Fr��d��rique Constant Enjoys Record Growth
Fr��d��rique Constant experienced 38% sales growth for the first six months of 2010, compared with 2009. Sales for the period were also 15% higher than 2008. We have seen a significant increase in activity across all of our regions in the first half of 2010 says founder and CEO Peter Stas. Stas continued “Russia and Japan returned to sales growth. Strong growth continues in North America and Asia. Europe keeps its solid position in the sales charts. In view of our intensive programs of promotional activities and new product launches, sales growth should continue to accelerate for rest of the year. Over the past twelve years, Fr��d��rique Constant has experienced a growth rate of 20-35% per year, increasing its annual production to over 100,000 timepieces in 2010. We are proud to have reached our best first semester ever, and it proves that our product proposition �C accessible luxury �C continues to have great potential. The initial concept behind the brand was to create Swiss Made,

My First AP RO Acquisition
Hello fellow members,Picked up my first ever Audemars Piguet Royal Oak this week. Finally had some time to upload some (photo/potato quality) pictures. When I get a chance I'll brush up and take some worthy shots for the forum and my IG.In the meantime, I'm enjoying my new white dial 15400 (well... lightly pre-owned 2015 - I series). Full box and papers.Very ecstatic about this piece. Been a historic speedy nut so this is definitely a different step. I'm on the smaller wrist side 6.5 inches but this wears great on my flat wrist.As always, enjoying reading this forum and everyone's input. Cheers!

AP ROC service costs
I've been offered an absolutely stonking deal on a WG 25960BC. It is an F-serial with no service history. It's running +10s and 295deg amplitude and 0,5ms beat error, so even though it's not really screaming for it yet, I think it could benefit from a service.Does anyone have info about the real service costs for the Royal Oak Chronos? I can't find them anymore from APs website, and Google gives such a crazy range of prices, some simply I heard from my friend credibility.So, has anyone actually went through and serviced their AP chrono at AP? What were the costs?

Yachtmaster midsize with blue dial vs. Panerai PAM00081
I have been searching for a Yachtmaster midsize with blue dial (168623) for several months now.However, yesterday I saw a Panerai and I see that some models come with the steel bracelet, which I like. Specifically I like the PAM00081.Two questions:1. Is the steel bracelet an option I can get on any Panerai, or just some?2. Which would look better on a smaller wrist: the Midsize YM or the 40MM PAM00081?

The Games AD's Play
I walked into an AD this afternoon looking for one of the hard to find Rolex SD43. As always, it wasn't in the case, but I did ask the saleslady about it's availability. She said they did not have one in stock at the moment. I mentioned to her I called a week ago asking about it's availability and was told they are taking orders for the watch but on the condition payment is made in full.I asked about ETA on the order. She said up to 3 months. I told her I wasn't keen on waiting that long for it. She asked me to have a seat and went to get the manager.When she and the manager came back, I mentioned that I was a previous customer and purchased a YM2 SS from them. When I told them my name, they pulled a sheet of paper out with my full name on it and the words Rolex Sea Dweller on it. I do recall I emailed them about the Sea Dweller over a month ago and figured they probably took down my info in case one ever came in. Still, it was kind of odd to see.At that point, the saleslady asked the