My First Grail Watch: Jean-Claude Biver
Welcome to "My First Grail Watch," a new interview series on watches-dealer that explores the first major timepiece lusted after by important people in the watch industry.watches-dealer (ABTW): Who are you and what is your relationship to the watch industry?Jean-Claude Biver (JCB): My passion is watches. And I am the lucky man who can work every day in his passion. Which means I don't want to disconnect and don't need weekends and holidays. I believe that working everyday in one's passion is one of the greatest luxuries in life (the two others are health and love).ABTW: What was your first grail watch?JCB: The Omega Constellation which my grandfather offered me when I was eight years old. Later it was the Omega Speedmaster.ABTW: Was there ever a time in your life when you could afford it?JCB: I bought my first watch myself (Omega Speedmaster) in 1966. A watch that connected me to space.ABTW: What did you like so much about the watch?JCB: The fact that when I was looking at it, I did no

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I've been wearing my speedy on a leather strap or Nato since I got it a year ago........ always aiming to get a 1171 bracelet. But there has always been that other watch comming up on the radar before getting it. Every time I straped on the speedy thinking what it would look like with the bracelet. Now I know.Glad I got it, and I have to say that the speedy is a real shape shifter �C*tool on the Nato, leasure but elegant on leather and vintage on steel, Razzel, dazzel.Thanks for looking.

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Where will the crazy prices of the old Pepsi go now?
I expect a significant price dip in the preowned 5 digit Pepsi in light of the new release. What do you guys think?

In praise of the Datejust
Is the Datejust under-estimated among watch fans? Maybe so. It's easily the best selling Rolex model, and has been for decades. So it's the watch that real buyers go for. We bang-on about the professional range...Submariners, Daytonas and so on..but that's not what a large slice of Rolex buyers want or desire. I've just bought a new 41mm Datejust with Jubilee bracelet. And it's every bit as lovely as my Daytona, but cost far less .....and you can actually buy one. Can't be bad.