Bring a Loupe: The Two World-Class Watches From 1942 That Could Sell Cheap At Next Week's Christie's Geneva Auction (Relatively Speaking)
One of the questions I'm asked most by watch collectors is "what's next?" in the world of vintage watches. We've seen the likes of Universal Geneve and Heuer really climb over the last few years, and Rolex and Patek – well – you know about them already. The two answers that I have been most often giving over the last 18 months or so, at least when talking about high-end vintage watches, is complicated Vacheron and AP's. The quality, the design, and pure, unadulterated watchmaking make these two categories so fun to observe, and the rarity and value make them fantastic places to spend your hard-earned money, in particular relative to vintage Patek. Today I'll take a look at two watches, both for sale in next Monday's Christie's Geneva sale, that are simply divine vintage watches, and could in fact both sell at the low end of estimates simply because, well, they're not Pateks. And that is just silly. Strangely, they both happen to hav

AP - King of UK Sports
On comedy sports show League of their Own last week we had two titans of UK and world sport wearing APs. Anthony Joshua, the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world and best thing to happen to the Heavies in 20 years, was wearing a QE II ROO, and Sir Mo Farrah, the 5 and 10 thousand metre double double Olympic Champion and our greatest ever athlete, was wearing a gold RO.AP are indeed in a league of their own.

Opinions on the Seawolf...
I am contemplating getting my first Breitling ...I am a WIS from when I was still very young, my focus is dive watches and have owned many brands...I must admit I never gave much thought about buying a Breitling...I don't really like how they seem to be fixated with aviation (especially in marketing themselves). I don't like busy dials and polished watches (so that cuts out 98% of Breilting watches for me) and I don't care about planes. I am a diver and think of me more as the 'marine' kind of guy...still I know Breitling makes some sturdy, well built watches that are definitely reliable underwater so I am thinking why not give the brand a chance...I have looked at the Superocean steelfish but cannot get around all that useless numbers and hash marks on the dial. IMHO they make it look unecessarily busy...I like the clean dial Abyss but then it doesn't have a lume pip on the bezel....so by default I am leaning more and more towards a stainless steel Seawolf which is slightly heavier an

Leather strap size
I have a speedmaster pro from moon to Mars. I would like to put a leather strap on it. What size do I order 18mm or 20mm. Thinking of purchasing a Hirsch strap. Thoughts please.

Who services vintage Omegas?
I had a local guy that serviced all of my vintage watches but he has gone out of business. Can anybody recommend somebody to service my treasured 105-012-66 Speedy?