HAPPY NEW YEAR !

PAM 63C COMPLETE SET $9,200 NETT ( 1 of my collectors ever said Panerai's early gmt models are the coolest around besides the Blancpain gmt,Rolex gmt master/explorer 2,Omega gmt seamaster & Franck muller Masterbanker & VC overseas dual time ! But Panerai's pam 29,23,63 are all extinct! Which means the feel good factor of owning 1 is 10/10 !)



IWC UTC $4,350(SOLD)



OMEGA SPEEDMASTER YELLOW DIAL $1,650 NETT (SALE ITEM)



JLC RETRO SPORT AUTO $4,850 NETT (watch sold ! thanks mr quek !)



CARTIER XL $4,950( thank u for so many enquiries ! watch sold ! thanks Yumi !

HO ! HO ! HO ! A MERRY XMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL !
WE HAVE SURVIVED THE 2009 FINANCIAL TSUNAMI !

ALMOST EVERYONE IS EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THIS HIT !
BUT WE MANAGE TO STAND FIRM ON OUR FEET !!!!

THANKS TO YOUR SUPPORT & WE PROMISE TO SERVE YOU GUYS BETTER IN THE COMING YEAR !!!

BRINGING IN GOOD PIECES WITH REASONABLE PRICES( TOUGH JOB BABY ! )

HAVE A GREAT YEAR BROTHERS & SISTERS !

Gentlemen... keep still there !

KILLERS!!! BE A MAN AMONG MEN !

and Yes ! i am a sucker for the royal oak offshore !

Just did A 10 km run with the rose gold at the standard chartered run with my reservists guys & family ! no choice as it is the only 1 with rubber strap !

MY FINDINGS :

aBIT HEAVY for a sport watch & the deployment buckle is not comfortable at all !

AP u need to work on it ! may be the titanium version with bracelet is better as it is lighter ! my hunt for the perfect watch continues.............

IWC TOP GUN

Just came in !!Hot ! Hot !
$7,200 complete set SOLD !

PATEK PHILIPPE Aquanaut ref.5167/1A (SOLD ! Thanks Dr Chia)

A new face lift from the old 5065 ! bigger & the 3 at the window position has gone !
We like it ! A much cleaner look !

complete set

SOLD !(20-12-2009)

Engineered for men..... IWC GONE ! (Tks Justin)

Full box/paper. 95% new. $4200/- (REDUCED NOW AS A TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO FOLLOWED US THESE YEARS). STILL UNDER INTERNATIONAL WARRANTY!!!

At 42mm this a much more "handsome" piece than his elder brother !
Further more the anti glare is very well done this time & the red hand at the 9 o' clock is so damn cool !

We like it too !

First come first sell!

What do the "T" and "T‹25" on my watch dial mean?

The "T" means that tritium (a low-level radioactive substance) was applied to make the hands and/or markers glow in the dark. The "T‹25" means the same thing, except it spells out that less than 25 milliCuries of radioactive material is used.

Are more jewels (inside the watch) better?

Not necessarily. A typical hand-wind movement today will have only 17 jewels as a full complement. Some really high-grade or ultra-thin movements will add a few extra jewels to further protect against any wear, but even these top out at 21-23 jewels.
Only those pieces of the movement which are between the mainspring and the escape wheel are candidates for jeweling, as these are the movement parts that experience the large forces or relatively high speeds of the mainspring or escapement. Other components, such as the motion works (i.e. hour and minute wheels), calendar mechanisms, and winding train are not under this constant stress, and thus arguably do not need jewels.
Automatic winding movements will add about 4-8 jewels to help most efficiently transfer the relatively small rotor forces into winding the mainspring. Another factor has to do with how the watch is constructed - especially for chronograph movements and perpetual calendars. Some chronograph movements used today (including the ETA 2894-2) are modular in construction - meaning that a plate containing the chronograph works is grafted onto a basic timekeeping movement. Since the original timekeeping movements were not always designed with this in mind, it becomes critical for the add-on module to add as little "drag" as possible - which may indicate use of jewels for their low friction properties.
BTW, one will occasionally encounter a quartz movement with jewels in it - they technically aren't really necessary because a quartz wheel train is not constantly under stress.
As a historical note, there was a "jewel craze" about 50 years ago, where manufacturers, under the belief that the public thought more was always better, came up with 75 or even 100 jewel movements. Most of these jewels were not functional in any way, and the results looked ludicrous to an informed eye.