Interview: We Ask Audemars Piguet Historian Michael Friedman To Walk Us Through The Best Vintage AP's For Sale In Geneva
If there is one sub-sect of vintage watches that I believe is about to experience a renaissance of sorts, it's vintage Audemars Piguet. For years, I have admired the subtle elegance and incredible design found in early 20th century AP's. I believe them to be some of the most beautiful watches ever made, and based on our visit inside the vault of AP last summer, you guys agreed.There is simply so much to love in this category, and yet we simply don't hear much about it. Sure, there are way, way fewer vintage AP watches out there than any Patek, as we've mentioned, and that just makes them that much more appealing. This season, there are several fantastic vintage AP's coming up for sale, and because this manufacture is one of the few who has a publicly available historical expert, we thought it would be great to get brand historian Michael Friedman's own take on the vintage AP's coming up this weekend and next week in Geneva. That is what you'll find below

AP Cleaning
Hi Guys,I purchased a AP ROC Rose Gold a couple months back & i have a couple Q's about how i should clean the watch.I wear the watch daily. Shower/workout with it and the face is a bit dull. I feel it was a lot brighter when i first got it. Does anyone know how i can bring back the shine? Do you guys daily wear your AP or am i fucking stupid -_-

tolerances
I bought a superocean last year and sent it of to the main breitling service centre in the UK for a total overhaul with a new crystal etc,the bill for this work was approx. ��540 which I did not object to as their estimate was within the final invoice,it was returned last august and I have had to reset the time on a number of occasions,i set the time 21 days ago and it is now approx. 3 minutes slow to my pc which I set it from,this is approx. 1 minute a week ,is this a acceptable tolerance on a timepiece such as this?? when I bought this watch I was certainly expecting better timekeeping from it! cheers for any thoughts.

So my wife comes up with this great idea.......
My wife and I will have 2 kids in college come August. This is about to get a little tough. So, we've been discussing ways to cut back a fair amount to prepare. I was thinking cancelling a couple of unused gym memberships or dropping Netflix. She, however, had another plan(s).1) Sell a couple of those expensive watches I never wear. She referring to a Speedmaster, Milgauss, and my white Daytona C. She then says those 3 combined should be around 10k. YEAH RIGHT!!!! I could go ahead and keep my GMT bc it an all around watch.2) Sell my Porsche Boxster and just keep my Tundra OR trade in both for a nice SUV maybe an Grand Cherokee or something.I looked at her a moment and realized she was actually serious. I then had two options- committ her to an insane asylum OR explain to her that her brain storming session was not going in the right direction and that some student loan debt might build some character (just kiddin, kinda) Just had to share this humorous moment with my TRF bros....

DJ41 vs Sky-Dweller
Internal components and functions aside, is the major difference the dials of the DJ41 and Sky-Dweller, which look fairly identical except the middle 24 hour circle?