My First Grail Watch: Victor Marks
Welcome back to an original watches-dealer feature, "My First Grail Watch." In this series, we ask prominent people in the watch industry about the first timepiece that they lusted after. Today, we're giving you some insight into what drives one of our team members, Victor Marks, along with some philosophical pondering on "the one that got away."watches-dealer (ABTW): Who are you, and what is your relationship to the watch industry?Victor Marks:?I'm Victor Marks, and I'm a watch aficionado and tinkerer. As a child, I took apart and re-assembled my toys. My parents built the family TV set. I used to make robots from electric typewriter motors. Whatever we wanted, making was an option instead of buying. It's been a family value of ours that we made instead of buying and did all the service work ourselves.When I bought my first car, I bought a set of tools and a shop manual and worked on it while my father would read the Sunday paper. When I taught myself to play guitar, I learned how to

My First Grail Watch: Stephen Forsey Of Greubel Forsey
Welcome back to an original watches-dealer feature, "My First Grail Watch." In this series, we ask prominent people in the watch industry about the first timepiece that they lusted after. Today, we're speaking with Stephen Forsey, co-founder of independent brand Greubel Forsey.watches-dealer (ABTW): Who are you, and what is your relationship to the watch industry?Stephen Forsey: Born in St. Albans, England, I inherited my passion for the intricacies of mechanics from my father. From 1987, I specialized in antique watch restoration, which led to a position as head of Asprey's prestigious watch restoration department, and then furthered my horological education at WOSTEP in Switzerland.In 1992, I joined Robert Greubel's team at Renaud & Papi, where I worked on the most complicated mechanical movements. ?Then, in 1999, I chose to become independent. In 2001, together with Robert Greubel, I founded CompliTime SA, a company whose goal is to create and develop complicated mechanisms for

5524 (Pilot) lug width?
Hello all here at TRF! I wanted to know if anyone is aware of the lug width for this new model. So far I haven't been able to find that information, so I wanted to pose the questions to all the Patek aficionados here on the Forum.Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Which should she wear?
I'm also putting this in the Rolex section for a comparo.

GMT LN in the case in KOP PA
Just a friendly heads up.There is a new GMT in the case at Tourneau in King of Prussia Pennsylvania. With all the talk of a shortage I thought someone might be able to scoop this up.