Tiffany & Co. Streamerica on eBay: Timeless Classic And Chronometer
The Streamerica is one of my favorite watch designs. It is no longer being sold, and was available for a few years through Tiffany & Co. as part of their Streamerica series of jewelry. The Streamerica is an interesting looking watch. Curious in its design, it seems to have been inspired by American industrialism. The riveted look of the watch and band are a tribute to early trains, planes, ships built in the United States. The look of the watch is meant to appear to have been bolted together. The rounded edges evoke a streamlined aerodynamic look suggesting speed movement. This is intended to be a travelers watch, or at least for someone who is on the move. Anyone however can appreciate its tough yet sophisticated shapes out of a engineer's technical manual.Even though the watch is so reminiscent of Americana, European born Jorg Hysek was commissioned to design the piece. Hysek is a legend in his own right having designed many famous watches including the Kirium series for Tag Heue

In house or not?
Is a watch having in house movement a plus, a must or you don't care?Some of the most seemed and valuable watches don't have in house movements, most highly collectable Pams don't and just have ETA, the AP Jumbo has a JLC base movement, the Patek 5970 and 5070 have Lemania base movements, it doesn't mean that in house the movement will be better, some great watches have non in house movements.So for me if a watch's movement is not in house it's absolutely not a deal breaker, but I do prefer one which does have it as for me an in-house movement means that the manufacture has reached a certain level in the horological art and is capable of making their own watches from A to Z without any outside help.I know that usually when people start to be interested in watches if they go for pieces 5K and up it's obligatory to have the in house movement, but more experienced watch lovers understand that it's just a part of the process and that even if the brands get movements from other companies th

How much do YOU spend on your watch hobby/collection/obsession???
Bit of a hypothetical, but seems that us watch fans spend a very sizable amount on watches and our collections. I myself have also slowly crept up-market and it certainly is not a cheap hobby. But then I see some other collections and just makes me drool because they are nicer than my local AD's :)So I was just thinking of how you decide weather you can buy that new shiny watch that just hit the shelves or when does it become too expensive? Or how do you gauge what your watch buying budget is? Given than these are pretty much perfectly elastic luxury items, just curious how you decide how much is ok spend? Or for that matter, how often?

My 105.012...What do you think?
Bunch of pics from my phone today. Thanks for looking, Gerard

How happy are you of your Planet Ocean ??
Call me crazy but I was considering to sell my last Rolex in the collection ( a Submariner ND) to make funds for a Planet Ocean. Sometimes I just need some Rolex free time,don't ask me why.....So,how happy are you ?? I'm looking to get a black one,42mm rubber strap.