Hands-On: With The Gr?nefeld Parallax Tourbillon (Live Pics + Official Pricing)
Basel World is always a lot of fun for us. Not only do we get to see all of the newest releases from the big boys like Omega, Rolex, TAG Heuer, Blancpain, Patek, and Breguet, but we also get to see some friends that we only get to hang with a few times per year. It's even more fun when some of those friends happen to be some really talented watchmakers doing things in a completely different way than those guys mentioned above. The Gr?nefeld Brothers are truly talented watchmakers (both trained at Renaud et Papi), and two honestly good guys. Which is why it's so great to see them pushing things past their time-only, mega-bad ass One Hertz with oversized dead-seconds and show us a brand new in-house tourbillon: The Parallax. 2 OF 5 Blake was nice enough to give us a run-down on this piece when it was announced (read full details here) so I'll just point out a few things that struck me about this watch. First, it really is a direct extension of the One Hertz, aesthetically.

Can you identify this model?
Or direct me to a catalog. No luck on the internet so far. Thank you.

What grade of steel is used by Patek, VC, JLC, IWC and Cartier?
Rolex use 904L Stainless Steel in their watches and I read that they are the only ones to do this. Is this true and if so what grade steel do the others I've listed above use? Thanks in advance.

Just my wrist shot today
Loving it

Caseback Engraving
Just wondering if anyone out there knows how much does engraving on the caseback can decrease the value of a rolex during resale? I was told by a rolex resaler that if they can buff it out it may decrease value by $100. Of course when I asked about what if they can't buff it out they can't give me a straight answer. Anyone have a ballpark idea? Can they just change the caseback? Thanks in advance!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk