58 New Old Stock Breitling Watches "Last Of The Joseph Iten Collection" On eBay For $125,000
What is the Joseph Iten Breitling collection? It is/was a collection of about 1,500 NOS (new old stock) Breitling watches that were produced in the 1970s and "held in a bank vault" before the company was saved from forever closing down after being sold. Mr. Iten (now deceased) acquired about 1,500 of an estimated 3,000 NOS watches that Willy Breitling held on to in 1978.?While Breitling watches is alive and well today, the company shut down for a period of time in the late 1970s during the "quartz crisis." In 1978, Breitling terminated its operations but was purchased by the Schneider family in 1979 �C who still owns the company today. At that time, Willy Breitling (who died shortly after the company was sold) decided to hold on to a large selection of unsold and prototype watches. Many of those were sold over the last 20 years via private sales and auctions, but only a few remain today outside the hands of private collectors.Old World Jewelers (their eBay store) out of Illinois, USA, c

Affordable Vintage: Edma Super Sous Marine
In the 1960's and 1970's it was fairly common in the dive watch world for a case maker to sell their cases to a variety of different watch companies who would brand the dial and sell the watches as their own. Caribbean, Squale and the EPSA Super Compressor cases are all well known examples of this marketing practice. Another but less well known case is the Sous Marine brand, which appropriately translates to "undersea" or "submarine". While not nearly as famous as the Caribbeans or as sought after by collectors as the Super Compressors, the Sous Marine watches were well built tool divers that frankly came out looking pretty darn good.Some of the ‘illustrious’ brands found on the Sous Marine dials include Yema, Huf Prestige, Kelbert, Tinnes, Bernwatch, Magador and Edma Super. Not quite the same cach�� in that list as Longines, Universal Geneve, Jenny, O&W and Bulova found in the Caribbeans or Super Compressors, right? The French brand Yema is easily the most recognizable

What a surprise from the wife.
Hi everyone.Just wanted to share a great family moment I had back on the 4th of July. For my birthday she had this made for me. Not the exact one I own but the idea is there. What a great wife I have!CheersDom

Airport that uses clocks with style.
Singapore Airport uses AP clocks.

went riding today
it was almost 80 degrees in Dallas today, so I spent most day on the bike.Mine is still in pieces, getting some love and care, so I borrowed a friend's Ninja 900.Wore the Speedmaster on OEM Kevlar.here are some camera phone shots.