Piaget Limelight Love Letter Secret Watch For A Perfect Valentine's Day
It's true. Get this watch for your special lady and she won't have anything to complain about. If she does, then I'd suggest giving the watch to another woman...any other woman. Say you are an uptight guy, and saying those three little words doesn't come as easy as you would like. Maybe the whole tone of the Hallmark-iday just doesn't leave a romantic taste in your mouth. Well you can buy your way out of this pickle, because dammit, she is going to expect too many loving words after receiving this gift. So why I am posting this ON Valentine's day? A little to late you think. Well you will need to mull this one over until next year maybe cause it is certainly an investment. Or maybe you didn't get anything yet today and probably need to buy yourself out of?? some femme-anger.This is one of the Piaget Limelight Love Letter Secret watches (pictured is Ref.?? G0A34100). There are slight modifications to this design each year, but you get the idea. Pretty clever little number. The watch cas

Liquid Metal photos
I took some photos with my friends Canon EOS 400D and wanted to show them for you guys. Enjoy!

Vintage Patek Philippe Pocket Watch
Greetings! I have never ventured into the Patek world, but clearly appreciate those timepieces which are outside of my price range. Without going into the details, this family heirloom was passed on to me over the weekend. From my minimal research, it shows a serial number of 159057, which appears to be from the time between 1910 and 1915. The movement has the name Chas. N. Hancher; this is also on inscribed elsewhere as it says Made for Chas. N. Hancher Wheeling, WV. Records show that Chas is short for Charles, and that there was an incorporated jewelry store in Wheeling named Cas. N. Hancher from about 1900-1945.Does it work? I am not even sure when the last time this was running, so I am concerned about even testing the movements until I can get it to an expert. My hope is to have an expert service it and put into working operations again. Any suggestions you have about servicing?Also, something I found neat about the monogram, it is not engraved/etched into the piece, it is

New Aquanaut owner question...
How often is servicing required and what's the cost...give or take?Thanks!

Balance
The result of about 15 years of collecting. So many mistakes along the way (Panerai, IWC, AP) but always a return to the only two watchmakers I care about!