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De Bethune in the flesh are stunning - the blue dial is like liquid. Habring, Ferrier, Speake M all also favourites of mine. Pita watch shown above also nice.

Re Ressence's use of ETA movements,...

Aqua Terra Gmt model ticks most of your boxes.

Hence brands like Cuervo y Sobrinos have a decent presence in Spain because of the Havana connection.

And there are brands that have virtually nil presence in UK that do all right in other...

Albeit more pricey, of course. People who picked up one of their watches for £700 a few short years ago got a great deal

...but perhaps would if I owned one. The Nautilus case, on the other hand, is IMHO stunning

I know i'm going to get shot down on this as am probably the only dissenting voice regarding JLC. For me, they are a great movement manufacture but their final product leaves me cold. I find the...

Saw this last night at Salon QP but once I saw the size and the very poor dial finish I didn't bother looking any closer. No problem with a Unitas movement, but dial looked like something a 15 year...

I'm there Thursday after work, probably around 6ish.

Totally agree with this - London isn't a place to buy watches but it's great for looking. One of my favourite places is Marcus on Bond Street, they stock some amazing brands - Urwerk, Richard Mille...

Italians worship watches. First comes the Catholic Church, second comes Ferrari, third comes the mechanical watch: Italians love them. They consequently have a market second to none for new and used...

Sensational collection - you seem to have most bases covered. I really like the FF and your AP is stunning. Apart from a dress watch, maybe a really top- notch chrono would make a nice addition. A VC...

I tried the black dial version which is very nicely done- finish of dial, movement and case is superb. Nice also to have a movement which is actually made for the watch, though I didn't like the way...

Well, they do fashion, jewellery, accessories...I guess I was referring to brands better known for things other than watchmaking. Dior, Chanel, Cartier, Ralph Lauren, Hermes, even Montblanc. And all...

nice looking watch. Another example of fashion brands making their mark in the world of horology

A shame that AP feel the need to do this. They make some stunning watches, but this is why I don't see them as being at the same level as Patek or Vacheron - those companies wouldn't be seen dead...

In Spain prices haven't really come down much in my experience. That said, I don't get much beyond Vigo so might be different in the bigger cities. It's strange because many people have been hit...

I think Ball are slowly trying to position themselves a notch above Hamilton, maybe nearer to Longines. Hamilton probably still have more prestige in he USA, with the Elvis connection.

Definitely agree about Wempe. I use their Bond Street branch quite a bit and am always impressed by their attention to detail. they would never put heir name on anyhng that wasnt top-notch. Very...

As a few people have said in the thread, a 'manufacture' calibre gives you three things: exclusivity, perhaps a better finish and is also a bit different. Whether it actually performs better in...

Thanks for report - looks great fun

Wear in best of health.

A speedy with cal 1863 (see through back). Lovely watch and kept good time

I went to Marcus in August to see this exhibition. Indeed a beautiful collection and one of the sales assistants took the time to show me around for maybe 20 mins even though it was pretty clear I...

I like the omega AT a lot but do agree with most of the posters here that you can't go wrong with the Explorer. It's strange, when I first got into this WIS business I couldn't see what the Explorer...

Wow!! Aren't you ever tempted to flip a few and buy something really, really special? Not that this little lot isn't special, don't get me wrong...