The Value Proposition: The Mido Baroncelli Heritage, A Great Looking Simple Watch At A Great Price
Mido is a Swatch Group brand that doesn't have a tremendous amount of mindshare among wristwatch enthusiasts in the United States, although the company's been around for some time (founded in 1918) and the Group has retailers for Mido watches around the world. Its current collections have preserved some of the company's more popular vintage models, including the Multifort, Commander, and Ocean Star lines, and they've just announced a new model in the Baroncelli line: the Baroncelli Heritage. This is not a watch that's necessarily going to take the world by storm, but it doesn't need to: it's a good-looking watch for just a bit over $1,000, that's noticeably better thought out than a lot of its competition. 1 OF 4 Mido, for some time now, has been positioning itself as a company that takes design cues from world architecture – to be completely candid, the connection can sometimes seem a bit tenuous. The Baroncelli Heritage supposedly is influenced by the architecture

Vintage Seamaster Input needed (pics!)
Hi guys, I've been after a vintage Seamaster for a while now. Any thoughts on this one?Seller says it's from 1966 ad it has the 552 calibre. He's asking 1,200 USD, but I think I can get him down to $1,000.Thanks!

SMP +/- seconds have changed since purchase
I purchased my SMP 7 months ago and used time.is to track the +/- seconds over the course of 60 days. The SMP ran at a solid +2. I decided to track it again recently and it's now running at a consistent -4. Nothing has changed in the usage of the watch: wind it a couple times a month, wear it everyday, rest it face up at night. I've heard watches have a breaking in period but I really thought my SMP was going to stick at +2 since it ran that way for months. I can tolerate -4 for now, but I was really surprised it deviated 6 seconds from when I first tracked it. I'll be curious to see what it's doing when I track it a few months from now. My question is...anyone else have that dramatic of a change in +/- after purchasing a new watch? Or is this normal? I have no frame of reference since this is the first time I've ever tracked the time on my mechanical watches. Thanks in advance for any comments to help clarify this for me.

AD Allocation and delivery times
Hello all, I just wanted to check if anyone has any information regarding when should ADs expect to get allocations from PP. I've spoken to several AD's and they are expecting to get some info by the end of January. If so, when should we expect deliveries or hopefully start recieving calls from ADs . Thank you all for your input.

What's the 'entry level' Patek?
Would it be the Calatrava? Is see those for about in the $6,000 + range, used.Such as: .ebay/itm/PATEK-PHILIP...40918737631%26