How Precise is Your Watch? Test It with the Lepsi Watch Scope
For everyone who’s ever read a watch test or review in WatchTime and wished they could test their own timepieces for accuracy at home �� and without making the major investment of a Witschi timing machine �� Geneva-based Lepsi has an ideal stocking stuffer: the Lepsi Watch Scope, essentially a stethoscope to read the “heartbeat” of a mechanical watch.The Watch Scope is a compact device (retailing for 369 Swiss francs, that syncs with your smartphone to measure a mechanical watch’s vital stats �� including rate variation, amplitude and beat error �� in just seconds. Best of all, it is small enough to carry around with you, meaning you can actually bring it on a trip to a retailer to measure the accuracy on-site of a timepiece you’re considering purchasing. To use the Watch Scope, you first need to download (either from the Google Play or Apple App store) the Lepsi Watch Scope app for installation on your smartphone. While connected to wifi, open the app an

A Look at the Timefactors PRS-9 Czech Air Force
Flying watches nearly always have some heritage behind them. ?The Bremont MB series, for example. ?You'll only get your mitts on an MB I (the rare one with the red knurled barrel) if you're ��fortunate' enough to eject from your aircraft in a Martin Baker ejector seat. ?That's impressive enough, but how about a watch that was worn by members of THE most successful WWII RAF squadron, 312 – the ��Czech Squadron'? ?We're measuring success by flying ability here; there are still seven Spitfires in existence today that were flown by 312. That's the most from any one WWII squadron.Strangely, the watch associated with 312 is rather less well known than most historical aviation watches. ?It's the Longines Czech Air Force (CAF) 3582.The Longines CAF was originally manufactured in 1935 and used the pocketwatch cal.15.94 movement. Marked on the caseback were the unambiguous words "MAJETEK VOJENSK�� SPR��VY" or "Property of Military Affairs". ?Longines supplied three dial and movement variations

A Week On The Wrist: The Zodiac Sea Wolf
1953 was the year the dive watch was born. Sure, the quirky Art Deco OMEGA Marine went underwater in 1932 and (Rolex-cased) Panerais were on the wrists of Italian commandos in Word War II, but it was at the 1953 Basel watch fair that the first purpose-built dive watches appeared. While the Rolex Submariner wouldn’t make its official debut until the 1954 fair, two other brands proudly introduced their divers in ’53: Blancpain with its Fifty Fathoms and Zodiac with the Sea Wolf. They say history is written by the victors and indeed, Blancpain and Rolex have capitalized on their long lineages while the Sea Wolf was all but forgotten, other than its dubious distinction as the wrist-wear of a serial killer in the 1970s who took his watch fetish a little too far by calling himself “Zodiac.” With Zodiac’s forthcoming re-release of the Sea Wolf, it’s a good excuse to look back at the pioneering watch’s history and evaluate the new watch.The Fifty Fatho

RO Jumbo family
Hello TRF friends, The Gerald Genta 70s design happens to be my favourite design. I am lucky to be able to acquire few RO jumbo throughout my journey of this hobby. I have chance to gather them together and manage to take few quick iPhone shots to share with you guys, hope you all like them. Any comments or recommendations are more than welcome. CheersStarting from front left clock wise direction, 5402 SA Jumbo15202ST White Jumbo15300 black 14802 salmon Jumbo JubileeAnd I love them all and don't ask me which one is my favorite :) Have good weekend guys. CheersSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Could a circa 2003 timepiece still be synthetic "dolmed" sapphire?
Hey all you knowledgeable watch buffs out there I need a little help.I LOVE Rolex. I've owned a lot of cheaper watches and was never really a watch or jewelery buff. However I grew up with to much tony soprano and watched goodfellas on repeat. Something about a nice timepiece that lets people know your established financially. I naught my first Rolex datejust brand new from springers jewelers in Nh. Datejust 36 mm Roman numerals black sunburst dial all stainless. Beautiful watch. Since purchasing that watch I will never have a watch on my wrist that isn't Rolex. Now here's. my question, springers ( same ad I baught my first time piece 4 years ago) has a cert-pre owned page with a beautiful datejust serial number : y 302605. Now my question is with this serial number I know the watch to be circa 2003. But how is it a 2003 datejust can still be fitted stock, with synthetic sapphire? The raised dolm? Also should center links on jubilee bracelet from 2003 should I believe be hollow. I can