Patek Philippe Steel Hot News

• Around the block a few times...

  I think that the majority of the inhabitants that haunt the Omega forum are above average intelligence & seldom if ever take a wooden nickel. I suppose that is the reason the content is always as interesting as it is but the single most fact that I find refreshing is that there are no petty cliques vying for studism or some sort of distorted status due to the fact that they were not properly........

• Endicott/Sentinel Franken

  I've seen this type of franken many times. Dial from one model, case from another. It looks fine, but to a collector, it's wrong.........

• Longines Certified Chronometer

  Just managed to snag this one from the 'Bay. My understanding is that Longines didn't certify a whole lot of movements during the early 1970's. The serial number places this model in 1972.The movement is a cal. 6651, which is a derivative of the Ultra Chron 36K beat movements. This one beats a little slower at 28.8K. Some have speculated that chronometer version should have a gold trimmed roto........

• My latest restoration

  I have finally finished restoring the last Cushion Form that I own. It's a 1st. Generation, solid 14KWG, 986A movement and it's a plain case (both bezel and center case). According to Rene, only 1076 of these were produced, so I guess one would call this rare. Here are the before and after photos, see if you can tell which is which........