2010年11月25日星期四

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The best start early, and Cameron lives these words to the T(ee), (pun intended).Peck’s grandfather Richard Yi was a golf player himself and got a specially designed club for his grandson to practice with.Cameron lived his grandfather’s prophecy that the child would top his grandfather someday and went on to become the third Washington Golfer to win the U.S Junior Amateur.This was no mean feat considering it was the only one in 48 long years.Cameron also won the U.S Junior Amateur by the largest margin of victory in 4 years and finished 11th at the Chopard Replica watches Tournament of Champions in Indiana.The American Junior Golf Association introduced the Junior player award in 1978 in collaboration with Rolex.The Rolex Junior Player Award has been a very encouraging platform for those who have dreams in their eyes and want to move onto bigger things in life.Concord Replica watches comes recommended by the golfing world as a pillar of support to the young who have the flair to perfect.

The 2008 Rolex Junior champ Cameron Peck from Olympia Washington has taken the lead ranking at a high seventh position in the Rolex sponsored Class of 2009 and Titliest Junior Rankings this year.The youngster’s position is the place of envy at the moment because he only comes behind the likes of U.S Junior runner-up Richard Lee, Andrew Yun who’s been the AJGA Invitational Champ two times and finally the U.S Open qualifier Tadd Fujikawa.Even after shooting 8 under par Cameron Peck scored 10 behind Whitesett at the Nike Golf Junior Championship. The Timberline High School senior already has a PGA Tour event under his arm and in the PGA’s final customary season tour event Peck finished at a leading four strokes ahead of the 2001 British Open champion David Duval.Rolex has a tradition of honing young talent be it in the field of sports in general or golf in particular.Golf is a game that demands the greatest degree of persistence from a player and insisting such a deliverance from a young player is only possible because the game has the Corum Replica watches support.

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There are certain aspects about products as well as individuals that go beyond their usual roles and expectations of people.They build qualities, which take them to a different level.But in the real world it is always easier said than done.Many perish in their desire to create that extra thing which makes people crave for it.Impossible as it may seem, for Rolex it is nothing more than what it was created to accomplish.Right from the very first watch that came out decades ago to its latest 2009 collection, Bvlgari Replica watches do wonders to the lives of others.Cellini Orchid is part of the Rolex Collection 2009 and manages to do all that is expected from a Rolex.Similarly, Kirsten Dunst is the kind of actress who comes across as someone capable of performing the unthinkable and brings forth more than what is expected of her.As a matter of fact Kirsten Dunst and Cellini Orchid have the flair to light up the lives of others.Kirsten Dunst and Cellini Orchid are stunning and catch the attention of everyone from the word go.Kirsten herself is a popular American actress and singer who was born on April 30, 1982 in New Jersey.

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Rolex understood the need to keep oneself abreast of time like no other and came up with the idea of showing the date on the dial.Swiss Rolex ETA Replica watches was also the first watch company that showed two time zones on the same watch.That a watch could be a perfect chronometer was not known before Rolex bagged the record for the most certified chronometer movements in the wristwatch category.The Rolex brand also associated itself with developing the original quartz watch movements.Of the many Rolex inventions the “Perpetual” was Rolex’s invention of the first self-winding watch which used a rotor and was mathematically designed to mark time accurately.The watch was incorporated with listings for the day and date of the week and Rolex very aptly renamed it as the Day Date.To make their watches water resistant Rolex came up with a unique technology, one that allowed the wearer to sport his A Lange Sohne Replica watches at the beach or at the pool.The watch resistant case got its name from the sea and was called the Oyster.

Once upon a time, on this very 2nd day of July a man who had set out with a dream to make a wristwatch which would be more than an instrument of utility and to transform it into an elegant piece of precision got his dream registered.The dream was none other than the watch brand Rolex and the man was its famous creator Hans Wilsdorf.On July 2nd, 1908 Hans registered the mark Rolex under the number 24001 and a hundred and one years after, today, Rolex is a brand name that instantly connects with brilliance and panache.In 1915 Wilsdorf had culled enough enthusiasm from the wearers of his watch to register Rolex as the company name.A lot of planning and strategizing had gone into *** the watch’s exactness in marking time, reach the level of perfection that it can proudly claim for itself today.Rolex by the first half of the 20th century had become such an embodiment of acme that in 1940 of the 21,561 certificates of precision that were issued by the four offices to deliver a rate control certificate for wrist chronometers, Rolex bagged for itself 19,155 of them.Audemars Piguet Replica watches has many firsts to its credit.It was the first watch company to have invented the waterproof watches.

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Emily Tubert is the current favorite in the list of the 26 Replica Cartier watches Junior All Americans this year.Tubert, a freshman golfer is honing her talent as she participates in the Rolex Tournament of Champions in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.Emily comes fresh from participation in the American Junior Golf Association Club-Corp Mission Hills Desert Junior that took place in the Mission Hills Country Club-Dinah Shore Tournament Course in Rancho Mirage.The first timer made her presence felt with shooting rounds of 73, 74,73 for a total of 220.Tubert scored for herself nine birdies while parring 32 holes.This was a good score for someone who has just started out and Tubert is leaving no stones unturned to better her score this season.Tubert who is fond of all kinds of sports has given up playing basketball, softball and volleyball temporarily and is concentrating whole heartedly on golf.She calls it a more challenging alternative.And that is perhaps the reason why Rolex consorts with a game like golf and at a level where Replica Gucci watches demands the same excellence that it lends to the *** of its watches.

2010年11月15日星期一

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The subsidiary seconds dial has a double sided hand with the orange section acting as a counterweight. It is a nifty look and the orange adds to the modern feel. On this model you have an easy on the eyes metallic blue dial with a light sunburst polish to it. There is also a black dial available - though I found it hard to resist the unique blue version. Lume is applied to most all important parts of the dial as you can see from the image. The design of the dial does not allow for the thickest application of lume, but the chopard mille miglia watch does have SuperLumiNova that gives it as bight a look as is possible with some charging in the light. Overall I give high marks to the dial as it totally makes the watch what it is, and is going to be the reason why people are going to get themselves a Modern Fliegeruhr chopard mille miglia watch .The timepiece comes in a 44mm wide steel case. Most of the case has a bead-blasted finish, which the bezel is brushed.

Meaning that the hours are indicated on the smaller inner ring. The design looks very coherent and attraction. It is very functional as well, but the little lines placed between the hours are spurious and confusing a bit. In your mind you want them to be where something starts or ends, whereas they are actually placed at half-hour intervals. They are placed for aesthetic purposes only as far as I can tell. Perhaps Russ can school me on this if I am incorrect.It is hard to dislike the skeletonized by lume coated hands. Not only do they look cool, but they are sized properly. I applaud this as you know short hands irk me. One of the most intelligent aspects of the design is the eccentric subsidiary seconds chopard mille miglia watch dial. The placement of it is unique, and adds a new layer of technical and visual interest. It might have been tough for Praesto to place the subdial in this spot - not sure if the movement was designed in that manner.

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Delving deeper aside from lack of brand awareness, there are lots of recognizable elements to the Praesto's chopard happy sport watch, namely the designer. I found it also ironic that the American man who designed the Modern Fliegerurhr (aviator watch) is someone that I've worked with in the past. His name is Russ Schwenkler and he is a talented graphic designer and artist who has a thing for watches and high performance machines such as cars or motorcycles. To my knowledge this is the first watch that he designed that has been produced. To sum up the design you needn't look further than the name. "Modern Aviator" is exactly what the watch design is. Look at some classic aviator watches and you can see how Russ spruced them up a bit. The addition of the stencil font for the hours, the skeletonized hands, and balance of items of the face feel fresh and modern - but still an aviator.The chopard happy sport watch dial uses the basic principle that the hour hand should connect with the hours and the minute hand should connect with the minutes. As such, it does this.

What do you look for in a watch? Really, think about it. Is it function, design, brand name? I can't necessarily answer that question for myself. I think it personally depends on many factors, but the previously enumerated considerations are all ones that I ponder carefully before buying a watch. When it comes to a watch from a new or unknown brand it is possible to still be excited because of an innovative design. In that case, I look to relative quality as well as price in *** a purchase decision. The idea goes into the greater area of how new brands assert themselves. Praseto is obviously not a name you've likely heard of before, because this is the brand's first chopard happy sport watch. So let's check out what they have to offer.

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This is done by using two relative mile marker points (or other distance markers perhaps) in combo with the chronograph. Basically you measure the time it takes for you to go one mile, and a scale will tell you the speed digitally in the audemars piguet millenary watch. I am sure this function can also be used as a normal chronograph.So there you have it, all the cool stuff that this boating Sailing-Touch watch will provide when it is released soon. Style is modern and fitting with the theme. It is masculine, but won't alienate women either. The movement is specially made for Tissot by ETA and is quartz (both ETA and Tissot are owned by the Swatch Group). Price has yet to be announced by should be in the $1000 range (not sure about the price with diamonds though). While it is hard to say just what boating enthusiasts are looking for, a watch like this could quickly be adopted as a sailor's good friend if the functions are easy and accurate enough to use.See Tissot T-Touch audemars piguet millenary watch on eBay here.

These are pretty straight forward, though the Meteo function has a 6 hour histogram that helps you predict the weather and whether it will rain. Compass mode is always cool to use as the hands of the audemars piguet millenary watch turn into the compass needle.The Tide function is cool because it takes into account the time and date in combination with a port that you set to determine tidal data. That is another important piece of information for boating enthusiasts as the function tells you the times of high and low tides. It should also help you know whether the tides are coming in or going out.Speed is the chronograph mode, but is combined with a tachymeter scale to help you estimate speed.

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The Sea-Touch had features that were only useful underwater, and the Sailing-Touch has some new features that really require nautical activities to take advantage of. Basic functions include the time (analog and you can have the option of displaying it in the LCD display -which can also be used as a second timezone), a perpetual calendar, backlight, and a double alarm function with chime. The other features are more interesting or specially done for the boating or yacht racing theme.There is a regatta timer function. This is basically a countdown timer, that counts down 10 minutes. When in these modes, the audemars piguet royal oak watch hands move, and are used as indicators for the special functions while sometimes the LCD screen shows the time digitally. Regatta mode has the hands come together and move across the bezel that has a 10 minute countdown scale on it. Regatta timers are used at the start of yacht races where boats must time their position getting to the starting line.Next is the Meteo (barometer) and Compass modes.

Why? Well not really sure. Cause rich people do most of the boating? This also applied to the watch dial. See the pictured blue and white audemars piguet royal oak watch and notice that the dial has duos of diamonds set as the hour markers. Does this really fit with the Tissot T-Touch theme? I have no idea, but I would prefer luminant coated hour markers over diamonds if I actually wanted the watch for a functional purpose. The red and black version above is clearly the "workhorse model." The other version is for someone who sits on deck with a drink and casually asks "does anyone want to know which direction is north? I can totally use my watch to tell you that."Don't forget that what made the T-Touch watch great is its cool touch-screen sapphire crystal inte***ce. You press the button located at 3 o'clock to activate the dial and push your finger on the name of the area that represents the function you want. Like the Sea-Touch, the Sailing-Touch features some functions that are very dedicated to the purpose of the audemars piguet royal oak watch.

2010年11月4日星期四

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Unfortunately, the battery only lasts about 2 hours in "normal" mode, and 4.3 hours in "low power" mode (if you are in good enough shape to run longer than that, you'll have to stick to more conventional training methods). The Casio GPR-100 takes about 3 hours to fully recharge. Standard alarm.The Casio GPR-100 isn't cheap. It goes for 54,000 yen, or about $467.00, as of today. I can see paying that much for a high-end training replica audemars piguet mens 26020stood091cr01 watches, but frankly, they're going to have to extend the battery life significantly. In case you can't wait for Casio to get around to shipping this watch to the US, check out the Garmin Forerunner 205 (they claim a battery life of 10 hours). I've used its predecessor, the Forerunner 101, pretty extensively, and it's a pretty decent training watch, so I'm anxious to get my hands on the 205.

The replica audemars piguet mens 26020stood091cr01 watches will also calculate the distance between where you are, and one other point. Automatic electro-luminescent backlight. Lift up your wrist and tilt it toward your face to automatically illuminate the LCD. (Useful while training in the early morning.) Water-resistant to 5ATM, 50 meters, or about 165 feet. Stopwatch with 1/100th of a second resolution. You can also record data (lap/split times, total time, average pace, total distance and more) on up to 50 workouts. Pace verification. Since the replica audemars piguet mens 26020stood091cr01 watches knows how fast and how far you're going, it can give you feedback on your pace and let you know whether you need to speed up or slow down. Countdown timer. Rechargeable battery (recharging cradle is included).

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As long as a GPS device can receive a Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Chronograph Mens 26300ST.OO.1110ST.08 Watches signal from at least three different satellites, it can can tell you where you are, how fast you're moving, how far you've gone, how much further you have to go, and it can calculate information on your pace. That means no more measuring your route with your car's odometer. The obvious advantage to packing all this functionality into a watch is to make it comfortable to run with, and easy to glance at. The Casio GPR-100 isn't available in the US yet, so I'm having to glean details from Casio's Japanese site. As far as I can tell, here are the big features: Automatic time zone adjustment. The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Chronograph Mens 26300ST.OO.1110ST.08 Watches gets its time and location from the GPS signal, so it can automatically adjust to your location. It also automatically adjust for daylight savings. Points of Interest (POI). Record where you are on the globe, and what time you were there. Up to 100 POIs can be stored.

Casio has decided to try their luck at another GPS watch. While their first GPS watch was more of a smallish hand-held GPS strapped to your wrist, the GPR-100 is actually the smallest GPS watch available (63.1mm x 49.5mm x 17.1mm). And it actually looks like a Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Chronograph Mens 26300ST.OO.1110ST.08 Watches, so it won't get you pulled out of an airport security line and escorted into a mysterious back room.This time, Casio has decided to focus on runners. It's going to be a while before you can strap a really functional general purpose GPS to your wrist (why bother when there are so many amazing and compact hand-held GPS devices out there), so I think it's smart of Casio to narrow down their focus.Why is GPS such important technology for runners?

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The TAG Heuer Microtimer is a very unique looking, very sophisticated Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Chronograph Mens 26300ST.OO.1110ST.07 Watches designedfor timing sporting events with unprecedented accuracy. The fact that TAG Heuerwas the first to achieve this level of precision is a testament to its reputationin the world of racing.The Microtimer sells for roughly $1,300.Additional resourcesTheMicrotimer product page.TheMicrotimer Diamonds.Microtimerproduct card (PDF).Microtimeruser manual (PDF).Update (4/15/2005): From Watch Report reader Victor Shiff, "The 1/1000 timer from TAG Heuer is not the first such watch.

In 1966, Heuer (before it was TAG Heuer) patented the first miniaturized electronictimekeeping instrument accurate to 1/1000th of a second. Now, 38 years later, TAGHeuer releases the first wristwatch capable of the same level of precision: theMicrotimer.Features of the MicrotimerF1 racing timer. Measurements precise to 1/1000th of a second.Time each lap individually, and quickly recover the fastestlap in Best Lap mode. (Maximum lap time of59 minutes, 59 seconds, and 999 thousandths of a second.)Lap indicator. While in F1 racing mode, the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Chronograph Mens 26300ST.OO.1110ST.07 Watches displays the number ofthe current lap. (Maximum of 80 laps.)Total race time. In addition to the time of the current lap, watch the totaltime of the race.Alarm (sounds for 60 seconds).Chronograph (stopwatch) with split times. (Measures to 1/1000th of asecond, maximum time of 99 hours, 59 minutes, 59 seconds, and 999 thousandthsof a second.)Date.Dual time zone display.Quartz movement.Water-resistant to 100 meters (10 ATM, 10 BAR, or 330 feet).Scratch-proof, anti-reflective sapphire crystal.Water-resistant, vulcanized, anti-UV treated rubber strap.Backlight (illuminates for six seconds).Low battery indicator (battery life between2 and 3 years, depending on use)."Screen saver." Turns the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Chronograph Mens 26300ST.OO.1110ST.07 Watches display off when not in use.

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The SNJ005 is too largefor my wrist. I don't mean that it simply overpowers my wrist because it actuallydoesn't. What I mean is that it literally overshoots my wrist on both the top andthe bottom so there's a noticeable"crease"in the bracelet as the links turn too sharply back around the curve in my wrist.If I had just slightly thicker wrists, the flow of the links would be smoother andthe issue would be completely unnoticeable. The problem is actually not the sizeof the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Chronograph Mens 25860ST.OO.1110ST.03 Watches itself, but the fact that the first link attached to each lug is notactually hinged, even though it looks like is, which essentially extends the practicalsize of the case by almost an entire inch. It's a very strange design, but only somethingthat you'd notice if your wrist is as narrow as mine. If you have skinny wrists,I highly recommend trying this Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Chronograph Mens 25860ST.OO.1110ST.03 Watches on before actually purchasing one.

There are only two things I don't like about the SNJ005. The first is the factthat you can't navigate backwards when setting things like the time, or the alarm.The lower right-hand button is used to advance the time, the upper right-hand buttonis used to advance your place, and upper left-hand button is used to take the watchin and out of set mode. That means the lower left-hand button isn't being used foranything, so why not use it to let you decrement numbers so you don't have to loopall the way back around if you pass the intended time? (It should be noted thatthis is a very minor point, but when you're as obsessed with Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Chronograph Mens 25860ST.OO.1110ST.03 Watches as I am, younotice little things like this.)The second thing I don't like about the SNJ005 actually has more to do with somethingI don't like about me, and that is my skinny wrists.

2010年11月1日星期一

Tag Heuer Grand Carrera Chronograph Calibre 17 RS 2 LE CAV518B.FC6237 Mens Watch

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After a morning being dazzled by modern miracles and six-figure watches at the A. Lange & Söhne factory, I needed some grounding in reality. The German Watch Museum Glashütte provided some perspective. Just down the block from the Lange manufacture, the museum is a pilgrimage to add to any watch lovers list.The story of Glashütte watch*** is a tale of great triumph and achievement and also one of devastation and sorrow. But like any good story, it has a happy ending. Walking through the museum, one starts from the beginning, when Ferdinand Adolph Lange and a few other German watchmakers set up the first workshops in this small isolated village.The museum tells the story through elegant displays and some extraordinary historical timepieces. Here are some of the first pocketwatches Lange made as a young man in the 1840s. We see the development of innovations and movement decoration from Lange himself and less known names like Assmann, Goertz and Stübner (anyone?). Here are marine chronometers from the late 1800s, Flieger Tag Heuer Grand Carrera Chronograph Calibre 17 RS 2 LE CAV518B.FC6237 Mens Watch from World War II, the most complicated clock standing in the main entry hall (Perpetual calendar! Equation of time! Astrolabe!).

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Not unlike cell phones in movie theaters Tag Heuer Grand Carrera Chronograph Calibre 17 RS CAV511A.BA0902 Mens Watch now.Our group visited the famed Green Vault and Turkish Chamber, where treasures of Saxonys past rulers are displayed. The emphasis on intricacy, decoration and precision is evident in the ivory carvings, jewelry and woodworking from the 15th century up to the late 1800s. Its not a stretch to see how this tradition was carried on by the Tag Heuer Grand Carrera Chronograph Calibre 17 RS CAV511A.BA0902 Mens Watch wizards at Lange & Söhne. These exquisite historical artifacts represent the luxury product market (toys for rich boys”) which is, I suppose, also a tradition that is carried on by Lange today.After the museum we walked the historical district of the city, around the palaces, churches and monuments that line the lovely River Elbe. We finished the day at the A. Lange & Söhne boutique, a cozy den of horological dreams. It even contains a replica of the Five-Minute Clock (see below). It was a fitting way to end the day and end my trip to Dresden and Glashütte. Thanks for reading along this week. Tschuß!

On my last day in Dresden, I had a chance to walk the city. Saxony is a proud region that only emerged from the leaden blanket of Communist rule twenty years ago. The city has painstakingly restored its architectural treasures which were turned to rubble in the last days of World War II. Maybe it was just my mindset, but I could sense the Tag Heuer Grand Carrera Chronograph Calibre 17 RS CAV511A.BA0902 Mens Watch tradition in the region, with clocks ticking or chiming everywhere you look – in shops, on church towers, in museums.The famed Semper Opera House (pictured here) houses perhaps the worlds first digital” clock, the legendary Five Minute Clock of Gutkaes, F.A. Langes mentor. This clock, which was mounted above the stage was meant to counter the use of minute repeaters by audience members during performances. You need to know the time? Look up and keep your minute repeaters turned off or in your pocket.

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The Senator Sixties Panorama DateThe date-less Senator Sixties in stainless steel is an absolutely beautiful, dress Tag Heuer Grand Carrera Calibre 8 RS Grand Date GMT WAV5111.BA0901 Mens Watch . We don't love the addition of the Panorama date on this model, but we understand it's part of GO's growing identity. Still, if you ask us, we'd take the date-less version any day of the week. Expect the price to be around $6500.The Senator DiaryThis watch is a new introduction from GO and really very interesting. We have a thing for mechanical alarms, but the problem with them is that they may only be set less than 24 hours in advance. GO has solved this problem with this watch. The Senator Diary has the ability to be set an astounding 31 days in advance. We've never seen anything like it, and we love it. This incredibly complicated Tag Heuer Grand Carrera Calibre 8 RS Grand Date GMT WAV5111.BA0901 Mens Watch (over 600 parts) retails for around $18,000. Pretty tough to beat, we think.The Senator Chronograph XLSo ***, so perfect. In our opinion, the new Senator Chronograph XL is one of the best looking watches to come out of Basel. In-house chronograph movement, better looking than the Rolex Daytona, IWC Portuguese, or Hublot Big Bang, and for $7500 retail.

Glashütte Original may actually be one of the most interesting modern watch companies around. We don't talk about them much because the re-sale market for GO is basically non-existent, but whenever we spend some QT with this German manufacture brand, we leave wanting more. Hell, last year we even named their Senator Sixties Square chronograph one of our favorites from Basel 2009. What makes Glashütte so great?First, despite being owned by the Swatch Group, they retain the consistent and energetic personality of an independent. They also are a true manufacture brand, producing all of their movements in-house in, where else but, Glashütte, Germany. So these Tag Heuer Grand Carrera Calibre 8 RS Grand Date GMT WAV5111.BA0901 Mens Watch are in-house and part of Swatch's Prestige group of brands, along with Blancpain, J. Droz, and Breguet, which means a high price right? Not exactly, and this is why Glashütte is better than good, it's great. Let's take a look at some of our favorite pieces from GO this year.

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This is a pre-A series model made for the American market. How it is known to be an American version, we do not know. The pre-sale estimate for this Tag Heuer Carrera CV2010.BA0786 Mens Watch is a seemingly very reasonable 8000-12000 CHF. This watch comes with no boxes or ***s, but it's about as early of a Royal Oak as you're going to find, and for about the same price as a decent vintage Submariner. For more details on this watch, click here.Second, we have a Patek Philippe Nautilus from 1981 being offered by Sotheby's Geneva.. Sure, it's a little bit newer than the AP but still a very early production Jumbo. Again, this Tag Heuer Carrera CV2010.BA0786 Mens Watch features the very same JLC920 ultra thin movement as the AP, and a case designed by the same man, but it's a Patek Philippe. This example also happens to come with an extract from the PP archives indicating when it was purchased, as well as a presentation case.

Look, when your're trapsing around New York, LA, or Miami, your average vintage Rolex is just fine. However, when you're someplace a little more exotic, say someplace like Monte Carlo, you need to step up your vintage timepiece game. So where do you turn? Why you turn to Gerald Genta, of course.The two premiere luxury sport watches in the world (no matter what our friend JC Biver will try to tell you) come from Audemars Piguet and Patek Philippe, they always have and they always will. After all, Audemars Piguet essentially invented the true luxury sport watch category in 1972 with the release of their Genta-designed Royal Oak. A few years later, Patek Philippe released their Nautilus using the very same movement (the outstanding JLC 920), and another Genta-designed case, and the race was on. We've highlighted a direct, side-by-side comparison in the past.Today we're showing you two originals that are both coming up for auction this weekend in Geneva. If you want a killer vintage sport watch that goes one step above what you see day to day, these are the Tag Heuer Carrera CV2010.BA0786 Mens Watch for you. First, the AP Royal Oak Jumbo coming from Antiquorum.