Fonderie 47 Inversion Principle Tourbillon Watch Is Part AK-47 Gun
It has been a few years now since I first sat down with co-founder of Fonderie 47 John Zapolski in San Francisco to discuss the interesting new brand concept. Without showing me any products at all, he excited me with a harrowing tale of traveling to Africa, and trying to acquire the first lot of AK-47 machine guns to go back to the United States in order to start production on the brand's set of "gun-based jewelry and watches." Of the more memorable parts of the story were how he and business partner Peter Thum needed to find a machinist in the middle of crap country who could cut apart the guns so that they could legally be imported.Peter and John were gonna throw high-brow charity events and sell the luxury items as feel-good stuff that was partially made from the metal of guns, the purchase of which, were to help fund the removal of guns from war-torn parts of Africa. It was a solid concept if they could get it off the ground. And thankfully moving forward they didn't need to go to

Breitling Patina
Hey,My cousin just gave me a few watches of his to sell. I noticed that one of the Breitlings is not that old (has Sapphire Crystal) has patina on the dial, hands and numbers. It looks pretty cool, is this a desirable trait or does this mean there is something wrong with the watch that I should be disclosing (or do watertight cases age this way?)? The watch sets and runs well and the case was never opened. Some Macro shots

Steel watch decision...
Hey all,I'm looking hard at the Aquanaut 5167 on strap. Close to jumping on it but two other contenders have also caught my eye. The first is the AP Diver, another steel Genta-style watch on rubber. And also the VC Overseas Dual Time in Grey with a leather strap. Both the VC and AP are similar prices, the Aquanaut of course is a little more.The lucky piece will be joining a 5726 white dial and VC Overseas 3-hander white dial - both steel white dial watches which I enjoy. Along with other unmentionables. It is difficult to find an aquanaut to try on so I have to go with my only demo which was on a bracelet and I didn't love it that way. The VC is beautiful and discreet in grey. The AP is well - impressive. Chunky, clean, and surprisingly comfortable.If anyone has any experience or insight into those three pieces I would appreciate some feedback. The Aquanaut is on hold for me, but I don't have much time as there are other potential buyers waiting to chomp.Thanks in advance...

Dodgy Panerai Pam120 in the sales section?
Just saw this up for sale https://.rolexforums/showthread.php?t=558971Now I own a 40mm luminor and I can tell you the crown guard is nothing like this looks like a crown guard from a 44mm screwed on Or I could be wrong. Any expert opinion ?

A rare Panerai 3646, my kind of story
Apologies if this has already been seen on here, I did scan back a few pages to check