Front Page

And the GMTII to keep me company.

I was gifted this watch in 1978. Way before I knew a damn thing about watches. Glad I kept it though. Still keeps perfect time and has held up remarkably well. As it’s relatively small at 34mm, my wife loves to wear it. Ref. 7546-8139.

Wearing this beauty now. As memtioned elsewhere, this is a good representative of a very innovative and slightly crazy period at La Grande Maison. Got this strap a while ago. To me, it does something good for the watch. Claus

For us in L.A., fortuitously. Although the helicopter cruising overhead and monitoring the beachside did keep me awake more than I would have liked overnight....

Peacock Santos Dumont

Tank Must XL, on a Strapcode Super Engineer bracelet. Finding aftermarket bracelets and straps for this piece can be a bit challenging due to the 23mm lug width. This bracelet did require some minor machining for a perfect fit. It’s all about options!

Sun shining and blue dial gleaming make for a terrific morning coffee break.

This Audemars Piguet titanium Grande Sonnerie Carillon Minute repeater ref. 25825Ti , of which the present watch is No. 1, was introduced in 1997 as part of the one hundredth anniversary Jules Audemars collection made in honour of the company’s founder. T

Cheers, HSTE

Beast to me because I typically play in the 38-39 mm space 😉 Initial impressions: Next to all the other Seamaster 300 Divers in the case, I could not easily pick out the green one, even though it should have been obvious next to the other dark blue, light