Ball Engineer Hydrocarbon Spacemaster Orbital Watch
"The Amortiser" sounds like a banking industry themed super villain. But here it is a cool piece of functionality that you won't find on other watches in this price range. New from Ball watches is the Engineer Hydrocarbon Spacemaster Orbital watch, a mouthful of a name, but suitable for a chunky timepiece with this much functionality. I got my hands on this watch, which should be available close to the time you read this.Ball fitted the Spacemaster Orbital (what I will call it for short) with ETA's newer Valjoux 7754. Newer, as in released in 2003 (or so), which is fresh from the egg compared to some other movements we know and love that have been used since the 1970s. The 7754 automatic is based on the famed 7750, but adds a GMT complication to the mix. Even so, it still has a power reserve of about 46 hours. Not sure why we don't see these used in more watches - perhaps they are very expensive or hard to get from ETA.The watch is big at 45mm wide, but in titanium so it doesn't feel t

15400 on skinny wrist
I've been deciding to add an AP to my collection and currently leaning towards the 15400. But being in Australia locating one is quite difficult and it'll be a lot easier for me to buy one here from a TD. Only problem is that I have a really skinny wrist 6.5. So I just wanted to see some pictures of the 15400 on skinny wrists before I make my final decision. Let's see those skinny wrists!

AP RO 15300 - Polished or is AP quality not so great?
Hello all,I have had my AP RO 15300ST for about 3 weeks now. Amazing watch!But there's one thing, and it's a big but, that grinds my gears.All 4 corners chamfers are extremely wide and does not match the bracelet at all. Far from matching. And there's very little material above the screw hole if you compare to below.It's an F serie from 2009.Here's pictures of my watch:This problem was found by another dear forum member over at a Swedish watch forum and he posted pictures of his old 15300 as reference (I hope he don't hate me for stealing his pictures):A random reference pictureAnother forum members' polished 15300. You can see that it's creeping a little bit wide, but not nearly close to as bad as mine.Another forum members' 15202With these pictures it looks like mine has been extremely polished.But I made a google search on 15300's and found these examples:And also this 15400 that's according to the dealer, unworn.Although he mistakes his 15400 for a 15300 and somehow gets it to a ju

Patek and the infamous diamond...
Just curious if anyone knows the quality of the diamond Patek Philippe sets at 6 o'clock (most of the time between the lugs..sans the awesome pt nautlius) of their platinum pieces. I've had a 5140P and always got asked about it from friends that knew Patek but have never actually pursued an answer until now. Thanks! ....in terms of GIA (VS1, VS2...so on and such) Thanks!

Any creative ways to purchase Rolex with Amex points?
So far, I've thought of the following:-Buy gift card for shopping mall (Amex sometimes offers) that has dealer in it.-Buy gift card for hotel that has retailer located in it (would this even work?).-Purchase, and then use the redeem points towards purchase option (but then it's 133 points per dollar, whereas gift cards are often 100).Any others?