Tantalum Watches

In this Split Seconds, Tim is addressing a viewer's question who has become fascinated by the medal tantalum. Tim does a rundown of some of his favorite watches made from this material. For the full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye0nZOnLpXI In the full episode, Rolex Sea Dweller wrist fit: we compare the 2017 Rolex Sea Dweller 126600 50th Anniversary to the 2008-2017 Rolex Deepsea Sea Dweller. Tim Mosso offers full measurements for these oversized Rolex dive watches; is your wrist built for the Sea Dweller 43, the Deepsea, or should you just stick with a Rolex Submariner? Tim busts the myth of fragile manual wind luxury watches with instructive examples for watch buyers considering their first manually wound watch; we consider the delicacy – or toughness – of the Patek Philippe Calatrava 5196P. Yellow and rose gold watches: who’s up for the look? Tim responds to use questions about rose gold and yellow gold watches that Tim would wear. He names the Audemars Piguet Tourbillon Automatique 25463, the Zenith Academy Georges Favre-Jacot, the Vacheron Constantin Saltarello 43031, and the Jaeger LeCoultre Reverso minute repeater 270.2.73. A user asks about water resistance testing for Breitling dive watches, and we consider water resistance tests as they are performed on “incompressible cases.” The concept of the watch collector’s “grail watch” receives ample discussion following a watch buyer’s question about how to define this enduring term. Is there a definition for