Event Recap: Blancpain Watches At Tourbillon Store In San Francisco
The Blancpain Fifty Fathoms is an iconic watch. Don't believe me? Well, do a little research on Google and you should quickly find three key attributes justifying the icon status: 1) it's one of the original dive watches that one could take 100s of meters under water without fear of damage; 2) it's the first watch to include a unidirectional rotating bezel that allows quick timing of your dive; and 3) it's one of the first watches to include enough luminescent material on its dial and bezel to make it readable at diving depths or in murky waters.It is therefore not surprising that Blancpain owns some of the original patents around diving watches, and famous pioneer divers, such as Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his team, wore Blancpain when they helped popularize the sport in the ?early 1950's.However, while innovation alone would assure Blancpain its place in the annals of watchmaking, after all, dive watches are some of the most popular models (even today, when most dive watches hardly se

Can you remember what started it all?
Hi all. I thought this might be a different type of thread.Can you remember your very first watch, the one that got you into collecting watches in the first place? the one that stole your heart (and money) Mine was the Breitling Chronomat TT which is no longer with me. That was back in 2007 and I've loved every minute of our wonderful hobby ever since. Why not post photos and details of your first and share with us all.

picture request side by side please
Hello all. I was wondering if anyone can help me out. I am looking to purchase a Planet Ocean 2500 in 42mm. I also am looking to acquire an SMP in the 41mm size. I have worn a 2264.5 for a few years but would love to see the two watches side by side to see a true comparison of the overall sizes relative to each other. Also, are the lug widths both 20mm on each? I would love to swap bracelets and straps between the two. What is the lug width of the 45 mm model of PO? I will thank you in advance for anh help you can provide. These are tough decisions comming up...

Patek Breitling trade off?
Hello gents,I've a serious quandary here.I currently own a Rolex Datejust ii, a couple of Breitlings, including a Chronomat 44 and a Superocean 44 (which is my watch that I can wear in the sea, swimming pool, with suncream etc and it'll take all that 'abuse')Finally I have a Breitling Navitimer 18K Rose Gold 01. This watch is a stunner and it cost me about $17,000. I promised I wouldn't buy another Breitling but when I saw this I just dove at it. To me it an iconic piece in the range, with a relatively new in house B01 movement so I just went for it. It looks stunning too.In any case, as time passed and I started to set my sights on a few Patek pieces, it dawned on me that to spend 17k on a Breitling was probably foolish and myopic. Buyer's remorse is a funny thing, but you eventually get to a point where you can talk about it.Maybe remorse is that wrong word because this is a lovely solid gold watch (google image it, I don't have it to hand unfortunately) It also gets 100's of complim

so many post about this !!!!!!!
So i am trying to narrow it down since getting rid of straps is hard ! so my question is would a Pam 177 look better with a brown custom strap , an oem golden brown calf or an oem black distressed calf ! please help