Select Mondaine Watches From JCK That I Liked
I thought it was really ironic to learn that Mondaine's US operation was located near where I live in the San Francisco Bay area. What are the odds? When I met with their people at the JCK show in Las Vegas a few months ago, I got to check out some of their new timepieces, and caught a few on camera. Sorry about any blurriness, but it adds to the candid nature of the shots right? Mondaine is a popular Swiss watch company that is best known for their official Swiss Railways watch. Aside from that, they have a multitude of nice offerings at reasonable prices. Part of this has to do with their high volume production that helps them keep prices down.Two of the best things that Mondaine does are its cases and the dials. You really get impressed but the quality of these parts in relation to the price. I did a full review on one of my favorite watches of theirs, which was the Mondaine Railway Chrono Sport II, which you can read here. Actually, I've seen a few names for the same watch, but you

569 or 441?
Anybody have one or the other or have thought about getting either piece?

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I finally did it!
First off, I want to say I love this forum but you're all enablers. Ever since I was very young I have always enjoyed watches and I've always had the dream of a submariner. The lines and the prestige are just right and it's an iconic design like a Ferrari 275 GTB/4. Well, my wife said to me, you're turning 35 this year and sounds like as good a time as any to finally get what you want. I struggled waiting another couple of months and with the rumored shortage in production, my wife and I agreed the time is now. Many thanks to Aamir at SohAIS for being so patient with me. I am thrilled with my new watch.

SOTC- 2017
Hi folks, I posted this on the TZ forum but I thought I'd share my 2017 SOTC here with my TRF friends also. First, what didn't make the cut in 2017: My first release of the year was my AP 15400 with the white dial. It's been the only AP I've ever owned and I do hope one day to get back to the AP family. Maybe a Jumbo would be the ticket? I really really wanted to connect for life with the 15400 but I could not get the darn watch to fit right. Even with the 1.5 link it was either too tight or too loose. While I'm being completely honest too I think AP went a little too big with this reference. None the less, a forum member got a great deal and off it went. The one I was most surprised about was my Patek 5711 with a white dial. I had the opportunity to purchase this one from an AD this year and I jumped at the chance. But for whatever reason it didn't sing and didn't stay long with me. Next to go was my IWC Portuguese Auto 5001-07. I had this one in the collection for several years. I s