So there I am sitting with my wife >>>>>>>>>>

Mark, knowing you, your wife and the situation with your watches I can comment your post just as follows: +1

Nice post, Nad. It is also interesting to see the new crown. It must be a significant improvement on the original.

Behind every successful man, other than a strong woman, one frequently finds a surprised mother-in-law. :-)

LOL.

love this.

Nice shots, Nad!

Reminds me of the time I was wearing my new Lange 1 - at that time the most expensive watch I had ever bought. My wife, who generally pays no attention to my watches, saw it and said "oh, is that a new watch"? Being busted, I fessed up and said "yes, do you like it?". She gave it the fish eye, and sniffed "it looks just like all the others you have".

Yes!!!

My next watch was the Pisa Portuguese. :-)

Nad,

Perhaps, just perhaps... she noticed that your watch's crown looked different from before. ;-)

IMO, changing the crown is a major improvement. I now have it in my rotation more often. Winding it daily before was a task.

Before:

New

Nice post and Lovely watch Nad, I nearly pulled the trigger a couple of years ago in Singapore on this one but got the 5001/14 instead. Love the pen as well. Best regards, Farhad