Bell & Ross Sets Records at Paris Auction
French auction house Artcurial recently held a sale of exceptional aeronautical objects. The auction, titled Aeronautics, the Air and Space Conquest, took place at the prestigious Hotel Dassault in Paris. Among the hundreds of items featured in the sale, aeronautic enthusiasts were pleased to discover three Bell & Ross watches, which sold well above their original retail prices. Find the sale results inside. The three lots were the Pilot A��ronaval Sapphire, produced in 2007 in a limited edition of 150 pieces, and two BR03 Aviation Type timepieces, one in steel, the other in carbon. The latter two were released in 2009, with each version limited to 250 pieces. These special models were produced at the request of the French Naval Aviation Force and the French Air Force, with each timepiece displaying the emblem of its respective unit. As these piece were not offered to the general public but were available exclusively to members of these elite forces, the three watches generated mu

Sinn 358 Chronograph Watches
Almost under the radar comes this new Sinn 358 watch. Did I intend to make that initial statement because this is a pilot watch? No but it works. I love timepieces like this that are all tool and do not look like they are made to be worn by tools. German Sinn watches continue to make me happy for mostly dismissing the pressures of the high-end watch world to upmarket all decent watches out there. Not that Sinn watches are cheap, but rather that they mostly feel fairly priced.The 358 collection is a good sign because it shows Sinn increasing the sizes of a few of their core collection watches. In essence, the 358 is a larger version of the outgoing 356. At 42mm wide, the 358 offers a more modern and Western-appealing version of the 356's 38.5mm wide case. The case is done in bead-blasted steel and comes with an acrylic domed crystal. Why acrylic? Sinn claims it is better for shock-resistance, but they also thankfully offer a sapphire crystal as an option (standard on some models). Actua

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No more steel Subs in 2018?!
On another watch forum, a couple of gentlemen are propagating the rumor that steel Subs will be discontinued in 2018, to be replaced with white gold special edition versions. Does anyone know if there is any truth to this?I'm incredulous myself, but considering the massive steel Sub shortage and also the fact that Rolex had the audacity to make a watch as iconic as the Pepsi GMT into an exclusively PM model, I cannot say I would be entirely surprised.Thoughts? Opinions? Has anyone here also encountered these rumors? Cheers!