Bernhardt Binnacle Retro Review
Bernhardt is one of those cult brands that people simply love. As you can read in our brand highlight on them from a little while ago, it's a small family run brand that puts an emphasis on customer service and the relationships they make with customers. In that way, they really are unique, even amongst the boutique brands, having the feeling more of a local corner store than an internet based company. The watches themselves are very modestly priced for modern day mechanicals, most coming in between $259 and $459. As such, they have a big following of devote fans who collect their affordable dive watches.Their newest watch, the Bernhardt Binnacle Retro, is also their most expensive at $679, which is still lower than where most brands start. As the name suggests, this watch is based on vintage divers, mainly of the 60's and 70's, by featuring a barrel case and dual crown design. It also features a Swiss made ETA 2824-2 automatic movement inside, where as their other autos have Miyotas,

Problems With Crown on Diver!!!
Yesterday, I was setting the time on my Diver going counterclockwise and after going back three to four hours the hands quit moving but the crown would still rotate freely. This happened several times, which was really odd. Anyone has experienced anything like this?Since the watch is still well under warranty, I decided to send the watch to AP and see what's going on. Anyway I had to send it at one point to get the watch checked in order to get my third year warranty. Missing my Diver so much!!!!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk. Watches are the new currency!

New rules for putting names on waitlists?
In Hong Kong, it seems that most, if not all Patek ADs are still taking names for waitlists, but are employing a few new requirements to those who want to be put on the waitlist for any SS references. It seems dealers are now demanding a business card from a reputable local company. Overseas cards are not accepted, so most tourists are out. If you can't provide a business card, I know a few dealers have outright told people that they will not put you on the waitlist, or will quote a very long wait time. As a subsidiary point, all dealers have also told me that they will no longer ship out of Hong Kong. In addition, I was told that they will strictly adhere to the rule that all watches must be picked up by the same person whose name is on the waitlist, opened at the point of sale, papers filled out, and that they will not let you leave the shop without resizing the watch. In the end, with an overseas business card (but speaking the local language), I had success with getting on the wait

PAM 00112 base strap
Hi guys,Hoping for a little help. What was the OEM strap for the 112?I have seen a plain black on both sides strap (leather calf strap?) on many online but have also have seen it on numerous occasion with a black on the outside and white on the inside strap...this has led me to be very confused!Do Panerai straps have a model number? Thanks.

WG Pepsi
Firstly GMT hand has been corrected on the website and now shows RED. On Basel morning, it showed white on the site which was an error as display models all had Red GMT hand.Secondly - why did they not upgrade it with new movement 3285 and still has 3186 movement? You can't carry basically same watch in WG and SS and WG having older movement on the same catalogue. That is bad on Rolex's part. Movements are not made with WG. Even if they have huge pile of movements, they can still use them on BLNR and LN GMT models and not get wasted. They could have used 3285 on WG Pepsi. It a decision which doesn't need much thinking and you are not even wasting any movements/hands etc as that all can be used on older SS models until they phase out. Why do you think Rolex did this mistake?