BPH seem low with AP
Please smack me senseless when I ask this.... This is just a total newbie question...I see a lot of watches showing higher BPH like 36000 by zenith and many other watches touting 28000. The APs are down in the 21000 from what I have seen...Why are they so slow? While I would agree that faster doesnt always make it better it seems to be a modern standard and that AP is behind in terms of the general market. Can someone enlighten me on this? The more technical explanation the better for my nerdy self...

Speedmaster History
Hello;I am liking the Alaska Project Speedmasters that I have been seeing. But as a Rolex guy I don't have a lot of Omega knowledge.Can someone point me to some place that has a good write up on the history of the Speedmaster and how the models have evolved to today? I've searched and searched but so far haven't been very successful.Thank you very much!

Very Good News - coming enamel watch
I waited and waited for many years. Finally My dream comes true. Patek 5077/100G-022 is a very beautiful watch for my wife and daughter. Now I have to work hard to get an enamel watch for myself in the future.Just receive a picture from Jamie.5077_100G-022.jpg

Buying a Patek and bringing it into the US
Hi everyone. I am on vacation outside the US and I may have gotten extremely lucky. I stumbled upon a Patek AD and enquirer about the blue 5711 I've been looking for and the salesperson told me if I was serious they were getting one tomorrow and I could have it! So obviously I want to jump on this but I am concerned about the duties bringing it into the US. If I do this I'm not interested in breaking any laws, I will declare the full value of the watch to customs. I am trying to figure out how much the duties will be but I can't figure it out based on anything I've read online. I've seen figures quoted from 4-10%. Does anyone have experience with this or know what the duty is likely to be? Thanks in advanceSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Back on the community of like-minded WIS
Well.. (a very English way to start a yarn) Firstly, what a great forum this is with the best online community have been part of.......WIS attitude to be expected I joined this wonderful community in 2008, Enjoying banter and joining in the chit-chat about Rolex watches . In 1990 A Sea Dweller was my muse, my collection grew.. Voila! An Assault leading to a head injury left with neurological - based disability and a sh!tty divorce, loss of Kids and a long recovery.So here I am...years later, remarried and back at the helm of a lap top albeit disabled with a walking pole and Susan's arm to lean on. not quite needing my ass wiping yet But here's the start ....a 2013 114060 in mint condition back from a full service, now i have strapped myself onto it, it seems to have gotten stuck there!ooooh the choices for the next one