Royal Oak Chronograph

I was told it has a transparent back cover, but this is the only picture I can find online.

Sweet-spot sizing across the Royal Oak line, but it really shines on the Chronograph. The F. Piguet 2385 is the unsung hero here. Ultra-thin, beautifully proportioned, and it allows the case to wear exactly how a Royal Oak should: sleek, balanced, and sli

Some of you might remember my original post when sometime last November, I picked up this “barn find” Audemars Piguet chronograph, while walking around in Manhattan’s diamond district. It was an honestly worn twenty three years old watch, as it turned out

For me it’s all about the aesthetic. The ROC dial, solid sub dials, slimmer hands and baton markers, and brushed bracelet is so much more refined than the latest iterations. The only problem is ensuring the provenance and the price! At EUR 120k asking thi

I have been tempted by this strap in the past. It reminds me of the old ROC Racer, for those of you who remember what that is ;-)

You know, if it was your Dato I’d have owned back then I’d likely still have it. As much as I did like the Up/Down, and I made a conscious choice that it was better for me than the OG Dato, ultimately the size was too much for my wrist. Similar story on t

So after “getting the call” a while back and picking up my white dial 126500LN I found that I didn’t love the watch as much as I thought I would. It didn’t help matters that I had also taken delivery of a white dial Speedy which quite frankly I preferred.

Here an article on the origins of Cosmograph in the Rolex context. https://monochrome-watches.com/history-rolex-daytona-chronograph-1963-in-depth-review/ I prefer the simplicity of the old ROC dials on the 6263 models. The whole look of the the watch was

In the last couple of days I did a little “watch reconnaissance”, checking out boutiques and second hand shops, touching bases with old dealer friends, see some forgotten references and also new releases that we might not see in the official AD’s, plus I