Auction Round-up: Historical Resurgence
The spring auction season has come to an end and in the horological collecting world as in the world at large, the flight to quality assets and the ascendance of Asia are dominant themes. As the price of gold climbs, so too do auction prices for the best pieces: rare Patek Philippe timepieces, especially vintage models – the gold ingots of the watch world, and unique, important historical pieces. Quality and rarity never go out of style.At Christie's May 10 marathon sale of nearly 370 timepieces in Geneva , the first 9 of the top 10 selling lots were vintage Patek Philippes selling for between $418,000 and $5.7 million. In tenth position, the other most reliable brand at auction, a 1955 Rolex triple calendar chronograph ref. 6036 came in at $407,000, far above the pre-sale estimate of $270,000. During this sale and a prior sale in November, Christie's offered what proved to be the most expensive private Patek Philippe collection ever sold at auction. A full 100% of the anonymous

Brand New Navi 01 Broke After 8 Hours of Wearing It
Hi Guys,Bought my first Breitling, Navi 01. Took the watch to the Breitling Boutique in NYC to be sized yesterday morning, and wore it for the afternoon and evening. During dinner, I was running the chrono to see how long it would take for dinner to come, and when I pressed the pusher to stop the chrono, instead of stopping, the second hand reset to zero, but not the hour or minute counter. I pressed start, the second hand started, pressed stop, and exact same thing happened, the second hand reset but not the other registers. I then pressed reset, and it did not reset. Then I pressed start, the chrono would not start, the pusher will not operate at all. I shook the watch a bit, the second hand started, it it has been running ever since, cannot be stopped, the top pusher does not function at all.I'm pretty disappointed, this is my first Breitling and it broke in less than a day. I hope this is a unique experience because I love the Navi 01 but I'm concerned with Breitling's build

Thinking of buying an OMEGA Speedmaster LE 357
Went to buy a cheap watch for my girlfriends brother, and stumbled across this OMEGA in the store. It was really appealing. The dealer gave me a quite decent price, and now Im thinking about buying it.My question to you, is it a total waste of money? Will it loose its value? Is there any other better suggestions of watch for this kind of money?This is the Omega Split-Second;Thank you for your help

Two Gentlemen Discussing Which Next Patek? or--
I was walking down Bond Street in London. Thanks goodness-- the boutique was closed today and it is my only day in the town. However I thought about what these two blokes might be discussing outside the shopWhich Piece is next? or are they complaining about the cost? or perhaps discussing which piece they just purchased.

does Everest rubber tang fit 8 inch wrist on 40mm models?
80mm x 120mm band wrist size says 6.25 to 7.25 only? is this true?anyone with larger wrists have a recommendation on rubber straps? want a strap with a little bit of tail not a nub, lol...and it seems rubber b and Everest are the only two options for curved rubber, right?