Which AP would you buy as your first?
I��ve been looking at AP for some time. But after visiting my AD last week I��m really mesmerized. I��m a little curious which AP you guys would choose as your first one? What criterias did you have, how did it meet your expectations etc?

Omega Constellation Double Eagle Chrono... your opinions?
OK,I like the Omega Co-Axials and was wondering whether this would be a good way to get the same movement as the PO Chrono but with a smaller case and lower price?Does anyone out there own a Constellation? Or even the Chrono version? What is a good used price for one of these used? What about resale good or no? How popular are the Connies these days?Thanx for any and all info one and all!

Discounts on Patek?
Up until I got on this forum, I didn't know that you could negotiate discounts on Rolexes. What type of discount can one hope to achieve with Patek AD's?

9/7 in Florence...
It was a long time I didn't go, even it is only 100km far from home, but something special was waiting for me, new and old friends to meet... an extraordinary book...

Observations from a (relatively) new member
I have liked watches since I was in junior high and got a nice quartz Seiko from my father for Christmas in about 1983. I had gotten several quartz Hamilton watches as gifts from my wife over the years until I graduated from college and my mother gave me the gift of:I liked it because it was in the James Bond movie and I wore this quartz watch as my daily for many years. It seems like the bezel may have faded over time- now I know that patina is something y'all like :)As a complete surprise Christmas present, my wife put this in my stocking:Over time I came to be of the opinion that this was the perfect watch with a simple elegance that just couldn't be improved on, kind of the MacBook of the watch world. At that point I thought it would be the last watch I would wear until I retire and buy a Day-Date- because of course that is the watch you get when you retire. (this pic is on the wrist of my son who I gave it to for reasons that will become evident below.) This was my daily until t