Obsessive Attention To Unseen Detail, And Why I love Luxury Watch Decoration: Audemars Piguet Openworking Video
I like to share with people that luxury mechanical watch movements are so meticulously decorated. Most of what is spent weeks or months working on will never be viewable to anyone save for other watch makers. It is true, the highest-end watch movements have each piece decorated by hand (hundreds of pieces), most of which are hidden inside of the movement. Does this help in the function of the watch? Typically is doesn't, but it is often a matter of pride and tradition - something watches are all about. Audemars Piguet has been on a roll creating "educational" marketing videos about how they make watches and the assembly and decoration thereof. A lot of these can be found features at TheTimeTVwatches-dealer. Here is one particular video that displays a lot of impressive handiwork. It is all about "the art of openworking," or otherwise the creation of decorated skeletonized movements. This video details a little bit about the decoration of the Audemars Piguet Jules Audemars Equation o

Non RO and Non ROOS PICs
How many people here own an AP that's not either a RO or ROO?PICs please.

5, 4, 3, 2, 1! To the moon!
Not sure if you folks have seen my other threads with my son wearing my watches. But this is the latest, a 3570.50. I'm loving the curved crystal on this thing. Here's the latest pictures with my son modeling the watch! To the moon!

Famous Australian Adventurer -- And His Speedmaster
I'm going crazy...well, MORE crazy. I remember reading an article about a famous Australian adventurer/backpacker that wore an Omega Speedmaster while in the bush. The article included a bunch of pictures of the well-worn watch...including a missing pusher. I'm pretty sure it was on Hodinkee...but I can't find it.If I remember correctly, he liked to use the watch to keep tracking of the amount of time he had been walking. Anyone?

Men's Nautilus lack-of-availability rankings.
For someone in the market looking for a new AD-sourced Nautilus, would anyone disagree with the below for approximately how hard one would it find to acquire (assuming no stellar relationship already in place)?1.5711 blue2.5712 blue3.5711 white4.5990 5.5726 grey bracelet6.5726 white bracelet7.5711 rose gold 8.5712 rose gold strap9.5980 rose gold bracelet10.5980 rose gold strap11.5726 grey strap12.5712 white gold13.5980 two tone