luxurious Cartier Ballon Bleu Extra-Flat Watch
The labels have no sense, but they are fun to say. As you can see, the ball blue flat Extra is pretty darn thin on the wrist. Cartier is not even publish the thickness of the case. I didn't measure it check out, but now I can not say the measure. Then how flat is the watch? Extra flat.To be fair, the actual thickness of a thin watch really matter unless you want to ask you the thinnest in the world, as is the case with certain Piaget watches.

Turns Per Day question for new Breitling
Does anyone know what the TPD & Direction setting would be for my new GMT 44? It has a Caliber 04 movement. I was told that it was Clockwise Only (CW) and around 1,300 TPD? That seems really high to me. Any clarification would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks for your help.

Planet Ocean rubber strap instalation tips...
For the sake of the forum I wanted to find out why so many are having problems installing their Omega rubber strap.O.K here is what I came up with. I tried installing the rubber strap with a new set of spring bars. It was a bear!!!! I see what some of you are having problems with. First of all you need the correct spring bars in the diameter 1.78mm. This is a double shoulder spring bar in size 22mm for the 45.5mm Planet ocean. Do not use a single shoulder spring bar. (See pic below) I want you to first test fit your spring bars without the strap. Try it and see how easy they fit in the holes of the lugs. The PO has very small holes drilled into the lugs. Some after market spring bars have a larger nipple end and it may not slip easily into the holes of the lugs. Either buy other spring bars or file the end diameter of the ends of each spring bars. Once you are sure they fit correctly, try installing them as seen in the pics below. I am using a spring bar tool with a small forked end. F

Another what woulld you AP ROO vs PP 5167
I know both are very different watches I even traded my Diver for the 5167 but the black and red ROO is just calling me.I am also posting this question in the AP forum :)What would you choose and why?Thanks Simon

SS Sky Dweller Owners in DC/VA/MD
Evening All,Are there any owners of the SS Sky Dweller in the above areas who'd be happy to meet me to see the watch please? This might look at mite dodgy to some, but I can assure you that my interest is genuine (after all, look at my previous posts) and I want to see what the blue/white/black version looks like in the flesh. I'm especially interested to see a blue dial version. If there are any takers, let me know and I can PM you and we can set something up. I work in DC for the Feds, so can do anything within the 8-5 time frame.Best,TA