Audemars 15300 hard to find
HelloI decide to buy my first AP ... Thinking of 15300 , 39 will fit my wrist .. But it's hard to find specially blue dial in good Price .. The new 15400 too big for my wrist ....shall I pul the trigger and buy the 41 mm even its not fitting my wrist well , or I should wait more time and search for the 15300 ,,?

Patek Updates
Just picked up the 5711 and thought I should probe a bit about sales and how much softening they were seeing:a). Production will reduce to about 50000;B). They have been asked to provide purchasers names on most preorders. C). Attempt to clamp down on grey market and certain models will have the warranty cars produced by PP with the buyers name in itD). Possibly holding warranty cards for 5 years on certain models - not sure how that will work??E). Nautilus 40th will be underwhelming. PP just had 175 and 40 not that important. They trying to do nothing but consumers expect a lot so will be 2 models but expect to be underwhelmed. A request for a 5711P as an anniversary piece declined by Geneva already. F). PP is reducing dealers (guess on lower production cake slices need to be maintained) therefore AD will be reluctant to offer discounts that could cause them to lose favor or their franchise. Mentioned they rather lose a deal if someone can getter better elsewhere!

Beautiful, sad story featuring Rolex
Really beautiful (and terribly sad) love story in the Times with an appearance by Rolex. The writer does an interesting job capturing some of themes this forum hits upon with regards to Rolex and the beauty of watches as a manifestation of something else in our lives.Quote:

A Guy and a gal, A 16013 and a 6917 (True Love Story) with pics!!
Just in time for Valentine's Day .. A love story about a man and a woman, and two Rolex watches. The year is 1979. A young couple has been married for a couple of years already, but they acted as if they were still on their honeymoon. The young man was a car dealer, and the young lady was unemployed, because she was with child This young couple loved each other very much. In fact, neither of knew that it was possible to love another person as much as they loved each other. The young couple were married and starting on building their lives and their family together. One evening in 1979 the young lady looked at her young husband and said the two words that both scared and excited them. She said it's time! The husband rushed his beautiful young wife to the car and sped her to the hospital where she was taken in and prepared for delivery. While in the delivery room the young husband paced the floor until he would get tired of pacing, and then he'd sit down and stare off into nothing with o

Replacing parts and question of originality with modern Rolex
So this is probably a stupid question, apologies in advance if this sounds a bit silly. Now with vintage watches, everyone talks about the originality and how a watch with replacement parts, even if period-correct, isnt as valuable as one with all original factory parts. That brings me to this question, granted that our current 'modern' watches will one day, in 50 years or so, become vintage pieces. Will replacing parts now, for example, damaged screws/bezel pearl with uneven luminescent paint, or even, replacing the dial, lead to them being less 'original', and hence decreases the value, in the years to come?