Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Chronograph Flyback Watch
Let's be honest, dive watches are primarily used these days as de-facto sports tool watches and increasingly for all types of situations where a formal dressing attire is not required. However, when getting a dive watch, what if you could get one that not only looks great in casual and semi-formal settings but also had the tooling capability and pedigree that would allow it to stand toe-to-toe against any dive watch in the market? Well, wait no longer, the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Chronograph Flyback should be your next diving watch.Reintroduced last year as a modern incarnation of the famed Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe of the 50s, which was designed with the proportions and features to provide a tool watch that could also be used outside of diving activities, the Bathyscaphe model is a unique dive watch that looks modern and retro at the same time.For this release, Blancpain continued where they left off from last year's model and added what only can make this new ve

SHOM or Sham?: Omega's 200 meter diver from the 70's
The Omega enthusiast may know that after production ended on the Seamaster 300 in 1970, Omega’s lineup of diving watches changed dramatically. Gone were the bombe lugs and family resemblance to the Speedmaster. In it’s place, there were a bunch of chunky, colorful divers. In the middle 1970’s, the diving enthusiast could get a Seamaster 120 and 120 chronograph, two 200’s, the Seamaster 600 “Ploprof” and the Seamaster 1000. This article will concentrate on the Seamaster 200 “SHOM.” These watches are plentiful on the market and usually in excellent condition.The Seamaster 200 range consisted of the 166.068 in “Banana” and “Poppy” colorways and the 166.091 “pilot line”. As the story goes, the Service Hydrographique et Oc��anographique de la Marine or SHOM, did not like the available options and commissioned Omega to build a 4th watch, the 166.177. The SHOM was a French government agency that produced maps a

In Geneva
What else do you wear on a weekend when traveling? Off to the Patek Museum in an hour and will post as the day progresses

Friend saw my PP Nautilus. Then asked me - What's so special about this watch?
Good day all!So I borrowed my uncle's PP 5711 Blue Dial nautilus.My friend noticed I wasn't wearing one of my usual watches and asked me about it.He then asked me how much it costs, and was surprised when he learned it was a SS watch, at that price.He didn't deny how beautiful it is of course. Was just surprised one wouldn't go for a full gold or WG Rolex at that price range - especially since there really aren't any complications on it.He then asked me what is so special about this watch ?I am curious how you guys would have answered this question! :)

Rolex Cellini Time
Any love for this reference (50505)? I’m thinking about adding a dress watch to my lineup. I currently have a white dial milgauss (116400), a 42mm black dial explorer 2 (216570), and a black dial ceramic sub in yellow gold (116618ln). With that said, I’m interested in the white dial Cellini time in rose gold. I like the simplicity of this Cellini model over the date, dual time, or moon phase. What are your thoughts about this piece? Anyone own one and if so please share some wrist shots. Anyone have a suggestion for a competitor’s piece? The Rolex is around 15k msrp, but I’m seeing them for sale grey market/used from around 8k-10k. They seem like a good value at 10k and below.Thanks in advance!