In-Depth: Inside The Christie's Patek Philippe 175th Anniversary Auction
On November 9th of this year, Christie's will play host to the most impressive sale of Patek Philippes ever assembled. The 100 lot evening auction was hand-selected by Christie's to tell the full story of Patek Philippe with nothing but the finest examples in the world. No doubt, collectors everywhere will be watching the Patek 175 sale closely, and now that the catalog has been released online and is being shipped out to those who have ordered one, we thought we would dig into the lots and give our thoughts on our favorite watches, from perpetual calendar chronographs to ladies watches, as well as show you some live pics. We could easily write about all 100 lots, but we will leave it to you to peruse the full auction catalog telling the story of Patek Philippe. Here we'll just show you a few of our favorite lots in the sale in all their glory. The Grails (Watches With High Estimates Above $1,000,000) The top lots of the sale may be well known to you by now, b

Speak now or forever hold your peace....
So I think I'm about to move my diver and IWC BP to a good friend and use the $$ to scratch my itch for the Bee. The deal is pretty much a wash in regards to cash with no significant outlay on my part nor is there any $$ coming back my way.Pulling the trigger would leave me with my Panda (have both strap and bracelet for it) and the Bee as my two main watches. I have another special piece that does not get much wear but is very sentimental to me.Am I about to make a mistake ? My fear is that this transaction will leave me with very little diversity and two almost identical watches. And I'm a bit concerned about the lack of weight of the Bee....always used to having a heavy watch on the wrist. The diver is great as its very versatile.On the other hand I do love the Panda and have lusted after the Bee since its release and I dont wear the BP much. And even though both Panda and the Bee have the same DNA, they are VERY different in their looks, case make up, etc....Any input is welc

Independent watchmaker for Omega service?
Any less expensive options for Omega service out there?

5711 vs 5712 blue - different?
Does anyone own both watches or have seen both at the same time? I saw a 5712 in person a while back and thought that the dial was more grey blue (rather than pure blue) than I thought it would be, even under lighting. However, yesterday someone showed me their 5711 in person and the blue looked absolutely amazing, even better than all the pictures I've seen on here.Are the blues on these two just different? Or maybe just my eyes playing tricks

Does the Rolex GMT line now seem a bit bloated?
After looking at the new releases, I can't help but feel that the GMT-Master II line is a little bit bloated. There are now 9 models in the collection and I am beginning to notice a little bit of redundancy. Don't get me wrong, I like having options and I think the new Pepsi bezel on Jubilee is a great release, but it seems like the collection has no focus. We have three steel watches which (as far as we know now) does not allow options for bracelets. We still have anniversary collection themes with the green hints running through half the line, and the other half entirely novel. We have two two-tone options. And lastly, the WG GMT-Master II was given a blue dial (which no one is talking about). It just seems like this is a collection in transition and hasn't been fully realized yet. Rather that release models here and there across lines, I sometimes wish Rolex just redid entire collections at once like brands such as IWC. Just my opinion. I really like the new stainless GMT-