Watch Collecting In Japan: For F.P.Journe Enthusiast Toshio Aoyama, It All Comes Down To Design
Given the opportunity to collect any modern brand, based solely on your aesthetic preferences, where would you go? For Toshio Aoyama, founder of Japanese luxury lifestyle publication Nile's Nile, the answer was simple: F.P.Journe. We had an opportunity to speak with Mr. Aoyama during a recent trip to?Japan, learning more about his tastes as a collector and the reason he bought not one, but two Journes on his first visit to the Tokyo boutique.Not unlike one of our previous interview subjects, Alan Maleh,?Mr. Aoyama doesn't shy away from the fact that his purchases are, for the most part, dictated by the aesthetic design of each timepiece. The fact that both these collectors oversee luxury lifestyle publications is perhaps a coincidence, but their perspectives are indeed refreshing in their honesty. Watches are not art pieces �C they are meant to be used.Toshio Aoyama Mr. Aoyama selected three of his?favorite timepieces?to share with us, all modern F.P.Journe watches that re

Bring a Loupe: A Girard-Perregaux Olimpico With Full Set, Some Killer Enicar Chronographs, And A Few
This Bring A Loupe focuses on vintage watches that fly under the radar for a lot of collectors, but that are really worth looking at. This week you will not find any Universal Geneve, Heuer, Rolex or Patek; but keep reading. You will indeed discover a rarely seen Girard-Perregaux Olimpico, a couple of Enicars, and maybe the most Seventies chronograph ever made, from Revue. The purpose of this unusual selection is twofold:  to introduce you to little-known yet really attractive vintage watches, and also provide you with some Christmas suggestions at interesting price points. This is your Bring A Loupe for December 18, 2015. A Girard-Perregaux Olimpico Reference 9075, Simply A Very Cool Chronograph 1 OF 10 For me, this was the most exciting find of the week. I had previously seen the Girard-Perregaux Olimpico on the wrists of collectors, but I was not expecting to see one example suddenly pop up on eBay – especially not in such a good condition, with the o

Some pics of my new baby
These are some pictures I have taken of my newest Incoming I love the feel of the watch. It wears so well on my 7inch wrist. It isn't as heavy as I thought, I did wear my SS diver on an Offshore bracelet. Just wanted to share

Incoming...bit of blue
Hi all - thought I'd share as picked it up today when in the window at the AD. It's the Apollo 17 45th anniversary, and I'm not sure I've seen one on here yet.I love it. Not usually a fan of gold, but it's quite subtle and the blue is dark most of the time and comes to life in the daylight.The ceramic dial and bezel are great, and while it has sapphire it's nicely done.The adjustable bracelet is the nicest I have got (including my Rolexes) and made fitting a doddle. With all the upticks in spec, I think it was pretty good value although very little discount was available.The box is the usual omega thing, and is a thing of beauty albeit it will be seeing the back of my cupboard....Lots of pics - hope you like. Cheers, steveSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Question about customized rolex and RSC.
So I am planning on buying a Rolex watch (customized with tiny diamonds) from Beckertime. I asked him if Rolex would approve of it as genuine if I sent it to them to which he replied: Rolex will not approve of this Rolex because it has a custom refinished diamond dial. If it is important to have Rolex approval, you can only purchase a Rolex that is 100% Rolex. Rolex considers any watch that has been customized to no longer be an original Rolex. Rolex will not approve or service any Rolex that has been customized. Is this accurate? Do Rolex consider customized watches as non-genuine? If so is there any other way I can get it checked if its real or not, that is the Rolex watch? Don't get me wrong I fully trust Beckertime; I just have a paranoia when it comes to counterfeits.