Omega Basel display
Went to the Basel event at the local boutique this evening. Lots of cool stuff.Event was good. Not many people there but it was kind of come and go. Bent the ear of one of the sales guys for nearly an hour who I think was tired of getting watches out for me by the time I left.Some things I learned:The Deep Black is amazing, and I WILL be getting one.The new PloProf doesn't do anything for me.Omega changed it up a bit and now all POs that are orange/grey are Titanium (not sure I ever saw that as part of the announcement). In the past, the blue variants were always Ti. And they now have a blue PO in stainless steel. The 18kt PO on rubber strap (that looks like alligator). This is blue, although hard to see in the pic. This has now taken the droolworthy place on my list over the 18kt/Oysterflex Yachtmaster.The new Speedmaster Moonphase is pretty sweet.

At last....PO...new addition
Finally after the trials and tribulations of nearly being caught with a fake...Bought from authorised omega service centre, the photos don't do it justice, paid a little more than I intended to from the start but I have a 12 months warranty and documentation, it's kept perfect time over 15 hours (using Time is on my iPad) .....just got to get the fit right (took me 3 visits to the AD with my Rolex GMT), to be used for daily wear so that's the collection finished and sorted........yea of course ( my wife's words)😄After 30 years in the waiting.......GMT IIc

Watch Winder Advice Please
Currently I own two automatic watches, a SS Daytona and a Chaumet. Never really thought about a watch winder. Any advice would be greatly apprecitated. Thanks!

How does patek allocation work in the UK?
I'm interested in knowing more about how pieces get allocated from Patek, to ADs/Salons, and then to customers. I don't know very much about this at all, except that each region does it differently (i.e. UK vs US).

Finally Bit The Bullet
Well, it took a while, but I finally decided to dive into the Patek Philippe realm.Without further delay, I present to you the 5205R... Enjoy!After setting the watch...