Grieb & Benzinger Blue Merit Customized A. Lange & Sohne Tourbillon Pour Le Merite Watch
There are certain things one simply doesn't do with valuable watches. Some of those things include underwater diving with a minute repeater and taking apart and modifying a limited edition early A. Lange & Sohne Tourbillon. However, if you must do the latter, it might as well be done tastefully, and by a fellow German company - which is precisely the situation with the one-of-a-kind Blue Merit watch by Grieb & Benzinger.Typically the boys at Grieb & Benzinger make their luxury project watches out of historical movements such as a 100 year old Patek Philippe minute repeater or split second chronograph. For the Blue Merit they have endeavored to use a much more modern movement taken out of an A. Lange & Sohne Tourbillon Pour le Merite. So yes, a limited edition Tourbillon Pour le Merite watch from the mid 1990s was essentially sacrificed for this Benzinger-esque transformation. Was it worth it?Before & After: A. Lange & Sohne Tourbillon Pour le Merite and Grieb &a

HourTime Show Watch Podcast Episode 86
John's good nature returns while we discuss Omega at length after a visit to the headquarters, and then start pouring into a calculated holiday gift guide.Listen to the HourTime Show watch podcast episode 86 here.Download the MP3.

Getting excited.....
I am New to this forum but am getting excited as my PO Casino Royale should be arriving with me at anytime today ....Am very excited about this new arrival, im moving some of my watches to make way for some Diver style so this is the first...will post pictures later today....

Welcome letter after registeration
Question: Do you get a welcome letter from Patek every time you register a new watch? I got one for the first two, but not for the third and I am just wondering if this is unusual.

Any value to "open" signed Panerai warranty?
A year ago, I picked up a lightly used L series Luminor with an in house movement. Given its age I did not ask and the seller did not mention the warranty status. This morning, while boxing it up for service, I discovered the warranty page is AD stamped and signed, the serial number is entered, but the date and purchaser are blank.So, given the watch was produced in 2009, is there any value to adding my name and the date I purchased the watch?