Retro Modern IWC And Porsche Design Watches, Still Modern Looking
Impressive watch giant IWC and Porsche Design used to get together for watch making fun. IWC manufactured the watches, and Porsche Design, well, designed them. Now IWC has enough watches in its line (not that is was ever a thin line), and Eterna takes charge of making Porsche Designs' watches. Regardless, some of these watches are still made, and good deal of them from about 15-30 years ago are still around, highly collectible, and very cool.One wonderful example of this perfect relationship is the IWC Porsche Design Ref. 3551. A watch released years ago, but looking a modern as can be, this is one of the most modern and minimalist implementations of a moonphase complication. Nicely legible, with the moonphase on the top of the central cross hair design, the watch houses an ETA mechanical movement, and a little secret.Open the case upwards and the watch reveals an analog compass located underneath. A designer somewhere thought this was a very cool idea. And sure, flipping your watch up

38mm to small?
I got a 42mm rolex dj and it suits mt wrist perfect and thinking of getting an omgea speedmaster 38mm will it be to small for me Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

Aquanaut 5167a - waiting list?
Hi all,I am looking to purchase 5167a Aquanaut, but understand that it is in high demand. If I am looking to purchase a new one from a boutique, how long would the average wait time be (here in New York) and what would the price be?Thanks!

Thoughts on the blue Gondola 5124g
Hi All,I am looking at getting a pair of watches with the wife to celebrate our upcoming 25th wedding anniversary and am considering the Patek Gondolo 5124g and the Twenty-4 as the pair. It seems that the Gondolo isn't a very popular model and I wanted to get everyone's opinion on this watch. Do you think it fits well into my current collection (pictured below)? For me, it ticks a few boxes as it has a blue face and blue strap (I love blue), it is a time only watch (so goes well with my patrimony and submariner) and would add a square/rectangular watch in the collection. I would be particularly interested to hear opinions from those who own (or have owned) the Gondolo. Appreciate everyone's input.

Thinking of Platinum YM or Polar Exp2
It's funny how some watches can just get stuck in your mind for no reason. I spent all last night searching Instagram for the Platinum 1/16622. The Rhodium grey caught my eye when it first came out but handling the 37mm version in a boutique let me down a bit. The dial is hard to read under bright boutique spotlights. I guess the whole Platinum part got me. To a non-watch guy it would just look like steel and being the non-hot model makes it appeal more. Come to think of it I don't think I've ran into a Pt in the wild. It's monotone, plain but there's an easter egg.In terms of not-so-hot model comes the 16570 polar. The polar has a GMT but not exactly; with the scarcity of Alum bezel GMT's the 16570 has started to fill the demand hence prices creeping up.With both 16622 and 16570 the main drawback is the bracelet. 116622 comes with the newer bracelet but will come with added premium. From discussions here I also read that the 5 and 6 digit dials differ ever so slightly?Another possible