My First Grail Watch: Peter Stas
Welcome back to an original watches-dealer feature, "My First Grail Watch".? In this series, we ask prominent people in the watch industry about the first timepiece that they lusted after.watches-dealer (ABTW):?Who are you and what is your relationship to the watch?industry?Peter Stas (PS): CEO and co-founder of Frederique Constant, the passionate watch manufacturer from Geneva.ABTW:?What was your?first?grail?watch?PS: A Bucherer classical Day-Date-24H automatic watch in a yellow gold case with white dial. Beautiful watch from the nineties.ABTW:?Was there ever a time in your life when you could afford it?PS: I could afford this one because Bucherer was at the time a house brand producing gold-plated cases. Basically, they were executing same strategy as Frederique Constant today: make beautiful classical watches and keep prices under control, offer genuine value.ABTW:?What did you like so much about the?watch?PS: Ultra classical, but of that day, not retro. Its nicely decorated mechani

Ludovic Ballouard Upside Down Watch
Watch maker Ludovic Ballouard presents his first self-branded timepiece, the "Upside Down Watch." A finely made high-end watch, the piece incorporates Ballouard's experience accumulated from working at brands such as Franck Muller and the very well-respected F.P. Journe. You can see elements of his time at F.P. Journe in his own watch, whose movement thematically resembles the work coming out of that atelier. Ludovic is an open fan of F.P. Journe, highly admiring the brand's work (not just because he spend a good amount of years there), and still often wears a F.P. Journe watch today.The development of the Upside Down Watch started a few years ago, and I wanted to wait until actual images of the watch were released before writing about it. I enjoyed the concept from the start. It is not overly complex, but it is satisfying, and technically complicated. There is a friendly richness to the design and complication that shows Ballouard is not only willing to have fun, also that he is not o

Tried this one today
Good Day All,I had to try this one today at lunch, the AD just got it in has a in house movement and it is 18K RG;Take care,Eric

Insurance question
Wanted you're thoughts on this. I just got off the phone with USAA and I wanted to bump up the value of my Hulk since prices have been going up recently. Last thing I want to do is lose it and then have to kick in more money just to replace it. USAA let me bump up the value, but also said I should get a new appraisal. I asked why and they said it will make it easier at the time of loss to get the full amount I have it insured for. My question is since they would probably have a hard time just replacing the watch and would probably just write me a check, will they pay the amount I have it insured for, or go off the last appraised value? Are people really asking for new appraisals every time prices go up or demand raises prices up? Insurance companies will gladly let you insure it for more, but in the event of loss will they really pay you current fair market value for the piece without having a current appraisal on hand?

The Definitive Ceramic Submariner Date vs No-Date Thread (116610 vs 114060)
Although the cleanliness of the dial and lack of a cyclops will always be a selling point for the ND sub, I think that most people will still prefer a date. Based on what I've seen, the resale values are higher for the 116610 models. Go ahead and post your opinion. This will be my first poll thread.