Spotted a Railmaster on Top Gear tonight
Jeremy Clarkson had his on in this weeks Top Gear episode.That's a great looking watch!

315 series movements versus 324 series
I'm considering some annual calendars, some with 324 series movements and some with 315 series. Other than the assumption that a newer movement is improved over the one it replaced, has anybody experienced 315 movement reliability or performance issues that resulted in costly and lengthy repairs? The 315 equipped references I'm considering are 5035, 5036, 5056. Thanks for your comments....

Finally bought my first Patek - 5980/1a-001
Hi Guys, This is my first post on this forum. I have always admired and wanted one of two Patek's but pulling the trigger was difficult as they all were double what my first home cost when I got married in 1969!! Yes, I am a 65 year old man with about 45 watches but no Pateks. Last week I was at my local AD's and looking over his substantial assortment in the case and the owner looked at me and asked if I was ready to spring for one? He took out of the safe a 5980/1a-001 that was unworn. One of his regular watch fanatics had bought it a year ago and never worn it but decided he was interetsed in something less casual. I stood at the counter and held it, looked at it and said how much? He gave me a price I could not refuse so I wrote the check and walked out with it in the box safe and sound. The next hurdle was getting it into the house without seeing Mt. Vesuvious erupt! I kept it in the office safe over the weekend. On Sunday I packed up about 20 watches to post for sale and h

Annual calendar enters October...
Yesterday was then end of my first 30-day month with the Nautilus Annual Calendar. I was both curious to see the gears grind away and also wondered if an old dog (me) could learn a new trick - make a time-lapse video of the event. I'm fascinated with time-lapse but don't have the right software tools so I resorted to the manual crowbar method...At 11:40 I found that the watch had already staged Sep 31st ;) in prep for the big 10/1. It took until 1 am for the date wheel to get perfectly aligned and I had lost patience at 12:45. Day of week clicked right in at 11:59. OK, well, whatever...The video is small and a bit jerky from embedding here and is better viewed on Youtube and even better yet on my machine. It's a bit crude but the soundtrack softens the blow (Lucky Thompson, anyone?).If I ever do this again (not likely) I'm gonna reset the watch and do it during the day!

The Best Rolex Dial
I have been jonesing for a blue dial for a year or so. Maybe the Omega Seamaster 300 or the Tudor Pelagos. Those seemed like reasonable choices. Then the blue dial DJ41 came out. I set my eyes on that. Beautiful. This is Rolex's best blue dial. Best. Then I saw the Day Date blue dial. It has a deep richness not possessed by the blue dial on the DJ41. Now I want to spend $30,000 on a watch. You suck Rolex. Is there any dial that made you go goo-goo-ga-ga?