Affordable Vintage: 1954 Longines Conquest
In 1954 Longines launched the Conquest line, and with it a new era for the company. The Conquest was the first step in a new development and marketing strategy with a named line or family of watches. Many more were to follow, but the venerable Conquest (such a killer name too…) was the beginning. Having a named family of watches certainly wasn’t introduced by Longines, but they definitely utilized the strategy to its fullest potential, and still use it today (as do most modern brands). After the Conquest came the Flagship, then the Admiral and Grand Prize among others. The first generation Conquest reviewed here is probably the most classic and easily recognizable iteration of the line for collectors of vintage watches. It ran from 1954 to about 1959, when a new case shape and movement were introduced. This Conquest was actually preceded by the All Guard, a watch that shared a similar case, movement, dial and hands.The case is a study in simple yet rugged understatement. Si

Had to be done
Been meaning to snap this for awhile . . . . . .

321 + 861 + 1861
Got some a serious offer today to buy a pristine classic 321 Speedy from Japan while thinking to get the Meteorite dial (Soyuz) Speedy.Drooling...drooling...Torn...torn...torn...Currently own a classic 1969 861 Movement Speedy on a strap.Want to have all, but hard to explain myself or even to justify buying both 321 and the Meteorite Soyuz...Advise fellow Speedmasteristi...All inputs are appreciated.

Patek Philippe Gondolo 5200 (8days) or Rolex Day-Date Platinum Baguette dial
Hello members of most excellent forum.I am in a starting point to acquire one ultimate watch to my collection and these two resemble it to me. These two represent little bit different areas in chronoworld as Patek is manually wound and is not at all that rugged as Rolex. Day-Date is an icon and baquette diamonds in dial are only way i consider i can have diamonds in my watch, i just like diamonds in a certain way and hiding them as hour markers is that certain way for me. They both have Day and Date and have certain lifetime karma which i like. Rolex gets points for being a lot less worry free than Patek Philippe. In Patek instruction manual there are like dozen warnings how you can break the watch in different ways. Almost none of these exist with Rolex. Warranty is 5 years with Rolex and 2 years with Patek.I have Explorer II, Deepsea Blue and soon SS Skydweller blue dial. I am just thinking would this be decent view of Rolexes and also something from almost all parts of Rolex world.

Incoming! BLNR
Wandered into the AD last night to check out the DJII vs DJ41. Have been getting sick of the rising grey market on my two targets - Hulk and BLNR. Figured I'd see what I thought about the DJ (which by the way I love the DJ41 with rhodium dial, fluted bezel, on jubilee - absolutely awesome). While trying on the DJ's, we were talking about the demand of sport models right now and how I'd love a Hulk or BLNR if I could find one. Then he walks in the back and brings a brand new BLNR to me. I whipped out my card and the rest is history. Was originally going to wait for out of state shipping to a relative but we ended up bypassing that. Just picked it up an hour ago on my way to the airport!Pairs nicely with Pepsi!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk