Rotonde de Cartier Annual Calendar
At SIHH this week Cartier unveiled the new Rotonde de Cartier Annual Calendar with the all-new manufacture caliber 9908 MC. All indications are set via the crown, and the 45 mm case is available in white gold or pink gold. The annual calendar mechanism is incorporated into the plate of the 1904 MC caliber. The in-house design for the movement includes a semi-instantaneous mechanism for converting the large date into two independent numerals (over a one-hour conversion period), which requires less power and so helps to ensure maximum chronometric stability. In this system, the four-branched star-wheel corresponding to the tens column is turned by the catches located on the large unit disc. This unit disc carries within it a simple mechanism which, thanks to a cam bearing a memory of the months incorporated directly into the lightened rims of the units of the date device, makes it possible to display without any possibility of error the months having 30 or 31 days, once the current month

15300 - 15202
Anyone moved from a 15300 to a 15202, curious on your thoughts in the change. I'm considering letting my black dial 15300 go to pick one up. It seems a bit redundant to keep both, but I know the 15300s are getting harder to find.

Question on Navitimer
Hi folksI'm looking to buy a 38mm Breitling and have narrowed it down to ref A41330 or A41370What I have been able to find out is that the only difference is mineral or sapphire crystal (except the caseback)But I have also seen mineral models range to 2005 and sapphires from early 2000...Whats up with those 2 models?Is there A41330 with sapphire or just mineral? Can they bee replaced with sapphire?Thanks in advanced

Coming Full Circle
I used to be a big Panerai collector. I loved everything about the brand. I loved the heritage and history, the DNA if you will. I then ended up heavily thinning out my Panerai collection to only one piece, from 10. The only one I kept was my PAM199. After these moves and watching the market fall, I felt like I sold myself short and needed some back. I decided I was going to add the ones that meant the most to me. Ultimately, I only ended up adding back the PAM249. I loved the cali dial, history, etc. My Panerai collection felt fine at these 2 pieces. That being said, after buying the PAM249 again, I wore it one time. It was a new piece, unworn, mint, with the OEM strap still in plastic. I wore it the one time and put it back in my safe. I felt like this was my lingering hope that I would once again return to Panerai. Although they are not the most expensive, most prestigious, etc. of brands, I did love them, yet over the last 4 years I did not wear one of my two PAM watches once. I wr

One of the two Panarai models I own
Panerai Submersible Pam193 OP6612 in Titanium case.Limited edition of 600 with this one being 301/600. This watch isequipped with an electronic depth gauge.