Real or Not ???
I'm in a client based sales industry and a couple of my co-workers are familiar with my 'hobby' / addiction. As I was sitting at the office today, one of them walks up with a client and says Hey now that's a watch you should check out! pointing to time piece on the other's wrist. The wearer proceeds to proudly stick his wrist in my face and says How much would you pay for this ?? At this point I notice the following,:- 44 novelty gold case with ceramic bezel and ceramic flat pushers- WHITE tapisserie dial similar to the 44 steel BUT with gold finished baton markers ?!?!?- No sapphire see through back- H series case number on the rear at the 6 o'clock position of the case- 10/100 engraved on the rear at the 12 o'clock position- I engaged the chrono a couple of times and it just did not feel rightI have had numerous 44 novelty pieces and currently own the 44Ti (which I do not wear to the office) and while looking familiar there were just too many things about this piece that were VERY

Finally saw a Jumbo
I finally saw a Jumbo, in SS and in RG, never had before, just 15400, which for a moment I mistaked for a Jumbo, and to say the truth I didn't like it much, but the 15202 is something else, the proportions seem much better to me than 15400, I still prefer the dial and second hand of the 5711, but it is a stunner, hell just with a second hand I would maybe get one if ever I one day want a second SS blue dial watch, I have one in order which is a little too close to the 5711, it is clearly a stunner, what is incredible is that I saw it at the AP boutique and at chronopassion store, at 30 minutes intervals, the AP boutique doesn't have a list according to them, first come first served.I found the proportions to be perfect, finition and movement impeccable, when seeing the 15400 it did nothing to me, also saw the RG ultra thin skeleton, with date, on full RG, wow what a watch, the RG Jumbo next to it looks really boring in fact, if ever one day I want a full RG watch I think that would be

Problem with ROO 44mm novelty
So I noticed the crown was rough to turn during wind up after about 5 revolutions. The watch had sat for about a week and was this fully unwound. I stopped and hoped the watch would continue winding itself automatically on my wrist tonight, which It did. Just got home and decided to try again and found it was still rough. Not only that, but it won't change the date anymore. Has anyone else encountered this problem?

Why not a screw down crown ?
I love my seamaster which obviously is a screw down crown, but why not the speedmaster? How can some of the speedmasters be rated to 100m and not be a screw down crown? i would be too afraid to wear one in the water, which is a shame bc i really want a speedmaster broad arrow

Trip to the AD Today
Went to my local AD today to see the Blusey in person. Unfortunately they just sold it a couple days earlier but I was presently surprised at how much inventory they had. Submariner with and without date, black GMT, Air-King. They'd just gotten in a steel Daytona but that was long gone, as well as a Sea-Dweller.As usual I went to see one watch and was blown away by another. The TT Daytona and the DSSD were amazing in person. Here's some pics!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk