Gronefeld One Hertz 1912 Dead-Beat Seconds Watch
Tick tick tickmakes you think of a quartz watch right? WRONG! Well, at least in this case. This fancy little Dutchman is a dead-beat watch. No that the type of dead-beat that won't pay child support, but rather a mechanical watch with a ticking seconds hand. The hell you say!? Yes, it is true, quartz watches didn't invent the ticking hand. In fact, for a long time the dead-beat seconds hand has a unique use for certain watch owners, and was in itself a novel complication just like a regulator or anything else. I actually think it is very cool, and dead-beat second watches have the advantage of allowing you to know exactly when a second hits, as opposed to judging the progress of a sweeping seconds hand. However, (you know this however) dead-beat seconds watches are rare because no one watches them confused with a quartz timepiece! Trust me, you spend $10,000 and up on a dead-beat second watch, and you don't want people thinking you have merely a very pretty quartz timepieces.Though whe

FOIS has arrived!
FedEx delivered on time. Lots of photos have been posted with lots of info. I hope to impart something different.First, here's the commemorative box:Then opened with plastic in place:And the commemorative plate:The case back:Now some points of interest (at least to me) . . .Mine is numbered 16## which makes me wonder if Omega started with 0001. Somehow I doubt that 1600+ have been produced. More importantly, I put my micrometer to the FOIS and found that the diameter of the caseback and bezel are the same as the standard Speedy Pro. The sapphire halo makes it difficult to accurately measure the diameter of the dial but the measurements from the outside end of the 9:00 marker to the outside end of the 3:00 marker appear to be the same. That makes me think the dial of FOIS would fit the standard Speedy Pro.And lastly, I want to thank my longtime FD for his persistence. He came through again as usual.

for first Patek, 5205 or 5146?
Well, i have few rolexes and now im interested with Patek.(yes it happens!) but of course i have do savings first...I look around and compare the specification etc, i come up with 2 models which sings to me and both are annual calendar (the most 'affordable complications...Which will you suggest for me for my 1 st ? Whether it is 5205 or 5146 Slate?

Theoretically, New DeepSea or New GMT II?
If you found both right now in an AD display case, which would you buy and why?

Finally after 3.5 months of waiting
Checked my email today and I had this sitting in my inbox... Still overseas on business and just another reason to look forward to getting back...-------Good Morning,Ho, Ho, Ho, Santa has arrived with a holiday gift for you. Jim walked in the door just now with your Daytona. Guess it arrived on Friday. See you when you are back in town.