Weekend Report: The Opera House Cup In Nantucket With Panerai
This year marked the 10th year of Panerai's sponsorship of the 43rd annual Opera House Cup Regatta in Nantucket. The Opera House Cup Regatta is an annual race for classic wooden yachts that takes place in the waters off Nantucket; it gets its name from the Opera House Restaurant, whose owner, Gwen Gaillard, came up with the idea for the regatta  in 1973, after hearing local sailors lament the absence of a regatta for classic wooden-hull yachts. In the subsequent four decades it's evolved to become one of the most spectacular exhibitions of sailing yachts in the world; I had the opportunity to go out and watch the regatta with Panerai and it was truly a sight to behold (see pictures below).This year's regatta featured 55 registered yachts that participated in the Cup.  Among the boats were a number of classic yachts of all different sizes. The winner of this year's Opera House Cup was Bapple, a 26' from Alerion, whose skipper, Bruce Failing, took home the p

AP spotted - help with the reference/model
Spotted on wrist at Paris aeroport - AP ROO gold crown/case, white tapestry, gold numbers. Never seen anything like that before, and doesnt looked like a fake watch.

HELP NEEDED :) question about a vintage premoon speedmaster
Hey guys, long time visitor here, and have made posts here and there, but I'm in a bit of a conundrum and I'm hoping members of this forum could help me out :)I've come across a rare gem that happened to pop up for sale in my neck of the woods, it looks to be a 1968 omega speedmaster premoon with a 321 movement. I've attached some pics of the watch below.The watch looks to be refinished and hands do not look era correct (someone please help me confirm this). My question is, if all is original, except the hands, how much does this damage the value of this watch? And how much would a new set of hands cost?Seller is asking $6,500 for the watch as is.Thanks guys and gals, any input at all would be greatly appreciated!!!

Speedmasters Still Being Used in Space
https://.hodinkee/blog/actual...eva-today-wellI'm actually surprised that Omega doesn't talk about this more. I wonder why that is.Always nice to see watches with history still being used for their original purpose. It's awesome for people to look a their current moonwatch and be able to say that it's currently being used in space.Omega gets a lot of flak (deservedly) for all those special editions, but I give them so much credit for keeping the moonwatch as close to the originals as they have. Just goes to show how far ahead of its time the design truly was.Picture from 2014

Security Concerns
I never gave it much thought when I was younger, but now that I am over seventy, I worry about my sub on my wrist. Lucky I don't live in a large city.Now that I am Grey and Wrinkled, I do blend in with my surroundings here in Florida better than when I was younger. Thoughts from anyone ?