Historical Perspectives: Welcome To September, Now Go Read Two HODINKEE Classics
It's September. Summer is officially over, and the world is waking up from its months-long slumber. We've been hard at work preparing a veritable onslaught of original content for you in the coming days, weeks, and months, but before we get to that, we wanted to point out two articles that are certainly #HODINKEEClassics. If you missed these two stories, you're just not doing it right. 2 OF 3 The first is in-depth look at the Double-Swiss Underline Rolex Cosmograph, also known as the very first Rolex Daytona. This 1963 watch is a truly fascinating reference in the world of sport chronographs as it truly launched the family, and features several unique traits found ONLY on this micro-reference made for just one year. The story was written by our executive editor Benjamin Clymer and you can read it right here. 3 OF 3 The sister watch, and sister story, revolve around the 1963 Heuer Carrera. The Carrera was also a 1963 production watch (though Heuer had seeming

My first experience with APSC
I am always worried when I have to send a watch to the manufacturer for warranty or repair work as somehow things just never come back perfect like they should... but I've only read fantastic things about APSC and my steel diver needed to be sent in for various reasons. My steel diver has been running fast since the very first day I received it... never sent it in since I was too worried that fixing that would mess something else up. I also noticed that the inner bezel of my diver had a defect, it didn't align perfectly with the hour indices on the dial (misprinted). And finally, just before I sent the watch in, I noticed that the inverted triangle at 12 o'clock had a pit or hole on the lume... so I decided to send the watch in to take care of all these issues under warranty and to get my 3rd year warranty extension.I emailed them a few times to confirm their address and response was quite good. They also sent me an email once the watch arrived and it contained a document stating the c

Welcome to the new ap forum!!!
As the biggest AP fan here I want to publicly thank Steve, the moderators and everyone else that made this forum possible. Let's all post an AP wrist shot showing the current time. Here's mine with today's date and the actual time of my post. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk. Watches are the new currency!

Omega Moon Watch What Year?
I was looking at an Omega Moon Watch, which was believed to be all original. The case back said 74 but the serial number indicated it was a 69. I have been hearing that back then it was common to build the internal parts and have them sit on shelves before final assembly, often years later so the case backs could be far off on dates. Any info or ideas?

What would you do? 5712 vs 5712R
Here is my situation. I have a deposit with my AD for a 5712 in SS. He was just informed that they will be getting only 2 (they usually get 4) for all of 2018. I was originally told that I would be getting one in 2018 but with them only getting 2 for the year he thinks that I may not now. He offered me the next 5712R they get with a 10% discount. It would be 39k+ after discounting which would make it the same price as a new SS 5712. I'm not sure I really want the 5712 on a strap but at this price I'm extremely tempted. There is still the chance I would get one of the two SS 5712. What should I do?