Vintage Banana .....
I have started collecting vintage watches other than vintage rolex and vintage tudor for quite some time. Especially for vintage diver watches, I have just found these vintage diver watches are very interesting. I have bought this Japanese book and it is a very good reference for a wide variety of both vintage and contemporary diver watches. Other than that, .scubawatch.org is a very good reference as well.Since then, I have collected vintage Seiko divers 150m ref : 6105 8110, and 300m ref : 6159-7000 ; Eterna Kontiki Super ; Longines Nonius ref : 8225 ; and Tudor BC 7924.Seiko 150m (6105-8110)Seiko 300m (6159-7000)Eterna kontiki superLongines Nonius (8225)Tudor BC (7924)This time, I have found this vintage diver with exotic dial and iconic sword type military hands, omega seamaster 200 ref : 166.068 which was produced in around 1970. Because of colorful exotic dial with the yellow color as the key tone, it is also banana seamaster. [pic borrowed]In additional to its exotic dial

5131 - what's the best way of getitng one?
I met my friend and her family for brunch today. Her dad is a huge Patek collector (gets invited to those dinners T Stern holds every year in Asia), and he was wearing his 5131j. I've never seen one in real life before that.I never quite understood the hype surrounding the 5131 before this, but now that I've seen it, I've decided that some form of leather strapped 5131 (don't mind gold or plat) will be my next watch.The question is, with the 5131r being discontinued as of this March, what's the best way to get one? Wait for the successor of 5131 once the 5131p is discontinued, or hunt the resell? I don't mind waiting a couple of years.

Questions about polishing
One of my favorite Patek references is the 5124g Gondolo, however at $27.2k retail, and what they sell for pre-owned ($16-19k) it's not really a reference I would buy new. There is a used one listed by Govberg (Patek AD in Philly) on here listed as LNIB, but I was told a month or so ago by a sales associate that it has been polished and from 2008. I come from a purely Rolex collecting standpoint where polishing is highly undesired. Is that the same with Patek? Even if done by Stern I would be wary of polishing, especially on a case that is highly unique like this one. And is polished and from 2008 really LNIB?Link: .rolexforums/showthrea...ighlight=5124g

Sub bezel is very useful
Hi everyone, Last year I was trying to decide between a GMT II and Sub ND. I eventually went for the Sub ND. It has just dawned on me that I don't think I could do without the timing bezel now. I use it almost daily so I can't see me going for a GMT II any time soon. Has anyone else had this experience?Cheers,Steve

Does this look dumb on a blue pelagos?
Howdy!My blue pelagos is my one and only. However I am nato crazy....Does army green look bad on this? Should I flip the blue pelagos and go black instead? How about black bay steel instead?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk