A Conversation with Tom Anstead of Anstead Watches
A few weeks ago, we got the chance to chat with Tom Anstead, owner and designer of Anstead Watches. Anstead is a retired officer of the United States Navy. His naval career, as well as the watches available to him during his time in service, very much informed the design of the Anstead Oceanis.Anstead's first generation Oceanis debuted a couple of years ago, a product of one of the early Kickstarter watch campaigns. The second generation debuted in September. We wanted to get his thoughts on a second generation timepiece, his plans for the future of Anstead Watches, and his thoughts on the potential of the watch industry in the United States.Ed Estlow for Worn and Wound:With easy global sourcing and availability of watch parts, there are dozens, maybe hundreds, of boutique brands starting up. I'm curious �C what was your motivation or overall goal for starting another one?Tom Anstead:Well, from my prospective, I didn't necessarily see the hundreds of boutique brands. I knew of some out

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I'm going to begin the process I think of seriously looking into my first AP, a 15400 Blue from a boutique. I posed this question to the Rolex forum before I got into the search for my BLNR and now I'll ask the same thing here. What QC issues are there to look out for when buying APs, specifically the 15400?For example, with Rolex I usually look for bezel alignment (most common QC issue in my opinion), text alignment on the dial, cyclops alignment, rehaut alignment, lume application, foreign objects under the dial and a non sticking date wheel. Are there any known QC issues in AP? For roughly 2x in price I would hope most of there our be eliminated but you never know!

can you tell year of the production date by the serial number of the watch ?
Dear Alll,can you tell the year of production by the serial number of the watch ?Many thanks

Perfect way to keep your Patek crisp
headed to rolex watchmaker. Wish me luck!

pam 001 authentication help
can anyone help me identify if this pam 001 is real?appears to be circa 2000 from what I can tell. band has been replaced, possibly. L swiss L on black face, titanium-looking case/crown If it is a fake, please let me know how to identify...