Historical Perspectives: Audemars Piguet And The Ultra Thin Automatic Tourbillon Caliber 2870 (AKA The Thinnest Self-Winding Tourbillon Ever)
There are, let’s face it, not a whole lot of real firsts in watchmaking, which isn’t surprising when you think about its history. The lever escapement, which is found  in basically every modern watch in one form or another, blew into town in 1750; the minute repeater had basically taken on its current form by the end of the 18th century; the first perpetual calendar watch is probably one made by Thomas Mudge, in 1764.  The history of watchmaking is very much a history of small, hard-won incremental improvements that unfolded over a very long period of time, which is why watches like Audemars Piguet’s caliber 2870 automatic tourbillon – less well known for its reference number, 25643, than for the name of the movement, for reasons we’ll see shortly –  continue to be interesting, and continue to be stories worth telling. The other reason (besides intrinsic interest) that the caliber 2870 is worth remembering is because it’s one of

How do people deal with this?
Last night's dinner with the wife was ruined by this tiny little hairline scratch!! Aarrrrgghhh to top it off my wife was laughing... she kept saying her Daytona had more and she didnt care...she obviously doesn't understand her husbands' love for perfection! Anyways felt like I had to vent... Here is a pic of my daily 26470or with it's new battle scar...Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Patek and his watch winders
Scatola del Tempo OEMed watchwinders for Patek. But nowadays Patek is using a Chinese company for this matter.Any comments about this from Patek owners here online?

1499 on JV strap
Gari at the PANERAI boutique in Vegas was nice enough to switch out the strap on a 1499 to the nubuck alligator for me see. Really changed the entire look of the watch and really has me considering applying my winnings of the week (LOL) on this beauty!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

New addition and I am now ready for Baselworld 2018
After Rolex introduced the new movement 3 years ago, this time of year before Baselworld I was like more concerned about what model Rolex could discontinue, instead of excited about what new model they would introduce. The recent global dry up of the SS models just maked this year's feeling worse. With the current production line, one of the few always in my shopping list is the DS D-blue. I had concerns about its thickness before, but after owning PAM 005 I was confident I could handle the D-Blue as well. So last week I finally made up my mind and started calling ADs to check its availability, plus asking information on the SD 43 and Daytona C that also in my shopping list. For the first 4 or 5 AD I called their answers were basically the same: 1)forget about the 500c, 2)10-15 people waiting list for the SD43, 3) no waiting list for the D Blue and they can call me once in stock.I finally found one on Saturday and picked it up to join my Rolex collection. Not only did the AD remove al