Back in the club!
I missed my old Aerospace so much that I just had to have another one.Feels good to be a member of the Breitling club again!

My trust 2531.80 still lives strong !
Since the purchase of my new DSSD, I feel the love for my Omega dipping slightly. However, that is not the case, and I'm wearing her today !free image hostStill look good after I walked out of the AD with her brand new, 9 years ago. Although, she's probably due for a service, she's still running +5 a day so I'm perfectly happy with that.

Supersize v Elegance
The new 5990.... when I first saw it I was delighted.............then I saw the video. While I admire the potential value of this piece to travellers, I cannot bring myself to come to terms with the bloated pushers and (formerly) hinge detail on the crown side. We see iterations of classic designs in all spheres of life and, usually, this comes with a increase in size. There comes, though, a point where the original concept and elegance has evolved into an entirely new product. The elegant 5711 morphed over time into the 5980 which, on its own merits, has become a most admired and classic piece. It retains the original DNA of the Nautilus. Somehow, I feel this has been abandoned with the advent of the 5990. There has always been some crossover between the Nautilus and Aquanaut with the 5164 filling an increasingly important niche in the market. Perhaps it is just the Modernist in me rebelling and I am willing to be convinced otherwise, but I am finding this release somewhat bemusing

Rolex just called on my HULK that's there for service
Look at the watches condition listed here . Kind of depressing if i didn't know better... Gal told me that they use a extremely powerful magnification when determining the condition of the incoming watch. I bought it new and it still looks new.. And how the heck do you scratch a hand????Guess they just need to protect themselves when they return it.see next post for pic

GMT caseback on a Submariner?
I know this is blasphemy and the lynch mob will put me on their hit list, but....Has anyone tried a GMT caseback on a Submariner?I love the slimness of my 14060M and played with the idea of making it even slimmer by swapping on the thinner caseback from a GMT Master or Explorer II.It's a very reversible mod and I don't plan on SCUBA diving with it, or worse....having Rolex Authorized service handle the watch and was just curious if I'm the first one with this crazy idea....?