Rpaige Crash Of ��29 Watch Designed By Mark Carson
?? ? Sponsored postRichard Paige, of Rpaige Watch Co., and Mark Carson have teamed up to create the wildly art deco Rpaige "Crash of '29" watch which is being funded on Kickstarter. Mark designed the case, dial, and hands, and the watches will feature the restored vintage or antique American pocket watch movements which Richard uses in his Rpaige watches.The Genesis Of The Project:Richard Paige: After the successful introduction of my Duo-Face reversible watch, where Mark designed the case for me, I challenged him to come up with something unexpected. I really wanted to be surprised.Mark Carson: I know that Richard is a huge art deco fan and that his Wrocket line of wrist watches have art deco detailing. I'd done the design for an art deco watch a couple of years back but it was dimensioned around a smaller movement.RP: I knew that whatever Mark came up with, it had to use the vintage American pocket watch movements that I lovingly restore and craft into my Rpaige watches.Rpaige Crash

The 15407 with AP goodies!!
Picked up the openworked recently and the boutique was kind enough to include some gorgeous ornaments along with the travel pouch. I still can't believe how amazing this watch looks each time I lay eyes on it! Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk

Beater or Project? Help with a 105.012-65
So I have to say that I am pleasantly surprised by what I arrived. It was billed at as a Speedy Reduced, and had awful pictures, but I figured it was worth a roll once I learned it was a 105.012-65 with a c.321. Plus, the added bonus, it came with a mint 1499/842 bracelet that once I resell, should get my cost basis very low.Yes, it has issues, some will be easy to correct, and some will take time, but overall, it has a pleasing look, and runs like a champ and the movement is buttery smooth.First things first, the movement is a 24,00x,xxx serial cal.321 that is appropriate for the 105.012-65 case, so I don't think it is a franken. The case back has 4 service marks, and based on the lines of the case and 50 years, it has seen numerous polishes, and will most likely need someone to reshape if possible, but I am planning on leaving it as-is for the moment. The case back has no seamonster engraving left.The dial, per Speedmaster 101, is the incorrect, yet factory, early painted logo c.

Which one would you buy as your first Patek?
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Deepsea blue in NE London
I just thought i would mention that a local boutique [40 yrs family owned] in NE London has a random serial deepsea blue for sale at ?9.5k,,,,,, if anyones interested then pm me and i give you the details,,,,, still ?500 over list but one of the least expensive i have seen,,,,,,,,, same watch at wf is over 11k i believe,,,,,,