Sometimes i hate FedEx tracking..
I find myself clicking refresh, refresh, refresh..ImageUploadedByTapatalk1361820593.927974.jpg..incoming! Hopefully soon! ;)

waiting game
So I pulled the trigger last night on a chrono-cockpit but because i am a penny pincher i had them ship it to me ( i live an hour away in a different state than my AD) to save the tax well UPS said delivery no later than 1200 so i will be paceing around for the next 4 1/2 hours.

New SMP price. What would u pay?
So I was at an AD recently looking at a SMP Moonwatch. As we are speaking he throws out a seemingly attractive number that I don't remember hearing from any AD before. So at a retail of 5250, I'm wondering what would you guys actually pay for this watch BNIB from a US AD????

Your intro to Patek...
This thread is about when you first became aware of PP watches - not when you first owned one. For me it was in my teens in early high school when I would see ads for PP watches in the WSJs my dad would bring home from work. The Calatravas even in those old black and white WSJ ads were so beautiful I knew that one day I would want to wear my own. This was the year it happened for me, some 4 decades after I first saw one in pictures. What was your first intro to Patek watches?

Nautilus Peculiar Scratches
Hi All,I had purchased a brand new double sealed 5711 from an AD in London not too long ago and had the bracelet resized at the AD.However, a couple of days later i noticed scratches on the link closest to the watch case - it looks as though something has run sharply against it. Upon closer inspection, I noticed another two of these types of scratches in between the very small gaps in the links i.e. on the top of the polished center link.I am confused as to how these could have gotten there. What type of tool does a watchmaker use to remove these pins as i can not think of any other explanation other than some carelessness in removing the links and the watchmaker somehow managed to get the tip of the tool perfectly in between the links to scratch them from the top.Sometime has passed now since i bought the watch however these scratches are still bothering me because they were not caused by myself and given where they are, i worry that even during routine servicing (and polishing) it wi