HOW TO PRO-LONG THE LIFE SPAN OF YOUR LEATHER STRAP

由於皮革會吸收水分並具滲透性，因此請避免接觸水及潮濕環境，並切勿直接接觸油性物質或化妝品，以免皮製錶帶變色及變形。

ALOT OF WATCHES ONLY LOOK GOOD WITH LEATHER STRAP AS IT ADDS A SENSE OF CLASS & ELEGENCE TO A WATCH.

SO KNOWING HOW TO LOOK AFTER YOUR LEATHER STRAP NOT ONLY PRO-LONG THE LIFE SPAN OF YOUR STRAP ALSO HELPS YOU TO SAVE SOME $ AS COST OF A NEW ORIGINAL STRAP IS PRETTY STEEP NOWADAYS !

AS LEATHER ABSORBS WATER ,AVOID CONTACT WITH WATER IS RECOMMENDED

AVOID CONTACT WITH PERFUME,COSMETICS & OIL AS THEY WILL CAUSE DISCOLOURATION



皮製帶避免長期曝曬於陽光或高溫下以免褪色。
由於皮製錶帶是有機物質，因而有其使用年限，會受到汗水、摩擦、拉扯等影響而縮短其使用年限，不過通常皮製錶帶可使用約12-18個月。

SUNLIGHT,SWEAT,FRICTION & TENSION WILL AFFECT THE LIFE SPAN OF YOUR LEATHER STRAP
AVOID OVER TIGHTENING & ONLY WEARS THEM IN AN AIR-CON ENVIRONMENT,USUALLY A NORMAL LEATHER CAN LAST 12-18 MTHS. BUT IF YOU TAKE CARE OF IT,IT CAN EASILY LAST TWICE THE TIME !!!!

HOW TO PRO-LONG THE LIFE SPAN OF YOUR TIME PIECE !!!

THE ART OF WATCH COLLECTING LIES GREATLY WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF KNOWING HOW TO PRO-LONG THE LIFE SPAN OF YOUR TIME PIECE AS SERVICING COST OF WATCHES ARE GETTING MORE & MORE COSTY !

BY DOING SO YOUR WATCH WILL LAST LONGER IN BETWEEN SERVICING

1)AVOID PLACING YOUR WATCH CLOSE TO SPEAKERS ,FRIDGE OR ANY THING THAT GIVES OUT MAGNETIC FIELD,AS THIS CAUSES ACCURACY TO DROP AS THE WATCH GETS MAGNETISED.

2)IF YOU EVER SWIM OR DIVE WITH YOUR WATCH MAKE SURE YOU WASH IT WITH RUNNING WATER & ROTATE THE BEZEL UNDER THE RUNNING WATER

3)ONLY WEAR WATCHES WITH 100 WATER RESISTANCE OR MORE FOR SWIMMING & SHOWERING DO NOT TRY ANYTHING WITH 50M WATER RESISTANCE OR LESS


4)USE SMALL AMOUNT OF TOOTHPASTE WITH WATER & A SOFT TOOTHBRUSH FOR CLEANING THE CASE EVERY NOW & THEN


5)AVOID KNOCKING & DROPPING YOUR WATCH


6)ONLY TRUST SCREW DOWN CROWN & SCREW BACK CASE WATCHES AS THEY ARE MORE TRUSTWORTHY AGAINST WATER RESISTANCE.THIS APPLIES TO CHRONOGRAPH WATCHES ESPECIALLY. DO NOT USE/ACTIVATE YOUR CHRONOGRAPH UNDER WATER


7)AVOID CONTACT WITH PERFUME,COSTMETICS,STRONG CLEANING DETERGENT & CHEMICALS


8)AVOID PLACING WATCH NEAR HIGH TEMPERATURE PLACES

Time to have moon cake?

THE MOON FACE ! RETRO & CLASSICAL

retail at $11,500
now $3,950

YELLOW YELLOW DIRTY FELLOW & POOR MAN'S FRANCK MULLER !

D&S SOLD ! THANKS JAMIE ! A COOL WATCH FOR A COOL LADY !

PRECIOUS METAL TIME PIECES

Red Gold、Pink Gold、Rose Gold都是玫瑰金，究竟玫瑰金是甚麼？與其他材質又有何不同？玫瑰金跟黃金、白金一樣，都是透過不同材質與純金的混合所產生的貴金屬，不同比例所產生出來的貴金屬種類不同，色澤也不同。大致上的配方如下：

Be it 18k pink gold,yellow gold or white gold they are all gold the differences is the combination of metal within ....................pure gold is too soft to be made into a watch casing so only 18k gold is used

●18K玫瑰金(18k rose gold/pink gold)：75%純金(pure gold)＋25%銅(bronze)
●18K黃金(18k yellow gold)：75%純金(pure gold)＋15.5%銅(bronze)＋9.5%銀(silver)
●18K白金(18k white gold)：75%純金(pure gold)＋10%青銅(bronze) ＋15%銀(silver)

so ???? which is better ? which 1 do u prefer ???

FS- Minute Repeater for you??

Kelek - Do a research on this brand and you will know that they have been around in the watch industry since 1896. They dont produce many watches but rather, the company sold their movement to other higher-end companies. One of them would be to brietling for its montbrillant chronograph. Their famous and highly sought watch by collectors is their 5 minute repeater. Probably due to its big size and reasonably priced for such a complication in a watch. It is scarely produced. One of the international auction house recently sold one at sg$8500/-.

Now for those who email us to ask about this piece...... sg$6800/-, complete box/papers, 42mm watch and 95% new!

GERALD GENTA (SOLD!) & CHOPARD MILLE GMT

BOTH PIECES COMS WITH BOX & PAPERS GG $4900 CHOPARD $4,300
gg is SOLD ! THANKS MEI CHIN !

chopard 3 viewing appts

Complication.....

What's a Perpetual Calendar?
How is it different from an Annual Calendar or Triple-Date?
A perpetual calendar is the most developed form of the simple date window on a typical watch. It keeps track of date, day-of-the-week, (sometimes weeks), months, year, leap years, and sometimes even centuries. Because of the relatively complex rules governing the Gregorian calendar, including the varying lengths of months, and leap years every four years, a typical perpetual calendar has wheels turning from several times per second (e.g. balance wheel) all the way to once every four years. Because of the complexity of the Gregorian calendar, some perpetual calendars will require an experienced watchmaker open the watch to make an adjustment at AD 2100, or later (assuming that an experienced watchmaker still exists then).
Some less complex calendars are also available:
Semi-perpetual calendars (e.g. the Breitling Montbrilliant 1461), which requires an adjustment on leap year day only.
annual calendars (of which the Patek Philippe 5035 is an outstanding example), which only require a user adjustment once every February
"triple date" calendars, which contain month, day, and date - but need to be manually advanced at the end of each (short) month
Some would say that the inconvenience in resetting the date on a true perpetual calendar is the main reason for the existence of the watch winder industry. :-)
What's a Tourbillon?
A tourbillon is a holdover from the days of the pocket watch.
As discussed before, even for the best watches, there are small variations between the different vertical orientations (i.e. in the crown up, down, left, or right positions). This is largely due to the combined effect of gravity, the hairspring shape and attachment point on the balance staff and cock, and the regulator pins.
Unlike a wristwatch, a pocketwatch worn in a vest will spend the majority of its time in a vertical position. Therefore 18th/19th century watchmaker Abraham Louis Breguet allegedly decided that, for the absolute best accuracy, some means of balancing out the effects of gravity in the various orientations was needed. The solution he devised placed the balance wheel, escape lever, and escape wheel in a cage, which then rotated as a unit within the movement as a result of the normal escapement process. In this way, the overall effects of gravity get balanced out, as the escapement of the movement never spends any significant time in one vertical position.
However, this solution is very complex, with the result that a tourbillon has become more a statement about the watchmaker's skill rather than having any real performance advantage - starting price on a tourbillon is roughly in the $50,000 range. The performance advantage is even further nullified by the fact that wristwatches spend a less predictable amount of time in less predictable positions.

What's a Repeater?
A repeater or "Repetition Minutes" is a variety of chiming watch. Unlike a striking clock, repeaters do not automatically strike the hour, quarter, or minutes in passing - they must be activated by the user, usually through a slide or push button.
Watches which do strike "en passsant" (in passing) automatically are called Petit or Grande Sonneries.
Repeaters currently come in several varieties, based on the smallest unit of time which they can indicate:
Quarter Repeater: Chimes the hour, followed by the number of quarter-hour intervals at the current time. (example: 4:21 would have four chimes for the hours, then 1 chime for passing the first quarter-hour.)
Half-quarter Repeater: Chimes the hour, followed by the number of half-quarter hours (i.e. 7.5 minute intervals) past the hour. (example: 4:21 would have four chimes for the hours, then two chimes for two half quarters. Note that it would chime three times once getting past 4:22:30)
Five-minute Repeater: Chimes the hour, followed by the number of five-minute intervals (example: 4:21 would have four chimes for the hours, then four chimes for passing 20 minutes past the hour.)
Minute Repeaters: Chimes the hour, followed by quarter-hours, followed by minutes (example: 4:21 would have four chimes for hours, 1 chime for passing the first quarter-hour, and six chimes for minutes into the second quarter hour.)
These again are very high-priced items, with one exception - the Kelek five-minute repeater at US$5,800 (Recently sold pre-owned price in an international auction). More typically, they are in the US$20,000 and up range.

For me, I will get a repeater (instead of perpertual or tourbillion) to include in my collection . Reason???.... because not only you get visual pleasure looking at the watch, you also enjoy audio effect when the watch chimes. Best of both world!

RARE YELLOW GOLD PATEK 5065J (SOLD! Tks. Mr. Jimmy)

(SOLD!.. Thanks Jimmy... and thanks for the comments that we sell watches like sell property nowadays...too fast too fury. :)

PATEK 24 90% MINT CONDITION ! (sold ! thanks vincent ! )

LADIES THIS IS 1 OF THE MOST POPULAR MODEL BY PATEK !
WHO WILL U BE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS ????
NO BOX PAPER ONLY $9,200

hope your wife like it vinc........will look for a patek box for u ! keep u posted bro !

CARTIER ref W300120930Ｂ

THIS IS A VERY RARE WATCH DO YOUR RESEARCH FIRST BEFORE YOU EMAIL US

NEW STOCKS !

2nd Generation AP ROO $18,500 COMPLETE SET

PATEK 5800 (38MM)MOST RARE AMONG THE NAUTILUS FAMILY ! AS ONLY IN PRODUCTION FROM 2003-2006 THEN REPLACED BY 5711 (42MM) $19,000 BOX & PAPERS (Deposit paid 25 JUL 2009 HOLD FOR 1 MTH THANKS TESS ! )

UN PERPETUAL CALENDAR GMT +/-THE ONLY PERPETUAL CALENDAR THAT CAN BE ADJUSTED BACKWARDS ! POWER BY THE UN CAL. 32 50 HRS POWER RESERVED 28,800 BPH ! FOR A COMPLICATION THAT IS VERY IMPRESSIVE ! ONLY ZENITH EL PRIMERO CAN MATCH ! HOW MANY PERPETUAL CALENDAR HAVE A GMT FUNCTION ??????

$15,500 COMPLETE SET BTW THIS PIECE IS PINK GOLD !

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