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Rolex Watches At Baselworld 2014 Teaser Video
It ain't much, but Rolex has produced a teaser video to get people excited about its new watch releases for 2014. Rolex is a bit special in how they debut their new watches and experiencing it is a sort of annual Baselworld rite of passage.Many of you know this, but for those who don't know Rolex's little ritual we will explain. First of all, as far as we know, Rolex is the only brand to debut their new watches in this way. Rolex literally unveils the new watches. There are windows around the entire Rolex booth, and in the display case windows are many existing Rolex watches as well as the new ones. The new ones have a little "new" label next to them and are covered with a little cloth hood.When the time is right (usually in the early afternoon on the press-only day of Basel) Rolex opens up the case and pulls off the hoods�Cpretty much all at the same time�Cto reveal the new watches.After that it is a de facto point of conversation to discuss "the new Rolex watches" and everyone asks eac

The new watch Breguet has a case of round shape of 48 mm in 18 carat white gold
The new watch Breguet has a case of round shape of 48 mm in 18 carat white gold. The case-band is engraved with a musical scope. The model shows pods rounded and welded, but also secure screw spring-bars.Its back is engraved with the Unique piece? registration. The case is waterproof to 30 m.

Vintage Banana .....
I have started collecting vintage watches other than vintage rolex and vintage tudor for quite some time. Especially for vintage diver watches, I have just found these vintage diver watches are very interesting. I have bought this Japanese book and it is a very good reference for a wide variety of both vintage and contemporary diver watches. Other than that, .scubawatch.org is a very good reference as well.Since then, I have collected vintage Seiko divers 150m ref : 6105 8110, and 300m ref : 6159-7000 ; Eterna Kontiki Super ; Longines Nonius ref : 8225 ; and Tudor BC 7924.Seiko 150m (6105-8110)Seiko 300m (6159-7000)Eterna kontiki superLongines Nonius (8225)Tudor BC (7924)This time, I have found this vintage diver with exotic dial and iconic sword type military hands, omega seamaster 200 ref : 166.068 which was produced in around 1970. Because of colorful exotic dial with the yellow color as the key tone, it is also banana seamaster. [pic borrowed]In additional to its exotic dial

The three Patekteers
Pulled these out of the safe tonight for a quick family trio photo. Maybe not your perfect three Pateks, but it's my trifecta!Thanks again to this community for the brand insights and enabling....