Never Meet Your Heroes: Finding a Heuer Carrera 2447S
They always say ��never meet your heroes'. The same often applies in Watchworld. That gorgeous IWC Portofino you thought was the pinnacle of refinement and gorgeousness turns out to look like an oversized Christmas chocolate coin on your wrist.But sometimes it works out.I've had an obsession with anything with an engine since I was old enough to peer under a car bonnet or look into a watch case. The two things have always sublimated into 1960s and ��70s Heuers.Collecting vintage Heuers is only a slightly slower route to the poorhouse than vintage Ferraris, so I'd always avoided getting behind the wheel and just looked from afar. But covet? Oh yes. Plenty of coveting.It was always the Carrera 2447S. And an early one at that. The one with the eggshelly, very slightly shiny Singer dial, before the silvered starburst thing hit. The simplicity was what did it for me. None of the rail-crash of telemeter, tachy, range and sliderule dials that you so often see on pre-60s watches. No panda-dial f

Introducing: The Tudor Heritage Black Bay Bronze, Now With In-House Tudor Manufacture Movement (Details + Official Pricing)
The Black Bay and Pelagos dive watches are two of the most dramatically successful vintage-inspired, and eminently affordable, dive watches anyone is producing today, and while they're not the letter-perfect reboots of original vintage models that some would have preferred, we think Tudor's been smart to keep a lot of the salient details of their vintage dive watches, but avoid rote repetition. The worst-case scenario for vintage-inspired watches in general is when designers add unwanted features that break the spell of immersion in history and heritage, thereby making you feel as if you just have to try too hard to love a watch you really want to love. The newest Black Bay from Tudor is now out, and in some ways it's the most risky one yet: Tudor's delivering it in bronze, which can be a dichotomizing metal to use in what's supposed to be a classically inspired, unpretentious diver's instrument watch. 1 OF 8 This one, however, really looks like it

Swiss francs effect on price of watches
Anyone has any take on this issue?

The White Moonwatch is finally complete.
Took me a while to get the pieces to this beautiful project. 3573 with a (off) white dial / black hand mod. All on a black croc strap and a satin deployant. Call it a franken-Speedy--but I've been craving this look and it's finally complete. Couldn't be more pleased. Enjoy. ImageUploadedByTapatalk1362365595.379908.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1362365603.236288.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1362365611.152169.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1362365620.290821.jpg

Sensor?
Hello RF,A few days ago I collected my 2018 D-Blue after selling my 2015 model last year. I know should have never sold it. However after I took some high res shots I noticed flaws on the 2018 dial. Dark blue dots. My question: Who has a dial like this? If so what's your production year?If we look at the history of production flaws this should mean something good Regards, deepsea_dblue