BEST FROM: watches-dealer & Friends 23 October, 2015
To close October, we are turning our attention to the city of Hong Kong, which is surely one of the most significant market for watches. Hong Kong, as some of you may know, is the single largest market for watches. It continues to the lead the world in terms of value for Swiss watch exports. Last year, it imported over 4.1 billion CHF worth of Swiss watches, nearly double that of the United States. And along with neighboring China, it's also one of the world's largest exporters of watches. So this month, we decided to check out the Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair and also Watches & Wonders 2015. Check out what we saw in this month's round-up below.Our visits to Hong Kong aside, we also look at new watches from SevenFriday, Panerai, Jaeger-LeCoultre, and Omega. Finally, we check out Greubel Forsey's deceptively simple-looking Tourbillon 24 Secondes Vision to find out how much work actually goes into the watch. And, still on the subject of high-end watches and finishing, we examine

Pre-SIHH 2014: Introducing The Rotonde de Cartier Astrocalendaire (Live Pics & Pricing)
On Monday we showed you the new Calibre de Cartier Diver, the first in-house tool watch from the maison. Today we have something for you from the opposite end of the spectrum. Here is the Rotonde de Cartier Astrocalendaire, a perpetual calendar with a flying tourbillon that uses a multi-tier circular display for the perpetual calendar and a mechanism that is almost entirely free from the typical levers and springs. This is a seriously complicated watch that introduces a number of important new technologies, plus it just looks like it means business. 2 OF 15 Rotonde de Cartier Perpetual Calendar Chronograph Last year's SIHH saw the introduction of the Rotonde de Cartier Perpetual Calendar Chronograph, adding the benchmark pairing of complications to the Cartier stable. The perpetual calendar indicators are a bit nontraditional on this watch, with retrograde days at 6 o'clock and date around the perimeter of the dial. But the Astrocalendaire takes nontraditiona

AP RO 41mm
completely new to the AP world. but, i was browsing a store by me last night and this watch really caught my eye. the sales guy told me that because it had a screw down crown it was probably rated at 100m for water resistance. i did some research and it is only 50m. every time i check i hear that 50m is not OK for serious swimming. and while i am not a pro swimmer by any means, i like to wear a watch that i can do anything in. and you never know when i will jump into any body of water. i suppose what i am asking all of you guys is is this an everyday watch? can it take the beating that a Rolex can. it surely feels like it can, but i want to do my due diligence before making a mistake. what say you guys?

Breitling SuperOcean Professional
The Breitling SuperOcean Professional is on its way. I should get it in 10 days. It has service records from BUSA so its all good. I'll post pictures once I get it.-Vernon

Customizing a Speedy Questions
Hi and thanks.If I want to put a different bezel and a steel mesh bracelet on a speedy - what is the best way to go about this?Do I take it to my local AD (an Omega Boutique, BTW) and ask for it to be sent to the factory and the changes performed? Will they even do that?or... Do I acquire the parts from Ofrei and have a local watch guy do it?Also, is there a specific steel mesh bracelet that is appropriate for the Speedy?