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heirloom pieces are the most valuable watches we can have in our collections. I have 2 from my gradfather that I wear in my regular rotation and fortunately none from my father yet as he is still alive and healthy. Everytime I wear one of my grandfathers

Here's the back of the Corvette. This car belongs to a teen-age kid who used to live on our street. His father got in trouble for mailing "controlled substances" and the family's home was sold and they moved away. My wife and some of the other moms on the

Friends, Some more pics of a special laureato. The ref 81000 225th anniversary laureato. Limited edition of 225 pieces made. Released in 2016, this is the laureato that is the “father” to ALLL the current production laureatos. The 41 mm is a thinner watch

I feel so connected, you wouldn't believe really! As you describe it, there was a lot of emotion going on with the purchase and you had to think twice and stretch a bit, now you LOVE the result... For me with my Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Skelet-One it wa

For those that may collect vintage Rolex advertisements: three of the "Swiss Landscape" advertisements appear in the Graphis magazine issues 23, 24 and 25 (1948). Graphis magazine is an interesting Rolex treasure trove of Rolex advertisements: a trade mag

... take home. This is one of them. There is an identical one in Goldberger Omega book. In the big thick Omega reference book it is shown with an ad offering it at beginnings of XX for use by those pioneer "chaufeurs". It is a large and curious piece with

Thanks, but that's a haaaard pass for me! As for the resonance running on magic, perhaps I used the term wrong. I did not mean "magic" as in what ancient people believed was the cause of lightning because they lacked understanding. We well know how the pr

Lots to agree on, Thin watch I think wears nicer on the wrist and i prefer the presence, not sure if its the curved bars connecting the strap but when I tried a CS in the boutique was very nice on the wrist there but easy to forget as well. (and I have pr

I have often thought it interesting that this is never cited as a resonance watch, I think because they are on the same balance staff/ axis so is enhancing the mass of the oscillator to improve accuracy as less easily disturbed and going in opposing direc

Some of the math was over my head but I think I understood in principle, he thinks if the balances are close enough (+-5 s a day) and in a cycle you could tell a story to say they are in resonance and if they are not blame outside interference but soon re