Hey Fed,

I know you are a fan of the Breguet Marine (previous generation).

Mine is ready for service, there is some weird resistance and "scratching feeling" when winding the crown. That just appeared - there was no incident before it. I stopped wearing it as soon as I noticed it.

Now for the question, I'm located in Croatia, the nearest Breguet boutique is in Austria or Italy. Should I take it there or can I hope that a decent watchmaker can deal with it?

Thank you,

D

Hi folks, a friend of mine is looking to get a watch, the Fliegler Brown Vintage 36, from Stowa. The watch looks very nice and especially the movement through the caseback looks sharp, but I'm not familiar with the brand. Anyone have knowledge / experience with Stowa? Thanks https://www.stowa.de/flieger-bronze-vintage-36-handwound-top-grade-without-logo-with-date-antique-strap-brown

Fed, I am a fan of the Peter Speake-Marin releases of his Velsheda model. Particularly have been looking for a Gothic or Deco, made in incredibly small numbers about 10 years ago. Hodinkee offered one a few years ago for about $7k and I hesitated a bit after calling about it... and poof.

Do you ever run across either? What is a reasonable price?

There was an early rose gold Velsheda and even black dial Gothic I recall.

Thanks.

Hey, so I’ve always wanted to add the Pepsi jubilee bracelet to my collection. Now since its being discontinued I feel like the prices have gone up a bit and I’m not sure if I should pull the trigger now or wait? some of the prices I’ve seen have been stupid. For a 2020 with Jubilee - 126710BLRO thoughts on a good price? Or the other piece I would like to add is 2018 yacht Master with the rhodium dial and oyster bracelet .

Any thoughts on price or personal suggestions on which to add sooner would be awesome.

Im new-ish to really collecting so appreciate the conversation. Especially as a woman , the last dealer I met with was a prick and said woman should not wear 40 mm or above! Ha! I’m 5’3 120lbs and I’ll wear what I like!!

Thanks!

Liz

Gents -

I've recently discovered this watchmaker. Don't know much about him, but he seems to have some real pedigree. Fed - I saw your review of one of his pieces a while back.

So I found a Spirit of Challenge Grand Date Retrograde Seconds with the salmon dial, full set, for $5k. New and unworn. Steel case with open back.

Does that price sound about right to you?

Thx, JA