Chopard’s Grand Prix de Monaco Historique Watch Inspired by ’70s Racecars
Since 2002, Chopard has partnered with the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique, a racing event devoted to historical racecars, which takes place along the same route as the Monaco Grand Prix. As official timekeeper, Chopard this year launches a new chronograph wristwatch inspired by the design of sportscars from the 1970s.? The first Grand Prix de Monaco Historique was intended as a one-off event to commemorate the 700th anniversary of Monaco’s Grimaldi dynasty, but it generated so much enthusiasm that it is now held every two years. It is now considered one of the world's most important gatherings of historical racecars, and attracts the upper echelon of automobile collectors and enthusiasts, mostly from the United States, Germany, France and Italy. Each year’s event showcases more than 200 cars that have made their mark on their era, including models from Delage, Bugatti, Alfa Romeo, Aston Martin, Porsche, Maserati and Ferrari, as well as some of the first Formula 1 cars buil

New to AP thoughts
I was in Vegas the past few days and I always make my rounds to some of the many watch stores at the various Hotels. One watch I have not seen in the flesh was Audemars Piguet. So we went to the Shops at Crystals in the Aria Hotel/Casino. Now I have wanted the new Ceramic Daytona 116500 but waiting to get one soon will be next to impossible. So I started looking at other brands and the AP 62320ST.00.1220ST.01 white dial caught my eye. It is one beautiful piece and I want to buy it. My questions to you all are;What makes the AP worth almost double the price of the Daytona, both in stainless? Would you buy new from Boutique or from trusted seller? Because of the price is it a good everyday watch? SS flies under the radar, right now I have a TT DJII and a 16710 GMT II. Thanks for the help, I am new to AP and do not know a lot of the brand. I will definitely read up on it. I am looking at the chronograph model but the time/date model was nice too. They only had the white dial chrono, and t

Omega 8500 Caliber putting some pressure on Rolex...
The specs on the new 8500 movement from Omega are pretty amazing....Double barrel design (DLC coated) with a 60 hour power reserveDual directional winding automaticFree sprung balanceFull balance bridge39 jewels202 partsCOSC certificationIt looks to me as though Omega bench marked the now 20 year old 3135 and just upped it everywhere that it could. What do you guys think? Should Rolex be worried? Should they fight back with an update or reworking of their base calibers or do you think that they just don't care?Personally, I was really shocked by the difference in the Omega 2500 caliber that was beating inside my Planet Ocean and the 3130 inside my Submariner (which should arrive early next week - the waiting is killing me). I think Omega is just catching up with Rolex in the 8500 caliber and that Rolex should feel no immediate threat. It will take some time for people to realize that Omega is quickly closing the gap in quality (and entry level price) with Rolex and I suspect Rolex will

5712 love
Well the title says it all, after having it for 3 months, having been 1 month on vacation without it, I realize every day how awesome this watch is, my personal opinion of course but I must say I really love it, love the complications of moon phase and power reserve, love the bracelet, the movement with mini rotor.As some of you might remember about 5-6 months ago I knew about Patek but didn't really know why they were so expensive, and many of you answered me saying the quality, finition of the pieces were made to perfection, and I am glad I started to have interest towards PP, because yes the pieces are amazing.There is a big chance that I will only have 1 Patek, maybe at the maximum 2, probably the 5167 one day, but if only 1 I am glad to have the 5712, Patek with a funky dial display and a great grey/blue dial.So thanks to those who opened my eyes to the Patek world, like Morpheus tells Neo in the Matrix: welcome to the real world, I guess when you come into Patek and a few other w

Thoughts on a white-dial gmt master
Just mocked as a possible release at this year's Basel fair. I think it was just added ....RolexpassionreportThoughts?