Orbita Sparta 1 Mini Giveaway Winner Follow Up
aBlogtoReadwatches-dealer reader Michael L. was the lucky winner of the Orbita Sparta 1 Mini Watch Winder giveaway help a few months ago. He was nice enough to take some images of his winnings and provide his thoughts. I reviewed the Orbita Sparta 1 Mini myself here. Overall I think he really liked the winder for its easy functionality and quite use. Though Michael is a man which larger wrists, and some of his watches may have felt large (but not necessarily too large in the winder). Here are his thoughts (I comment a bit in there as well).The winder is not overly large, yet I was very pleasantly surprised that it could hold my watches just fine. I have larger than normal wrists, 8.25-8.5" around and tend to wear larger watches. A good size for me is 46 mm, and I can go up to 52 mm without it looking too silly. Most of my automatics are between 46 and 48 mm.The Orbita winder comes with two different pillows. The thicker of the two fit perfectly for my watches with bracelets sized to my

Rubberclad Lume question
Hey guys, I've been entertaining the thought of buying my first AP and I think the Rubberclad fits the bill just right. I just have one question though, are the arabic numerals white or white with a slightly green hue? I've been looking at several pictures, and most of them have this slight tinge of green (I know it's the lume), but a few pictures show the numerals as 100% white. So is it just a matter of low light conditions hence the greenish look or did AP change the lume paint when they updated the RC?***Pictures are borrowed from members here on TRF. I apologize for using them, I can edit my post if you wish***From DavidSW:From TRF member Willygallardo

Audemars Piguet Grande Complication assembly
Found this nice little video .youtube/watch?v=MCV4H...e=channel_page

Sporting my bumble bee, day 2
Enjoy I will soon do some new pix.image.jpg

ETA 6497 vs P.3000
Well, it's only a matter of time before the venerable 6497 is retired and replaced by the P.3000 in-house movement (or something like it). It's still too early to tell what impact it'll have on the desirability of the old 6497 based watches but would you still want an old 6497 driven PAM vs a newer model?