Showing at WatchTime IBG 2014: Armin Strom Gravity Date Fire
WatchTime and noted watch collector and expert Jeff Kingston have teamed up again for the 2014 edition of the popular Inside Basel.Geneva series of collector events, kicking off September 5 in Chicago. Among the core sponsoring watch brands is indie brand Armin Strom, which will showcase its new Armin Strom Gravity Date Fire at the events.The Armin Strom Gravity Date Fire, with its 18k rose gold case, is the most luxurious of the quartet of Gravity Date watches �� each named for one of the four elements �� introduced at this year’s Baselworld watch fair. The others include the Gravity Date Air (in a titanium case), Gravity Date Water (in a stainless steel case) and Gravity Date Earth (in a stainless steel/black PVD case). Each of the watches is limited to 100 pieces and each contains the new Armin Strom in-house movement, Caliber ADD14, which features a date display whose mechanism is situated on the same axis as a 24-hour display.Like the original Armin Strom Gravity watch, whic

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Fellow Canadian Help?
Apparently it is impossible to locate AP's in Canada, with the closest dealer 900km away, and only stocking ONE Offshore watch.So I'm putting it out there if there is a fellow Albertan in the forums who can help and has a AP ROO RG, Rubberclad, Safari or Navy to let me buy you a coffee and fondle your timepiece (I'll bring mine too!)I am dead set on an AP to round of the collection but wont pull a 20-30k trigger without trying it on first. Who knew it would be easier to buy a PP rather than an AP up here.I envy Americans with dealers readily availble! lol

A fantastic find!
I've alway loved watches. My father had a nice watch collection and he got my brothers and I to appreciate the value of fine watches. And to this day it is a hobby that I enjoy. A lot. So it was only natural that I wanted to transmit this experience to my son, so I got him into learning and appreciating fine watchmaking.He got a Seiko diver at 11 (a $200 watch at 11 is a huge deal...), and when he turned 15 I gave him my Marathon diver, which he loves. A couple of years ago while on a cruise in the caribbean, we stopped at lots of duty free shops, to look at watches. When I asked him what would he like for his 18th birthday, he said, to my surprise, that he would like a Speedmaster. He not only liked the looks, but the history behind it, and the fact that it was not an automatic.It seemed like he had learned a thing or two... Since that day I have been trying to find a special speedmaster. Something that would show that I did something more than write a check. So I

Like it! What do you think?
Yes!Speedy Rattrapante (split seconds) chrono with silver cream dial and black subdials:IMG_0232.JPGIMG_0235.JPGIMG_0234.JPGIMG_0237.JPGThe case diameter is 44.25 mmm, so rather big but not too big ......Best regardsTom