Hamilton Retail Store Field Watches
What would you do if you had been producing a successful product for 20+ years for one big customer, and then that contract went away?? Would you stop production? Shift your production focus elsewhere? Find a new market or customer? This is the problem Hamilton Watch Company faced in the mid-1980s.? The customer was the U.S. military, and the product was the small field/navigator watch.Hamilton had been producing small field and navigator watches for the government under the GG-W-113 and MIL-W-46374 specifications since the mid-1960s.? When the government decided in the mid-1980s to stop purchasing and issuing large batches of military design specification watches from Hamilton and other manufacturers, Hamilton was left with 20+ years of manufacturing experience and equipment for these watches.? Rather than scrap the gear, Hamilton decided to get creative and found a way to keep making the watches.? The company negotiated contracts with a few outdoor equipment and gadget retail stores

AP ROC - grabbed one!
Ok, I wasn't planning on adding this to the collection. Saw it and had to have it. It's a fantastic watch!And the wrist shot:Posted these on another forum as well. So excited, I had to put these pics up here as well! :)

Need Help. Patek Philippe 5196 vs 5296.
I'm planning to buy my first dress watch, and I want a Patek Philippe, white gold, but I'm between the 5196 and the 5296, manual wind vs automatic wind. I'm thinking about the Vacheron Constantin Patrimony too. Any advice and please with details, remember that is my very first dress watch. Thanks.

PP 5970J or Rolex PN 6239 Panda
I may have the opportunity to trade my 5970 for a super mint 6239 PN Panda. I love the 5970 and consider it close to perfect but it never gets wrist time. I am afraid of scratching or dinging it. I also have preferred bracelet watches to straps. Down the road the 5970 may be worth a lot as they didn't make many J's. Is this a crazy trade?

Christmas presents
A bit late, but after the rush of Christmas, I have finally sat down to play with my Christmas watches from my partner. My latest incomings, glad to have the LV back in the fold, as it is one watch that I loved and regretted selling. First time for a DJ 36 and actually its the one watch I have worn over the most of Christmas a wrist shot from Christmas day.