Nice little article Mike, especially with the pictures.

@RadoFan- the problem for me with the 2002 box set is that there are only two watches that I'd wear- the DS1 reproduction and the Accustar. I personally prefer the two stand alones that I've managed to get.

I would heartily congratulate anyone who managed to acquire one of those sets though.

I'd put up with that damage on that colour dial too. It is too nice. You did a nice job of resurrecting that one too.

I noticed I put a duplicate picture in the last post. This is the one I meant ot include:

Congratulations. Nice NGH. It'sa great watch. Nice size, clear and easy to read. Mine used to be my daily wear work watch.

I did a Google search as well. Some of the images you found may be some of my watches. I also saw Mikes LR.

There is very little known about Louis Rossel. They seem to have sold watches starting in the mid to late sixties and possibly continuing to the end of the eighties. I saw an LR diver with papers that was sold late in 1989. They seem to have been a design house. Some of their early watches are a bit suspect; low jewel count movements, and steel plated brass cases. Early in the seventies they made a big jump in quality and by the late seventies they were building watches with sapphire crystals and shortly after that TC cases as well. The movements may not have been as fancy as Rados but they used high jewel count ETAs , usually 2836s or 2892s. The build quality was comparable to Rado and I have found them to be almost bulletproof.

Here are a few of mine:










One of my wife's:

I also collect Louis Rossels. They are the only brand that could regularly make Rado look tame.

Thanks. Those are both early versions of the legendary SK "fishtail" bracelet. I also have the later lightweight version on both my Diamasters.

That's bizarre. Perhaps it was painted silver? I thought the caseback looked gold in your photo but assumed it was a trick of the light. What colour is your caseback?

For me it's this:

Thanks all.

Mike- the lume is blue, not the usual green. Quite blue and quite powerful. It is very attractive.

I'm going to be near a pretty good AD at the end of January, I'm hoping the Hyperchrome or Specchio will be out by then. The D-Star was released just before Christmas last year.

The D-20-200 Chrono is a gorgeous and very comfortable watch. It is also much too big for me. The D-200 is better sized. I think it is more or less the same size as the D-Star.

Here's my D-Star:









Mike- I was hoping there might be a Hyperchrome when I was in Vegas, but no luck. I would love to see oen in real life.