Date night with beauty and the beast!
Out with my wife for dinner and left the kids with my mother. Great night out....the beauty being my wife and her classy DJ and myself....aka the beast with the AP44. Love this thing Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

To polish or not to polish a royal oak?
As some of you guys know I just picked up my first royal oak.. It is a Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Day-Date Moonphase 36 mm 25594ST/O/0789ST/05 and I love it...the watch was bought new buy the guy I bought it from in 2003 and he had it on a winder or his wrist so it was always running , or so he says.. The watch was never serviced but it is keepin GREAT time so I am thinking to wait before dropping $1k on service and polish.. I believe I read somewhere that they will not polish without doing a maintence on the watch, is this correct?I also read about people NOT polishing watches because it takes away from the value on certain brands, does this also pertain to the royal oak?This watch scratches very easy and I probably put more Scratches on it in a week then the original owner did in 8 years.. So would getting it polished take away from the value of the watch? I am not looking to sell it anytime soon but will probably one day for a 39mm chrono royal oak..( I love the Apref 26300ST.OO.1

New Planet Ocean-mesh love
With the much appreciated help of Fr John, I recently purchased a new Planet Ocean model 2200.51.00 from his recommended dealer. The transaction was flawless, a great watch purchasing experience.To give you some history, I was originally considering several versions of this model including the newest 45.5mm ceramic. I went to my local AD and tried on the 45.5 but it was just too big and thick, and I have a big wrist 7-3/4. I also wasn't crazy about the grey ceramic bezel. So I decided on the 45mm (thinner) model with the 8500 movement. I wanted to be sure I got the D version so I decided to buy new and move fast as they are disappearing since being recently discontinued. I wasn't sure which band I wanted, so along with the steel bracelet, I ordered the mesh and the black rubber strap with orange stitching (I'll address the rubber strap later in a different post). When I received the watch I was thrilled with the watch but the steel band felt very heavy and uncomfortable. And although i

Nautilus 5800, Anyone heard of this?
I did a little Googling and found some information about this model, but I have never seen anyone post a photo of one or actually own one.A dealer in NYC offered this to me and I thought it was a 5711. Blue dial, looks exactly like the 5711 but a few mm smaller. Not as small as the 3800 so, its a unique size.I read it was only produced for one year and is the most rare of the Nautilus line but, I cannot find any pricing on them either new or preowned.Any help appreciated. If I don't buy it I have no problem passing it along. THX

My first Deep Sea has arrived! 116660
After months of searching i found a a very nice mint condition 116660 at Capetown Diamonds. The service was excellent and it was a smooth transaction.Only thing hard for me is to adjust to a smaller watch as i have been wearing a Breitling Super Avenger for the past 6 years![IMG][/IMG]