Chopard Manufacture in the Val-de-Travers has more than 60 employees
He established a workshop in Fleurier (NE) with sophisticated and small equipment team of engineers from first Class and technicians?Today, the Chopard Manufacture in the Val-de-Travers has more than 60 employees and is five different types of movements of LUC. The last is the small model of 6,96 LUC, a world first presented at Basel this year (see photos). This movement is used in the barrel of Luke the only shows in the world with a calibre automatic and shaped with a microrotor-centre that integrates harmoniously in a domed case.

Can someone identify this model?
Can someone identify this model? Can't seem to find it anywhere online

Longest bracelet change
I bought this back in October, but the bracelet was faulty: too wide to fit between the lugs properly (nice QC Omega!). I guess this is what happens when the watch is sold on a NATO. I took it back to the AD in December and it took Omega until yesterday to get it fixed. That's quite a long turn around time for fitting a new bracelet. I'm glad to have it back, and I just wanted to let the rest of the forum members know that Omega appears to have similar turn around times to Patek.

My New Planet Ocean 2201.50
I asked last week whether I should settle for the easy-to-find 2054/2254 or wait for a 42mm PO and the consensus was to wait for the one I truly wanted. I'm happy to report I waited (4 excruciating days) to find this one and I love it. This is a graduation present to myself and I think I'll have it for a long time. Enough talking, here are a few crappy pics:Thanks for all the help making this decision.

Met the Rolex Rep Today
Walked into my local AD and lo! The mythical Rolex rep was there. Actually, there were two of them, talking to the owner. The owner introduced me and immediately I wished I had shaved this morning. Oh, well. I asked about the shortage in some models and they said that Rolex decisions about supply are taken two years before so if there is an unforeseen increase in interest in particular models, there isn't much they can do about it immediately. Production ramp ups take more than a year after the decision is made and the decision isn't made quickly. I told them I owned an Explorer 1, brand new two weeks ago and said I bought it because it was a low-key watch that fit my personality. I said I was looking at the OP line and liked the 36mm and the 39mm sizes and colors except for the green pips on the blue dial for the 39mm. Just a little too funky for me but I try to fly under the radar generally. Nice guys with British accents (I guess people in Europe learn British English, from what I'm