Grieb & Benzinger Blue Merit Customized A. Lange & Sohne Tourbillon Pour Le Merite Watch
There are certain things one simply doesn't do with valuable watches. Some of those things include underwater diving with a minute repeater and taking apart and modifying a limited edition early A. Lange & Sohne Tourbillon. However, if you must do the latter, it might as well be done tastefully, and by a fellow German company - which is precisely the situation with the one-of-a-kind Blue Merit watch by Grieb & Benzinger.Typically the boys at Grieb & Benzinger make their luxury project watches out of historical movements such as a 100 year old Patek Philippe minute repeater or split second chronograph. For the Blue Merit they have endeavored to use a much more modern movement taken out of an A. Lange & Sohne Tourbillon Pour le Merite. So yes, a limited edition Tourbillon Pour le Merite watch from the mid 1990s was essentially sacrificed for this Benzinger-esque transformation. Was it worth it?Before & After: A. Lange & Sohne Tourbillon Pour le Merite and Grieb &a

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My AD (online) lied to me and told me they had a Speedy pro in stock, only to find out it's on backorder after I ordered it. Got a decent deal at $2.5K new, but was wondering if any of you knew either a used one (excellent+ shape) or new one (legit gray market is ok) that could beat that, and has it in stock. Appreciate any help.Jason

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So I had another thread on the AP RO. I was struggling with whether to buy the AP 15400. While I was trying on the vacheron overseas and debating the 15400, my wife asked...if you had the Daytona, nautilus or royal oak in front of you which would you buy? I replied the nautilus, but I’ll never get it cause of wait list. But would love the Daytona, but also long list. So whatever... Fast forward to days end. I just put down 20% down payment for a Daytona C black which I will get in 2 months. :). Can u say INCOMING!!!!Separatley, I’m on the Daytona C white list which is 1.5 years with maybe 5 people, nautilus 5711 while 1.5-2 years, and 5711 blue - I think that is 5 years. :). And this (quasi)new relationship is going to also put me on Pepsi. Just as FYI... the black dayC list was not as long and the Ad gets a watch every 2-3 months. Same delivery on the white but there is 5 people for every 1 watch. So my wait on dayC white is about 4-5 people deep... in th

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Ponderous pachyderms! Fantastic felines!Monstrous moose! And things unknown!Can it be safe to wear your Rolex???While visiting my daughter at the Isenberg School oh Management( U Massachusetts) we took a side trip to see the Dr Seuss Museum in Springfield Massachusetts. It also houses some cool Indian Motorcycles. Enjoy