Roger Smith GREAT Brtiain Unique Watch
Even though George Daniels has passed away a few years ago in some regards his spirit lives on in the work of Roger Smith. Daniels' protege and also an independent watch maker located on the Isle of Man, Roger still works hard to maintain the standards that George Daniels set out for him during his time working under Daniels - a master watchmaker. Among those mandates were that all watches needed to be made by hand, using hand-made parts, and of course, completely decorated by hand. Some of the techniques used in his watch are hundreds of years old while others are the inventions of George Daniels or Roger Smith themselves. In any event, these are watches built mostly as one-of-a-kind creations, such as the recently completed GREAT Britain by order of the English government.Roger Smith produces about 10 or so timepieces per a year. If you realize just how long it takes him to make each then you understand how that actually sounds like a lot. It takes the man a few days just to produce

Hands-On: With the A. Lange & S?hne Richard Lange Tourbillon "Pour le M��rite" (VIDEO)
One of the coolest tourbillons we saw at SIHH in January was A. Lange & Sohne's Richard Lange Tourbillon "Pour le Merite."? This is the watch, designed after a 19th century pocketwatch (pictured below), that has a dial that is only fully visible during half of the day.? The point of the disappearing dial? Simple, really. The folks at ALS just want the wearer of this Pour le Merite to be able to view the fantastic tourbillon that he or she is paying for.The Richard Lange Tourbillon is a regulator, with the minutes being displayed on the top dial while hours on bottom right, seconds via the tourbillon at bottom left. During the hours of 12-6, half of the hour dial is missing to display the full tourbillon.? Once the watch hits 6, the dial pops back into place and a full circle is displayed again.? As this is a "poure le merite" watch, it is driven by a fus��e and chain transmission to ensure regular power delivery while the watch is being wound and as it works through its power reserve.On

Which movement is this?
I have a vintage (circa 1970's) white gold AP dress watch and I'm trying to figure out which movement it is. Any of you AP experts could help me identify it?Thanks!

Help Identify
I have not popped off the back yet as I can not see how. It was given to me when my papa passed away. On top of being a Col in the Army, he worked for a company that gave him this omega after 25 years. Also throwing another Hamilton watch on here to see if anyone can tell me if I have anything valuable.Standby that's the wrong picture.Hamilton is first whoops

Value of watch collection compared to annual salary
Hi everyone, Interested to know approximately what percentage of your annual income is ��tied up' in your watch collection (no figures necessary, of course)It goes without saying there are no right or wrong answers and I'm certainly not looking to judge or use this as a guide because everyone is different. Just curious I suppose?!