Piaget Creates Rare Beautiful Skeletonized Thin Mechanical Watch In The Altiplano Squelette
Skeletonized watches are popular right now, and named for the view (complete or partial) of the watch movement in the dial. Some skeletonized watches provide glimpses all the way through the watch, while others provide mere hints of the gears and mechanism which together power the watch. The reason skeletonized watches are popular is because they offer mechanical credibility. No one needs a mechanical watch, but its nice to know that your timepiece is a sophisticated piece of machinery, and there is no better way to show that than by actually showing you such machinery.The problem with many skeletonized watches is that they are limited by the actual mechanics of the watch. Meaning that gears, springs, and bridges must often be located in specific places to work. You cannot simply arrange them in an aesthetic manner all the time. Designers would love to arrange things with a sense of symmetry and style, but that requires significant complexity starting with the design of the movement. O

Short strap
I have a ceramic diver and have been seeing more and more threads talking about members getting or advising to get short straps, I find my diver very comfortable, so much that I am very surprised as I thought it wouldn't be so much, my question is this, I have 6.9 wrists, if I get a short strap will the comfort be greatly improved or seeing as how it's already quite comfortable it's just a waste of money as it would either be the same comfort or the improvement would be so small that it's not worth it?Does anyone here have a diver and more or less the same wrist size as me and bought the short strap? Was there a significant difference in comfort?I had a Patek 5726 on strap and I had to get the short strap because the deployant was sinking in the side of my wrist and it was more than uncomfortable, it was clearly painful, but none of this with the diver, in fact I actually sleep with it, so comfort is not a issue, of course if the existing comfort level will be improved highly I think i

Newest addition.....
Picked-up the RG Unitimer this afternoon, to add to my Breitling collection..... I'm really liking this watch, though it is a little large at 46mm, it wears nicely.

Oysterquartz stopped running
My 17000 oysterquartz with serial from 1999 just died on me.Before it died it was running quite badly at 2 seconds per week.I sent it to Rolex and got quote back $1,400.They say it needs full service and circuit replacement.Circuit alone is around $600.Bought it for just over $2,800. Should i get it fixed?Love the watch, but does servicing that cost half the cost of the whole watch make sense?

Low or high - loose or tight? What is wrong with this picture?
Hi all.I'm the proud owner of a new SD43 and, because I'm really loving this watch, have posted a few pictures of it in a few different threads.This picture has triggered a few opinions on the proper way to wear a wrist watch.I had one guy tell me it's way too tight and that I should loosen it up a bit. Another member asked how I could possibly wear the watch that low on my wrist. He went through the trouble of drawing me a diagram on the traditional placement of a wrist watch. These comments had nothing to do with the thread topics. I did a quick Google search of Rolex wrist shots and see a lot of watches low on the wrist.So, is there a traditional way to wear your Rolex? Low or high - loose or tight? Sent from my SM-T350 using Tapatalk