Swatch Sistem51 $150 Mechanical Watch To Make Its Debut In The US Soon
The Swatch Sistem51 was announced at Baselworld 2013, and as a true?revolutionary concept should,?it moved?just about any and?all watch enthusiasts on this planet. It amazed with its?futuristic, fully mechanical movement that contains only 51 parts and is fully assembled by robots from start to finish. By contrast, it upset us with its extremely limited availability mainly restricted to Switzerland. With early July, that is bound to change, however, as the Swatch Sistem51?hits the US market, first in two pop-up stores in New York and San Francisco.We see?just about all truly innovative?watches debut cursed with two key issues: their often stupendous price?premium and an?overly limited availability. With the Swatch Sistem51 and its more than competitive?150 Swiss franc price point, the former has always been?out of the equation, while the problem linked to its availability has remained. It has been more than?a year now that?Swatch announced the watch at Baselworld 2013, and yet it took?

Superocean 2009, bought it yesterday
Bought it yesterday (complete and almost NOS)from a friend of mine who went back to another brand.I love the blue dial

New 31mm Datejusts from BaselWorld - When for Sale?
I am a newbie to Rolex having owned only Pateks but I am enchanted with Rolex Everose. I see the new 31mm's just announced at Basel World have the new movement so I am hoping to buy one by this summer either directly from my local AD or possibly from the gray market. For new model ladies watches how soon are they available at the AD? How soon at a gray market dealer? Are there usually waitlists for ladies Rolexes?

40mm Submariner vales to skyrocket
I am looking for a new Submariner 40mm date at UK AD but cant find one currently.Could a new 43mm Submariner with the new movement will be showcased at Basel 2018? Three London AD have advised me to wait till May 2018 as they are changes in the Submariner line in regards to size and lug proportion.

A Platinum Submariner?
I've searched TRF threads and can't find rumors, talk, or anything about a submariner in platinum. Any guesses or speculation why? If they ever did start making one, we would all have to wait in line behind Tom because he WOULD be the first to get it. I am pretty positive about that.