DeMonaco Carree d'Or Black Pearl Grand Tourbillon XP Watch Spotted
This watch is really a fine luxury timepiece with a classic look from a new watch maker. The brand is Ateliers DeMonaco, and is meant to be a mix of Swiss watch making finesse with Monaco style and attitude. The watches come in various forms with the square models being my favorite. They feature three different styled faces in various colors. The faces have either Roman or Arabic numerals, or pictured with simple hour markers. These are some of the first actual images of the watch after its unveiling that I've seen and I have to say that I am impressed. Not only does the face and dial look deliciously elegant, but look at that decorated movement and rotor! Seeing such high engraved and decorated rotors is very rare. Being able to afford them is probably just as rare.You can read a bit more about it where I discussed DeMonaco watches on Luxistwatches-dealer here.The particular model show's full title is Atelier DeMonaco Carree d'Or Black Pearl Grand Tourbillon XP watch, but you can just

Affordable Vintage: the Exactus Squale
It's no small secret that the dive watches of the mid twentieth century held a certain charm that got lost or blurred over the years. Whether a 60's Sub, a O&W Caribbean 1000 or one of the various EPSA super-compressors, they just had personality and style to spare. Thanks to the guys over at Theo and Harris, today we're going to take a quick look at a watch that, despite being a bit of an odd ball, also exhibits these same qualities; the Exactus Squale.To start��who or what's an Exactus? Well, that's a good question without a good answer. Searching will reveal very little about the brand other than that their name has appeared on dials of all varieties from generic dress watches to EPSA super-compressors. According to an old print ad that sold on Ebay, the brand's full name was Montres Exactus SA, and they were based in Neuchatel, Switzerland. It would appear, like many other brands of the era, they were contracting out ready-made designs and rebranding them.That brings us to the w

26400IO Incoming!
After much deliberation, I pulled the trigger on the 44mm AP ROO Ti. It's big and bold as I anticipated but surprisingly comfortable and light on the wrist. Thanks to the all the members who gave me great advice and support. A mandatory wrist shot and a few side by side photos for reference. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Royal Oak Bezel Screw
Hello all,Still having a tough time deciding between a royal oak or offshore (narrowed it down to the silver dial 15400 or the Safari). From the research I've done, I noticed the offshore doesn't use white gold bezel screws (rather stainless steel screws). Anyone know why the offshore a do not use the gold screws and the composition of the white gold? Also, I read a review of a royal oak and it said the screws can turn yellow due to lack of rhodium plating due to small size. I'm assuming this isn't true, but would like confirmation. Thanks.

My Calatrava 3919J
My calatrava....