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This news is minutes old as I write but it's already spreading like wildfire across social media link confirming the fanatical attention the 5711 has garnered for link itself in recent years. The new version is sowing some confusion it is in link fact steel not white gold as was suspected by some 5711 watchers but it is except for the new dial color largely the 5711 the world has come to know and love.

But as I discussed link earlier this week back in 2000 if you had link a million dollars or so to throw at a watch your link only option was basically a complicated Patek like this one no matter its condition or history. Hence the big result for this watch. Today there are so many other watches. So I think this black dial 2499 should sell for less than it did in 2000.

The next two decades saw many watch manufacturers create tuxedo dials for a public that readily lapped up nearly anything Art Deco. The tuxedo dial design became synonymous with class and formality. Some of the earliest examples of 1930s and 1940s tuxedo dial link watches came from Omega link Lemania and Marvin. However the best was link yet to come.

Many watch owners however manage to handle the break-up a bit less dramatically. You can go the "stay friends" route link and really mean it. This is how most collectors operate and why they call it link a collection. You go through the stages with each subsequent purchase but remain friends with the rest and wear them on a link rotating basis.

At first glance the 300T looks link like a higher-spec version of the Sub 300 link but for less money. And in truth that's mostly accurate. Starting at 1850 on rubber +40 for the bracelet the 300T has 1200 meters of link water-resistance an automatic helium escape valve and a look that is quite similar to that of the 300.

You need to find that one good connection one good spark. The problem is you never know how long it's going to take and I frequently get stuck in some come-on I'm sure there's something dead-end loop. It's the feeling that there is always a great concept link hidden somewhere but you haven't grasped it yet. When link you do get hold of one it's bliss. The Immediate ideas really link rely on instinct. The laborious ones come after three nights of bad sleep.

I think it's tempting link to think of a watch's movement link as its sole center of complexity and the cal. PB11 HS in this watch is definitely worth a look of its own. Nonetheless I thought it was really neat to learn about a process for making an unusual watch crystal in an artisanal way.To read link the full article head over to Fratello.