Back in the (SEAWOLF) fold
Glad to be back in the Breitling family. Bought her new back in October and unveiled today. Merry Christmas all!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My First Omega (Speedmaster Professional 35th Anniversary Apollo Soyuz)
It finally arrived freshly built from Omega 1 month, 22 days after I ordered it. The look of slight disgust when I told the sales person that I wasn't going to wear the steel bracelet with it was amusing... but she did admit that it looked pretty sharp once she saw it on the watch.

Let's have some fun with our Speedmasters . . .
So, I was looking over my recently purchased Speedmaster Date and using the chronograph function. I was also testing to see that it comes up to exactly top-dead-center when I reset the chronograph. Sure enough, it resets perfectly.So, then I wanted to see exactly when the chronograph minute hand clicked over registering the minute count. After a couple of tests, I found that that if I stopped the second hand at 59 1/4 second, it appeared the minute counter hand was just starting to move. The minute counter hand would complete its click-over somewhere between 59 1/2 and 59 3/4 seconds (each second has 1/4 second marks). This seems fine to me, but I was wondering if other Speedmasters (I understand that the movement in the Pro is different from the Date) had click-over at different points. Besides, this will give you an excuse to play with your Speedy.

Patek RG discoloration
I'm not sure whether this has ever come up before.My wife owns a ladys 33mm RG Nautilus, say about 5yr old or so, and she wears it as her daily. It has a bunch of microscratches/deskdive scratches and all, but no major dings of any sort. I started to realize one day that it started to look quite YGish, and needless to say when I compare it to new RG Nautilus it is quite yellowish.Now according to the AD, they said its quite normal as the copper mixed in with the RG oxidizes over time changing the hue/color. They claim that a light polish during service should bring the original color back, but I'm one of those against polishing unless really necessary. Does anyone know this for a fact?I have never seen this with Rolex's everrose gold, and I have not owned a Patek RG piece long enough to experience this and at the same time I take good care of my watches. I'm wondering whether having more scratches will expose the RG to more discoloration/oxidation???

Suggestions for Patek Service...
Hello,I am contemplating my next large purchase by looking at Patek reference # 5119J from the Calatrava series. My question relates to service. I will most likely buy used and wondered what to expect for a typical service from Patek? Also curious if there is a well known option for service outside of Patek that is reasonable and provides excellent quality work. My main reason for the inquiry is I anticipate the piece I purchase to be outside of the warranty window should any issues arise. Any suggestions are appreciated.Thank you!!!