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If a white dial PO and a black dial PO had a baby:
Picked up this modded PO 8500 a few days ago. Left the factory white dial/white bezel and the owner also bought a grey bezel from a black dial and had it put on the white dial making a striking mod. The original white bezel was included in the sale.Started life something like this:Now looks like this:Let's look at thickness. I'm not saying it isn't think...it is, but here are a few shots relative to other watches instead of in a vaccuum. This compares the PO, the Heuer Autavia and 3570The PO and Autavia are virtually the same heightIf you wear the Speedmaster on NATO, it wear just as tall as the PO.Beautifully finished twin barrel engine featuring Si14:Very, Very nice dial work with thick applied markers and logo and incredible inkLike others, not happy that the clasp does not offer micro adjustments but a 1/2 link does the trick:At the end of the day, I love the contrast of white dial and grey bezel. It wears tall, but I have other watches that wear just as tall, and few that are thin

Newbie trying to understand the value of Patek watches
Hey guys, I've been curious lately about the value of Pateks. I'm pretty solid when it come to the value of new/used Rolex watches now but don't have much understanding with other brands. Are there certain models that go over MSRP day one like the SS Daytonas? (Not including super rare type pieces like SkyMoon) Would I be better off buying NIB Patek grey market, or is it less expensive buying from AD? Or is it a model specific situation such as the Blue DSSD/Stainless Daytona/BLNR.Any input would be great thanks guys!

I need some information friends..
I was retired a long time from this exciting topic of Panerai and want to buy one because unfortunately I have long sold a model 111 and want to replace it. I had thought a 005 that is not so expensive. But I see Panerai new catalogs are not those watches, I find models 1005, 631, 632. Someone can tell me if they are the same or what is the difference. I do not want a model with movement in house because they are more expensive for the service and I like watches with manual mecanical movement, I do not like automated. Someone can help me to clarify this? Many thanks friends.

Fond memories of your first Rolex aquisition
My memory of my first goes like this...in a non AD jewelry store selling old gold jewelry . They store has been around for many years and has two locations. Anyway as they handed me the check for the gold, I wisecracked that I would put that towards my first Rolex. Even though I was the family watch lover, my wife, her sister and brother in law all got Rolex SS models before I had any Rolex . So the salesman says, hey, I have a few Rolex models in the back. Would you like to see them? I had been buying watches such as invicta, renato, citizen, seiko and a breitling but no rolex. I had een asking my wife but the timing always seemed off with other bills due. So, I deferred to my wife cause I knew if I said yes and then begged her to let me buy it, the doghouse would have my name on it. So he comes out with two, both 16613 subs. One was a bluesy but looked pretty beat up and the other was the one in my avatar, a two yone serti sub. It looked to be in realy good shape, but missing the fi