A Stitch in Time: A Night with Page & Cooper at Timothy Everest
Back in the 1970s, it was possible to walk into a UK car dealership and hand over your money for a brand new car that was so badly made and designed it would already have terminal rust. ?It would have been designed by a warring committee, it wouldn't go properly, the engine would be made from bits of biscuit tin and the brakes wouldn't. ?If you wanted a car that didn't look like a skip and that actually ran without bits falling off, you had to spend eye-watering amounts of money. ?Things are rather different today.I thought of this last evening as I visited Elder Street in London's Spitalfields for Page & Cooper and Timothy Everest's "A Stitch in Time" event. ?It wasn't simply that THE most gorgeous Morgan Plus 8 I've seen in years was parked outside either. ?Along with some of the smartest tailoring in London there were watch brands represented in each of the C18 wood-panelled rooms. They ranged from a few hundred pounds to more than ten thousand. ?And every one was, in its own wa

Audemars Piguet
I've been looking in the Audemars Piguet forum here and Rolex doesn't seem as expensive any more. They have some very fine pieces that I fell in love with but out of my budget range. I'll keep peeking from time to time on the forum but I'll stick with Rolex.

Weird experience with omega box!
So I just purchased an omega PO and noticed the box was starting to peel the shiny coating off.So me being a mechanic and owning a shop, I thought Id take and air nozzle and at least blow off the pieces that were just hanging there, and while I was doing that the air nozzle was blowing off the entire coating very easily, so I continued and did the whole box, completely, and to my amazement there was a beautiful suede fabric underneath, see pics below!The bottom pic is of the pieces that were blown off

Pure and simple
I even sold my 3940R for this watch and couldn't be happier.

The Best & Worst Of Historic Panerai Watches
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