BASELWORLD 2009 - NEW Reference - 5102PR
5102PR-001 Men'sGrand ComplicationsA bi-color rose gold and platinum version of the Ref. 5102 Celestial , initially launched in 2002, replaces the current yellow gold model. The exclusive watch case is in rose gold with platinum bezel, back with sapphire crystal and crowns. Watches with astronomical indications remain among the rarest and most poetic type of complications..Technical data * Mechanical self-winding movement * Caliber 240 LU CL * Hours and minutes of mean solar time * Sky chart, phases and orbit of the Moon * Time of meridian passage of Sirius and of the moon * Dial: three metalized sapphire-crystal disc as well as ellipse framing the portion of the sky visible from Geneva * Sapphire-crystal case back * Water resistant to 30 m * Case diameter: 43.1 mm * Platinum and Rose GoldCaliber: * Hours and minutes of mean solar time * Sky chart, phases and orbit of the Moon * Time of meridian passage of Sirius and of the moon * Overall diam

First AP thoughts - Pics from browsing at AD on a lazy Sunday
Love the RG 41MM RO with blue dial, and the AP guys will give me a 18% discount. Really tempted. What do guys think?

Qn on Novelties
Pardon my ignorance.I've browsed through AP site watch browser and noticed only a few watches have novelty written under them.Can someone help me understand novelty better?Does it mean it's more exclusive? Limited? The best series? Coveted? Award-winner in its class?I couldn't help but see that both the ROO Diver (black and silver dials) 15710 are both novelty.How are the pieces labelled novelty? Any rulings etc? If anyone could pass me a link to their site on this would be great. I would just have to read and not waste others' time writing.Thanks!

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Greetings TRF,The title pretty much says it all, I've been looking at Chronostop's for a little while now and was wondering what could be said about them. Fear not, I'm not going to ask you if I should go for it or the price I should pay for one...I have been thinking about a stainless steel chronograph for some time and a single pusher model would always be interesting to me, surely it would stand out in a collection (especially given the fact that all the chronograph's I've owned thus far were regular two pushers models). I know its dial is very simple and perhaps not very convenient given the complication it has but I really like it (whether we're talking about the regular one or the driver one). I know some come with tachymeters or diving bezels but the very simple one is the one I happened to see more.What I want to know is if anybody has some information on the model itself. In my research I've found out that they were designed and made for a younger generation of enthusiasts bac

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