A Week On The Wrist: The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Diver
100 feet underwater isn't the best place to start wondering if you’ve properly screwed the crowns on a $17,100 mechanical timepiece. I had double- and triple-checked the seals and springbars back on land, while suiting up for a dive on the Hilma Hooker wreck in Bonaire, but just to be sure, I gave them another twist. I descended the sloping reef to the capsized ship, a freighter that sank in 100 feet of water not long after it was seized by authorities who had discovered 25,000 pounds of marijuana hidden aboard. Along with me was no ordinary dive watch - this was the Royal Oak Offshore Diver, the 2010 release from vaunted Le Brassus manufacture Audemars Piguet, with the lovely automatic calibre 3120 inside. It would be a crime against horology to flood this baby.The Royal Oak Version 2.0The ROO Diver represents a milestone for AP, just like the original Royal Oak did 39 years ago. Introduced in 1972 with the help of Gerald Genta it was the first true luxury sports watch, a st

Sharing my 3575.50 moonphase
This baby has been a new acquisition of mine and is a welcome break from my vintage collection. :) Love how the blue hands appear on certain angles and how the off white dial makes the hands very visible. :)Here she is the a caramel Croc strap... :)Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

PAM 351 vs 422-- help me pick my first PAM!
Demographic/Lifestyle InfoMale, 34 years old6'2, 215lbs, muscular/athletic build, always have facial hair of some kindWrist size is around 8.25. Currently at a little less as I'm recovering from shoulder surgery and just got out of a brace for 4 week where my arm did nothing at all, so my wrist size has atrophied.Work in casual environments, suit up rarely, always wear shirtsleeves rolled up (for size/thickness consideration)Style-wise, I tend toward refined casual classics-- very little black, mostly classic menswear colors of navy, white, grey, olive, burgundy, and various shades of blue. Live in Southern California. Typical cool-weather look is well-fitted/tapered jeans, Alden shell cordovan shoes, OCBD in blue/white. Warm weather, swap shorts for jeans and Quoddy bluchers for heavy Alden shoes.Current Watch CollectionRolex SubC, No Date (40mm)Orient Polaris GMT (executive/semi-dress, white face/blue hands, currently on a Staib heavy mesh) (42mm)Deep Blue Master 1000 Automatic, blue

Explorer I Mk I Hands Replaced at RSC
I read on another forum that a RSC replaced the hands on a 214270 Mk I with the updated Mk ii hands to get it up to current spec. Anyone else heard of this?

MSRP on the Official Rolex website
On the Official Rolex webpage, it will list the MSRP if you look for a particular Rolex model. However, it does not indicates what currency is the price being listed.Does the webpage automatically detects the country where you are located and based on this information to automatically detect the currency of the MSRP?Thank you very much.