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• Factoid of the Day - 2/20/08

  Jewel: A piece of ruby or (less commonly) sapphire or aquamarine, used as a substitute for steel where great resistance towear is needed most usually as a bearing in which the pivot of a wheel rotates. The pallets of a lever escapement arealso jewelled. The technique of making jewels was patented by Pierre Debaufre and Nicolas Facio de Duillier in 1704and was applied sparingly in the 18th ce........

• Dials

  I like blue dials.I have more black dials than blue.I also like orange and yellow dials and I own some white dialed watches.They are dials and I like the look that the different colors offer but I really don't go any further than the color.I own 2 MOP dials and rarely wear them and will most likely sell them as they are much to "jewelry looking" and don't really impress me as something that adds t........

• Could really use some help. 24 subdial

  I bought this watch for my boyfriend for Christmas and everything is fine but when the date changes the sub dial shows 12 instead of 24 hoursany way to fix this?........

• Lovely Vintage Girard-Perregaux Olimpico

  After a wait of nearly six months I am happy to report that I am the new owner of a G-P Olimpico ca, 1976.It's in excellent condition having just undergone a complete servicing at G-P SA. La Chaux-De-Fonds.It measures 39mm by 43mm and is 14mm from crystal to case. The dial is 32mm across. The sub-dials include a small seconds at 9 o'clock, a 30 minute counter at 3 o'clock and a 12 hour register at........