Laco Watches - Rewriting Horological History Since 1925
Sponsored PostWhat makes a watch ��luxury'? Is it any timepiece with a significant price tag? UK watch retailer Page and Cooper think not.Managing Director, Jonathan Bordell, founded Page and Cooper on the belief that a luxury timepiece is one of quality and exclusivity, rather than clever marketing and price.Searching far and wide, Jonathan has made it his personal mission to source watches from small scale, independent companies. The likes of which are still operating using age old techniques and methods of manufacture to create well-designed, beautifully made, and often very rare watches.Jonathan has been the catalyst for exposing watches that reveal extraordinary stories and heritage.The latest addition to the Page and Cooper brand are German watchmakers Laco. Established way back in 1925, Laco started out life encasing Swiss movements into German engineered cases.Laco were responsible for manufacturing legendary pilot watches during the 1940s, praised for their precision and reliab

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Now that I'm back in love with AP I have a few things I'm thinking of getting rid of.I have a dealer friend who has a brand new 15400 silver dial and would trade for my Panerai 224 plus a little cash. The 224 was a limited run of 100 pieces sold only through the Florence Boutique.Thoughts?Lindsey

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Hi guys,I ve been looking for a SM 300. Have no expertise on vintage Omega.What doy you think of this piece? Dial seems to be a service one and seconds hand is not original. Case? Movement? Price?Many thanksLuciano

SS SkyD in AD Window
In Verbier, Switzerland. Admittedly it's a TT but still not something you'd see in the UK.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk