Introducing: The Limited Edition Zenith El Primero Chronomaster, In Partnership With The Sportscar Vintage Racing Association
Last February 18th, Zenith announced that it would partner this year with the Sports Car Vintage Racing Association, and we were on hand as the partnership was announced. We got together with Zenith right here in downtown Manhattan at the Manhattan Classic Car Club, which makes a wide range of vintage and exotic sports cars available to members (you know, in case you don't happen to have $11 million to spare for your own GT40 – or as is more likely, if you just like variety). 1 OF 9 It's a big year for Zenith in terms of automotive partnerships; HODINKEE's European Editor Arthur Touchot interviewed Zenith CEO Aldo Magada earlier this year at the Royal Automobile Club, on the occasion of the presentation to the press of the El Primero Chronomaster Hero Cup. We'll be hearing more from Zenith about their partnership with the SVRA, which is now in its 38th racing season and in 2016, plans a total of 16 events that will involve, the organization says, ove

Not sure where to start
Found your forum, and hope some folks can point me in the right direction. I hope these pics go through without any issues. This is all I know;This Seamaster 300 belonged to my dad, and I inherited it last year. According to him, he shared a story of wearing this watch (around 1969-72, not sure) in a sauna, and melting the rubber/waterproof gasket. Not sure about that, but there is certainly black gunk around the outside edge of the bezel. The band is broken, but if you unscrew the winder (probably calling that the wrong name), and advance clockwise, it does run. My questions/comments are; 1. Is there a way to identify the date of this watch without opening? 2. My dad did some scuba diving in Okinawa around 70-72, so I assume it was purchased sometime between 60-75, but not sure. 3. On line this looks to be semi valuable. Can this be re-conditioned at a reasonable price? The crystal is badly scratched, the band broken, and there's black gunk around the bezel. But it does work.Any direc

I had the bracelet off of the LiquidMetal for resizing so . . .
I thought I would give the black Hirsch Leonardo Medici a try:Fr. John†

Moving away from 392, need recommendations
I currently wear a PAM 392, a beautiful watch, but I'm really having a hard time wearing it, even though it's 42mm the thickness is way to much for a comfortable wear, I think it's about 18mm thick, so I will eventually sell, I'm trying to find a replacement Panerai that checks few boxes for me, but with the way Panerai randomly numbers their models it's getting impossible to find something on my own, The one that checks all my boxes is the PAM 1392, slim 42mm but it has this blue seconds hand that ruined it for me, so here's what I'm looking for:-Prefer 42 or 44-only Luminor or Luminor 1950 case, no radiomir -manual or automatic, don't care much for in house movement either.-sits flatter on the wrist without much heft to it-brushed case only (that's were it's getting difficult for me)-simple clean dial, with or without seconds hand.-value around $5000-5500 new or pre owned-prefer a black dial, chocolate dial is ok-sandwich dial preferred The PAM 176 is a good option, with its brushed

Incomming from an AD!
While it hasn't been long since I joined TRF, I have been purchasing Rolexes from the trusted sellers here for years. From Sub C Date, LVC, 116520 Daytona, BNLR, GMT II-C, 116500 Daytona, IWC 3714 Portuguese, Omega Moon Watch to 116515 Daytona, I've bought and traded in a lot of watches for the past 5-6 years. After going through all the watches, I've came to a personal realization that classics, such as GMT II-C, 116520 Daytona and Sub C, are the watches I'll end up keeping. I wish I never flipped the 116520 Daytona, and I plan on purchasing a new old stock 116520 in the distant future.In the meantime, here is my newest incomming from an AD, Sub-C No Date. The sales person at the AD thought this was my first Rolex as I look young and wasn't wearing any watches I purchased a No Date as I already have a GMT II-C with the date function. Here comes the pics!