LAST CHANCE: Frederique Constant Watch Making Trip + Watches Giveaway
Have you entered the December 2012 holiday giveaway on watches-dealer? Second and third place winners get their choice of Frederique Constant or Alpina watches while the first place winner gets an all-expenses paid trip to Geneva to build and take home their very own watch with an in-house made movement. You have just a few more days to enter here.

Ronin Rotomatic Hands-On
Ronin Watches ?appeared on the ?scene a year ago with their first model, the Ronin Pilot. Owner Phil started the brand after lusting after more expensive pilot watches. Finding them to be too pricey, he founded Ronin Watches with the motto "quality watches at prices that make sense." His goal was to make watches people wanted out of quality materials yet keep the cost down so that they were affordable. So far the brand has offered two models that fit into that mission statement.The Ronin Pilot?fit that philosophy very well: priced at $265 the watch had a hand-wind Asian movement, sapphire crystal, a well built case offered in 44m or 47mm, and good luminescence as well. Their follow-up model, also in the pilot’s watch style, was the Rotomatic. A smaller watch at 42mm with a simpler, cleaner design, the Rotomatic was limited to 60 pieces, each one hand inspected before delivery. Although now sold out, the Rotomatic is a solid enough piece to garner a further look.Ronin Rotomatic Ha

AP Clearwater Service experience
I just wanted to share my recent service experience with AP Clearwater and would like to know your thoughts and opinion of what to do.I sent in my 15300 RO for general service but more importantly to fix a couple things. It was running a bit slow and wanted it adjusted to spec, but the biggest issue was there was a small dirt/dust spec by the 55 minutes marker.The person I communicated with assured me all this would be resolved and suggested to do the movement over haul and water resistance service. I agreed and there was no further discussion until 3 months later when it was ready to ship back.I get the watch back and the mark is still there. I contact AP see what happened they said “On the previous repair file the mark on the dial was already addressed as best as possible without risking or causing any damages to the dial.”The issue I have is this was not communicated that it was not completely removed. They later suggested to have the dial replaced but would need to pay

Do all APs wind the same?
Ok...dumb question I know.Watches with the 3120 movement are set by turning the crown counter clockwise...I.e. opposite to most modern day men's Rolex but wound clockwise...Takes a bit of getting used to.Is the setting / winding convention the same for other AP movements?

Navitimer: Singapore Vs Australia Vs Korea Price
Hey guys, long time no see :)Ok, before I start I'll like to explain my situation. My new years resolution for this year was to not buy a watch But about a week ago, i thought i lost my speedy in the gym locker. It turns out it was just in my room. But thats beside the point, cos during pain and mourning of my lost watch, I started falling in love with a Breitling Navitimer An ad here has a Navitimer 125 anniversary for $6500 (which imo isn't a good price even though they say is 40% off..)In 2 weeks, I'm travelling to Korea, and then to singapore duing christmas.Does anyone know if Korea/Singapore has better prices than Australia?and if possible, the price for the countries?and if anyone is from singapore, where to buy a Breitling? (airport, hourglass etc)Thanks for reading this mess