Perfect new Strap to wear with blue jeans!
Just got this new Strap in that is a perfect summer strap to go with blue jeans. The red on the strap goes perfectly with the red chrono hands. For some people it may be too much but I like straps that pop!

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 15300 INCOMING!!!!
After all your great work at instigating me to get a new watch while my AP 5402 is at the Clearwater spa, I pulled the trigger a few minutes ago on a gorgeous Blue Tappiserie Royal Oak 15300 that DAVIDSW had for sale. I will be getting the watch tomorrow and I will post some wrist shots and glam shots then. Until tomorrow. Now, gotta decide what needs to go from my collection. Tough decision.Here's one of David's pics from his listing.

For fun and dreams
For me the most intriguing complication is the minute repeater, I would love to have one but unless I win the Jackpot won't happen in this lifetime.The Patek ones are just incredible, so here are for your viewing a few pics I found on the net more or less showing each minute repeater in it's different variations, which do you like the most?patek-philippe-grandes-complications-5216p-001-platine-black-dial-back-view.jpgPatek_Philippe_5216_6.jpg10617002_837486356302166_1820457087_n.jpg5207_700P_001.pngpatek_image.1498571.jpg

From Vintage to WOW
Finally get to post a well look what happened on the way to the AD story!After many years with my 14060M i decided it was time to try something new so it went up for sale and found a new home. I've spent days trying to figure out what's next and nothing really stood out to me when compared to the crisp two liner sub. It's the quintessential everyday watch. Sometimes less is more!With the SS shortage everywhere I knew even trying an AD would be futile. Out of the three main AD's all had the air king and milgauss but it didn't really sing to me. Asking for a sub or GMT almost got me laughed at in one of them. I was told they've seen two in the last two months. This is all in Scottsdale btw...After almost getting laughed at asking for a GMT (and an aquanaut) and being told having established history would help I booked it over to a lunch spot and decided to try an AD that I knew had subs in the past couple months.Sure enough nothing in the display counter and after telling my sub (sob) st

My take on how Rolex fixed their "grey market" problem
For a long while now I've read countless threads on this forum about how Rolex wanted to curb grey market watch buying. In my opinion the underlying issue for Rolex and Rolex AD's was that people would window shop their AD and then go to a good old trusted seller and get the watch for less than MSRP and brag about it on this forum. I'd seen lots of responses a year ago and back where a lot of forum members would encourage going to an AD to see a watch in the flesh then say order it from X trusted seller here. This in my opinion was the real issue rolex has with the grey market in general, it diminished their brand by allowing it to sell at a discount... think of the grey seller as an outlet store of sorts. Fast forward to present times. The current thread trends on buying are exactly the opposite. Now paying full MSRP is considered the deal to be had, and the grey market is insane to most. Countless posts about how they are willing to wait on a list and will never pay about MSRP from a