The Value Proposition: The Mido Baroncelli Heritage, A Great Looking Simple Watch At A Great Price
Mido is a Swatch Group brand that doesn't have a tremendous amount of mindshare among wristwatch enthusiasts in the United States, although the company's been around for some time (founded in 1918) and the Group has retailers for Mido watches around the world. Its current collections have preserved some of the company's more popular vintage models, including the Multifort, Commander, and Ocean Star lines, and they've just announced a new model in the Baroncelli line: the Baroncelli Heritage. This is not a watch that's necessarily going to take the world by storm, but it doesn't need to: it's a good-looking watch for just a bit over $1,000, that's noticeably better thought out than a lot of its competition. 1 OF 4 Mido, for some time now, has been positioning itself as a company that takes design cues from world architecture – to be completely candid, the connection can sometimes seem a bit tenuous. The Baroncelli Heritage supposedly is influenced by the architecture

New to AP with a Diver and loving it! Thanks Seregin's in SF!
I have been going to Seregin's in San Francisco for over 8 years now and slowly been building up a small collection(I'll get a post of the collection up soon). I do not own an AP, but I have admired them for several years now. I got a call from Seregin's letting me know he had something special that I may be interested in, so I had to check it out. It turned out to be the AP Diver in SS. Pictures are nice, but in person this is even more of a beauty! As you all are already aware in person there is so much character and brilliance that really make this model stand out. I knew as soon as I saw it I had to have it. I've had it almost a week now and I'm loving every minute of it. No regrets and looking forward to expanding the collection in the AP direction. Thanks again to Seregin's and I highly recommend them if you are in the San Francisco area. Enjoy a couple of photos and thanks for all your posts and help to educate me with this fantastic collecting hobby!Here are some phot

Speedmaster on leather strap
Put the Speedy on a leather strap for the Thanksgiving holidays. Let me know what you think.

Thoughts on the 5711 vs the 5712
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So after tossing and turning over which model to buy. Out of the Milgauss / OP 39 Rhodium and 16570 I decided to go with a brand new 114300 Rhodium. I think it will compliment my 16600 nicely whilst adding versatility This is my first brand new Rolex, just took the stickers off today and will have perpetual anxiety over scratches haha. But here it is! Thanks to everyone for all your help and suggestions. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk