My First Grail Watch: Peter Roberts
Welcome back to an original watches-dealer interview series, "My First Grail Watch." In this series, we ask prominent people in the watch industry about the first timepiece that they lusted after. Today, we're speaking with Peter Roberts, who is, well, is hard to pin down in a single sentence, in terms of his relation to the watch industry. He's been in it for four and a half decades, going through many brands in a many capacities. He's also taught horology (teaching some other names well-known to us), writes on watches, and recently created a new version of a watch he first built back in 1970. Since I couldn't pin down his relationship cleanly, let's let the man himself tell us.watches-dealer (ABTW): Who are you and what is your relationship to the watch industry?Peter Roberts (PR): I have been in the industry for 45 years. I have worked for many watch companies over the years including Rolex in Geneva and as Technical Director and Director of Watchmaking for two brands. I taught Horo

seamaster prefessional quartz
id love to hear some opinions about these no longer made watchesthanks in advance

I do miss those good ole days..
I sure do miss this classic JLC driven 45mm (perfect size) Pam 190 with ABP strap - what a combo!

Receipt from Panerai for Service?
I took my Panerai to an AD for service. The AD told me they sent it in to Panerai and it did return in a Panerai service case. However, I received no paperwork from Panerai - only the AD's receipt. It's been awhile since I sent a Rolex in for service, but seem to recall that they send pretty detailed Rolex paperwork back with it. I asked the AD about this and they said they didn't have any paperwork from Panerai to give me. Is this true? The cynic in me wonders if it could have been serviced in-house by the AD or one of the AD's independent contractors. This would certainly increase the spread they made on the service. I doubt it happened this way, since I received the service case and the watch was gone for a LONG time. However, you never know.Thanks.

New 114060 now or wait until Basel?
My salesman at the local AD is my friend and messaged me this morning that he just got in a 114060 ND Sub and he would hold it for me if I wanted it. I would love to grab it even though I bought a new Air King from him 2 weeks ago but I don't want to miss out on some new amazing piece released at Basel because I just busted my nut on a Sub. Legit dilemma. Haha