Budget Travelers: 5 World-Time Watches Under $5,000
It’s no secret that many watch aficionados are also avid travelers. And what could be more useful for globetrotters than a watch that lets them keep track of time everywhere in the world at once? Many world-time watches will cost you as much as several overseas vacations, but we found a handful, all with mechanical movements, that you can get for $5,000 or less. From Ball Watch, there’s the Ball Trainmaster Worldtime ($3,299 on both leather strap, pictured, or steel bracelet), which has a COSC-certified chronometer movement with automatic winding. Its stainless steel case is water-resistant to 50 meters and shock-resistant to 5,000 Gs. In addition to the primary world-timer functions (the city ring with 24 world cities and 24-hour ring), the watch’s dial has a day of-the-week display at 6 o’clock and 14 luminous micro-gas tubes �� a Ball Watch hallmark �� placed on the “12,” the hour indices, and the hour, minute and seconds hands, enabling easy r

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Bond Chrone Bracelet
I've asked this question on just about every forum, but so far there has been no answer. I have a Bond Chrono 2225.80.00 with a bracelet that is marked 1503-825 on the clasp and end links are marked 826. It's my understanding the chrono should have the 1504-826 bracelet. Does anybody know the difference between the 1504-826 & 1503-825 bracelets? Is it just the end links( 825 vs 826)? Is the bracelet itself, or the clasp, different in any manner?

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