Magrette Taniwha Engraved Gold Inlaid Watch
Before you is the latest limited edition watch from New Zealand watch maker Magrette. This is the first look at the now available Magrette Taniwha watch. Hours of hand engraving has gone into the beautiful fully decorated case, which has been taken up a step with gold inlay decoration. It is a long process with many steps to yield the final result. I personally love the Magrette engraved watches. Not only does no other watch company offer watches like this, but the engravings are beautiful. The designs have characters and scenes, with emotions and the high skill of the engraver.If you aren't the type of person who is used to wearing "decorated" things, I suggest trying it out. There is a special feeling of worth you get from it. Living in an industrialized world, we are so devoid of things hand decorated, or even decorated at all. We are used to things being just good enough, or often not even good enough at all. Having some decorated object adorn our outfits is quite the exotic treat

AP 15400 leather strap option ?
Greetings, once again I must appeal to a higher knowledge regarding an inquiry I posed to my local AP AD. I love my bracelet on the 15400, however I'm looking for an OEM gator ( black) strap to replace the bracelet. My AD told me an OEM gator is not available for this model. I was disappointed to hear that but I did see some pictures of AP RO 15400 with gator straps.. So could it be an aftermarket strap ? Is it true AP does not offer gator for 15400? If any of you did change out the bracelet to gator/croc, know anyone or anywhere I can source one? Thanks in advance...

Mystery Train
Train I ride, nineteen pictures long ... I got my new tiny little watch today. Railmaster XXL (? 49,2mm, Height 12,5mm, Weight 121,6g)The watch fits my wrist very well.Here are some pics of the beauty .Lug size is 24mm so I put a few Rios Vintage straps on it.

Patek Rose Gold Tone
Greetings, gentlemenI am in the process of reorganizing my humble collection, moving pieces I don't really wear that much and adding ones I would love and wear few days at a time on a weekly basis. In doing so, I noticed that the tone of Rose Gold is different for different brands. I really like my patek's RG tone, but not the watch itself, which I'll be moving. I'll have to replace it with something else as I would love to still have a RG watch in rotation. so, the question is... Has anyone ever compile a tone comparison of RG? In your experience, is there any other brands/manufacturers has similar RG tone as Patek and/or how are they different in tone? (for example, compared to rolex/AP/JLC/etc.) If there is such a reference, it would make the decision for many collectors looking into Rose Gold watches easier. To start off, I know that the tone of Patek's RG is warmer than that of ALS', which is just a tad more red than Patek's YG. I don't have a pic to show as I already let go of my

So what have you traded your Rolex for, besides another watch???
I hope this thread catches some attention. I always think , but never have traded or bartered my watch, because I'm the sole owner of only 1 watch. Yep, I'm that guy. But, I always have wondered, what have you traded your watch for, BESIDES another watch? Possibly a car, or cycle, or real estate, or bartered for some work. They say Rolex's are as good as cash, so lets test the theory. Thanks..