New Rpaige DuoFace Timepiece: Birth Of A Watch
Sponsored PostAbout 3 years ago, I decided that the time had come for me to design and manufacture my own watch. I'd been collecting for more decades than I can remember, and I'm somewhat of a person of notoriety in the watch world. I'm a fourth generation watchmaker, had several high profile watch stores in California, and founded TimeZonewatches-dealer, the first website dedicated to watches. I had also worked with a few well-known watch companies that created a limited edition watch series for TimeZonewatches-dealer. So, this wasn't my first rodeo" of watches.I successfully designed, manufactured, and marketed my first watch under my new watch company, Rpaige Watch, in January of 2013, and I'm more than pleased with the success of my first official watch, The Rpaige Wrocket Watch. This watch utilizes an antique or vintage 12 size American pocket watch movement. I produced several dial variations of the watch, and then went full speed ahead with original antique dials using hunter c

BPH seem low with AP
Please smack me senseless when I ask this.... This is just a total newbie question...I see a lot of watches showing higher BPH like 36000 by zenith and many other watches touting 28000. The APs are down in the 21000 from what I have seen...Why are they so slow? While I would agree that faster doesnt always make it better it seems to be a modern standard and that AP is behind in terms of the general market. Can someone enlighten me on this? The more technical explanation the better for my nerdy self...

Any pics of Navitimer world on nato straps??
Hi everybody! Anyone have pictures of their Navitimer worlds on nato??? Looking to get one soon and want to see how good they look on nato'sThanks!

Patek, AP, Lange alternatives to 116515ln?
I've got my eye on a Rolex 116515ln, black dial, but I've been thinking of alternatives at the price point: ~$22k. Anything else I should consider? Pre-owned, but under warranty would be ideal, and something 40mm or less would be preferable: I have a 6.5 inch wrist. I like the 116515ln because of the ceramic bezel, and I'm currently lacking a chronometer. I rotate daily between a PP 5711 and 5164, so scratches happen, but some ceramic protection would be nice, especially on a PM watch, so there's less to worry about.

Outrageous service at watch dealer today.
So the crystal on my 16233 is crooked for whatever reason, and in order to save money I decide to go to a jeweler/watchmaker chain in my city. I ask the service if it was possible for them to straighten the crystal so I hand her the watch. It is a 16233 with a Preik caseback installed. First thing she tells me This watch is a fake. I literally told her 4 times that its an original and she still didn't believe me and even went as far as telling me that they would have to keep the watch and demolish it if it was indeed a fake. In the end she ended up telling me to go to the AD and have it straightened there as they don't work on rolexes anyways and send them to the AD. After all that I wasn't going to leave the watch there anyways. Do you have any similar or funny stories to tell? I was really surprised to be treated that way. Must be because im 20 years old and she couldn't believe I would own a real Rolex. Little does she know I come from a family of watchmakers and watch enthusiasts.