Auction Watch: Christie's Harry Winston Opus Collection Results
On May 30th, 2012 Christie's auction house in Hong Kong was host to the latest installment in their "Important Watches" auction series (which included a ton of watches). While this auction featured much of the normal fare from Panerai and Rolex, the main call for interest was an unparallelled representation of the Harry Winston Opus line. We have written of the Opus line in the past, but for those not in the know Opus is essentially a distinct line of Harry Winston timepieces which have been created in a collaborative partnership between Harry Winston and many of modern Horology's most talented independent watch makers. The concept behind the Opus collection comes from the powerhouse mind of Max Busser who ran Harry Winston's watch division before founding MB&F in 2004/2005. Harry Winston works with one independent watch maker per year to produce a limited edition watch which is then announced into the fan fare of BaselWorld. Though when the watches are actually released to custome

Specs of A cursive signature gold Chopard
Decadence is delivered with the 42 mm wide 18 k White or enclosure in pink gold with approximately 450 diamonds (more than 10 karat) in the round, baguette and cuts pave. The watches are paired with alligator straps white or pink. The Interior is manufacturing hailed 4 t made of Chopard L.U.C. tourbillon movement.

official Ap in the pocket pic thread
why not start an official Ap pocket pic thread, seems as though so many have come over to the darkside this past summer! Post them up!

New strap for my PAM111
Decided to get a new strap for my PAM111, made from 220+ year old Russian Leather from G. Cleverley in London....

Why all the new Sub rumors this year?
I recall during the run up to Basel last year we had zero rumors about a new Sub. In fact, I specifically remember people saying we were probably at least 5 years or so away from a new Sub (based on some anniversary year). But this year, there quite a few new SUb rumors. i.e. new movement, slimmer lugs etc.I wonder why?