Left)WALTHAM CHALLENGE:(To Foreign Watches Only)"The best watches are made by Americans at American wages, with American tools.To prove it we are prepared to offer fifty Waltham watches to be run again

1st time AP purchase suggestions
Hi all, New to this forum & seeking suggestions for my 1st AP purchase. I have a 8 1/4 wrist, so i was leaning towards a larger model. My thoughts: AP The Legacy, T3, RB2 Ti. Or should i go less high end & look at the 42's like the ROO elephant or black/red? The ROO are smaller & more reasonably priced but i worry about the scratches that will be incured on the benzel, because i plan on wearing!Thank you!!!

Spick and Span
I just noticed yesterday that my PO is looking a little grubby.What's the best way of giving a bit of a clean? To make it spick and span.Any suggestions?