Panerai Regatta Winner Awarded Timepiece
Officine Panerai kicked off its title sponsorship of the 2011 Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge in North America on August 12 with the Corinthian Classic Yacht Regatta at Marblehead, Massachusetts. The race attracted 65 classic and vintage boats. On Saturday night, the captains and crews enjoyed an elegant dinner with honored guest and speaker, the legendary yachtsman Ted Hood. Hood enthralled the crowd with his tales of the early days and his most memorable races, including his design and skippering of Courageous and its famous America's Cup win in 1974.The event culminated on Sunday evening with the Awards Party at the Corinthian Yacht Club where the 68' winning yacht Black Watch, co-owned and skippered by Trevor Fetter of Dallas, was awarded the overall prize: a Radiomir 8 Days GMT (PAM169), as well as a Panerai Barometer for placing first in its vintage class.In addition to Black Watch, the competition showcased an impressive range of beautiful vintage, classic and yachts �C from the

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Friends!Cant decide between the brown or blue dial on the AP Rose Gold. Picking up tomorrow, any suggestions or thoughts on which one looks better? sorry i cant link pictures. Alex

I do miss those good ole days..
I sure do miss this classic JLC driven 45mm (perfect size) Pam 190 with ABP strap - what a combo!

Rolex teasers ...
Does anyone remember approximately when it was last year that Rolex began dropping abstruse hints about Basel releases on their Instagram account?

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Recently becomming a happy owner of my first Rolex, I find myself spending way too much time looking at it, as well as others like it online.I have noticed a quite obvious difference, I haven't been able to read anything about. The 'swiss made' at six o'clock is written differently on some watches. I am not able to pin it to certain years nor have I been able to see a pattern with i.e. ingravings in the rehaut.My watch a '08 M-series has a noticable bigger distance between 'swiss' and 'made' compared to several other YM's I've come across, both older and younger models...What's up with that? SincerelySam