The favorite IWC Ingenieur watch
To be honest, IWC is not my brand. Omega and Rolex are my brand, I love what they do and like most of their watches. However, there are a few other brands that are one or two types of watches that I really like, and that's it. I don't care much for IWC in General. Not my cup of tea. But I like the engineer and the watches of blue line. Anyway, I read a few articles on the new REF.

First AP and its DOA
I recently decided i wanted to add another watch to my collection. I was considering a Rolex Yachtmaster II but have always admired the unique look of the AP Royal Oak Offshore collection. I shopped around and was originally considering an AP ROO Diver (silver), then an AP ROO Diver (blue). In the end i decided to splurge and get the one i really want.. the AP ROO Chrono Navy. The watch arrived this morning 10/26/17 shipped direct from a local AD.

Sub Went on an Adventure
Here's how the day starts....Standard morning except the kids don't have school so they are sleeping in. I get up and jump in the shower, some new bar of soap in there, smells nice. Seems it's going to be a good day. Hop out, dry off, start getting dressed and head to the bedroom for my wallet and whatnot. Go to the nightstand for my five day old Hulk, yep, it's not there. Slight panic sets in, but it has to be around here somewhere. I have a new carpet coming in a week or two so there have been samples floating around the house for a few weeks. I've been resting my watches on those at night, dumb I know but my watches appreciate it. Where my Hulk one rested there is a rock. Not any rock, but a paperweight rock with Dad You Rock painted on it from a father's day a few years ago.I love that rock, but it's not my Sub. I look around, it's not anywhere. Not on the floor, under the bed, on my dresser, even checked the baseboards, maybe it fell in there somehow. It's nowhere, got

Basel offerings, how long before available
How long does it usually take between Basel and the watches showing up in stores in the U.K. and U.S.

Ok, so its a massive "if" but......
What if Rolex really have stopped 126600 production and what if March sees the new SD43 with an all white text dial?(Not that I believe either of those have/will happen, but play along with me) That would give us say 10 months production of the Single Red 50th Anniversary Sea Dweller. And probably all manufactured in 2017, the anniversary year. Would that make a Single Red SD43 the shortest variant production run in Rolex history?Or have there been shorter runs of a variant in the past?