Daytona Brings World Record Price at Auction
A vintage Ref. 6270 Rolex Daytona in 18k gold brought a world record Sfr. 360,000 at Antiquorum’s Spring sale in Geneva, held March 28 and 29. The record-setting Daytona’s bezel contains 28 baguette diamonds. Patek Philippe wristwatches also performed well. An 18k yellow gold Ref. 2499/100 perpetual calendar produced in 1980 brought SFr. 312,000, and a Ref. 1518 made in 1942 achieved SFr. 240,000. Overall the sale brought SFr. 5,419,584. All prices include buyer’s premium.

aBlogtoRead.com Celebrates Over 500 Watch Articles
It is hard for me to believe too. Some call me a machine, and others just think I am crazy. Most people who know me are sick of hearing about watches at this point. "This is going to be a watch talk free evening" they say (to which I frown). Then I remember that I have all of you with whom to share my passion for time telling machines. That passion has inspired over 500 articles over the past 15 months with no end in site. The established watch community is adopting me as a reputable voice (notable by my inclusion as the watch blogger on Luxistwatches-dealer), and the growth of my readership is impressive. I'd be merely a guy who spends too much time online if it weren't for you, the readers.aBlogtoReadwatches-dealer has seen a lot of change, and I hope that this trend continues for the better. Over the summer, I wrote aBlogtoReadwatches-dealer's?? "300 articles published" announcement. That seemed like a big number at the time. Pretty soon I will lose count, but here is a way for you

AP Collection...
The updated collectionAnd along with the Rolex watches

Meeting up with a true gentleman (Mr. Subtona)
I was in NY City this past weekend so decided to reach out to a fellow patek-subforum-holic (aka subtona) to see if we could get together and talk watches. FullSizeRender_1.jpgWell, so we did and it was a lot of fun. A true gentleman and overall nice-guy-watch-nut! Thanks again buddy subtona. I'm buying next time! Since that first picture was so crapy, I'm adding a few more I took over the weekend of my newest! Be well.

Do you check accuracy on your watches?
As you may know I started with Rolex used to be,3135 and especially the 4130 mvmnt is pretty accurate if well regulated and staying so for years.My 5712 w the cal 240 was okay initially 1-2s/day but seems we are after the honeymoon phase ,during the day is very accurate but it does 5sec w dial up overnight and 1-2s if left on crown up or down.You may say it s time to regulate however i m afraid we talk about weeks for a simple regulation job-which is about 5minutes if you bring a Rolex to the RSC-.:-(Any experience with the rate stability of Pateks ?do you think it s better to live with it and wait for a couple of months to see if it s getting worse.Thanks for your input