How many people want the same car as their neighboor? Personally I know of nobody. I do however know people who would like the same brand of car, however different model. Also bigger, faster and something that signals that you earn 100 Euro more an hour than him.

Funny how the Rolex Explorer II ref. 1655 "Freccione" is sometimes called Steve McQueen. Eventhough the legendary Mr Cool never wore this reference. He wore a Rolex Submariner, yes. He wore a Heuer Monaco during the filming of Le Mans, yes. But he did not wear a Rolex Explorer II in Towering Inferno. This is a bad case of repeating nonsense that has stuck like slow working glue. And in the name of slow working glue and urban myths I present you these pictures I made to honour Mr. Cool.

Oh, what a wonderful day it was. The sun was all out, bright and reminding us how great life is when it does not rain. On days like this it even feels like the bank manager does not exist, the house is all paid for and that your sorrows are long gone. And this is just what happens once the sun shines all day (ask the Greek. They know.)

Visited the Bamford & Sons website recently and almost lost my not-even-hot-anymore latte into the keyboard when I saw the black editions of the Patek Philippe Nautilus and Aquanaut. What in the Helen of Troy were they thinking when they decided to destroy perfect looking watches. And even make them look cheap?

It was pouring down rain all weekend here in DanishLand and while dreaming of summer I took out my stash of NATO soft straps and took some pictures of my Rolex Explorer II ref. 1655 aka Freccione attached to some of them.

My favorite of them all is the green Victorinox strap made of Japanese webbing. It contains more cotton than nylon, meaning it is not only very pleasant to wear. It also does not leave any marks on the case back, which nylon straps tend to do. Unfortunately these straps are dedicated the Victorinox Original watches and I have no clue where to buy them.

Milan is seemingly populated by many of the best dressed, best looking people on Earth, and last Thursday they were out in force to toast one of the best looking watches, the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak. Thanks to a kind invitation from Audemars Piguet, 00/24 was there too, champagne glass in hand, along with Oscar-winning actor Adrien Brody, Formula 1 driver Jarno Trulli, AC Milan footballer Maxi Lopez and, of course, AP senior management led by CEO Philippe Merk. Also present was Evelyn Genta, wife of the Royal Oak's legendary designer Gerald Genta, who sadly died last year.

It was time to let these two beauties leave the Haagen collection. But why? They are stunning and perfect reps of the early days of Panerai when Vendome took over the wheel of the otherwise sinking ship and steered her into safe harbours. My policy is that I do not have any safe queens and that all my watches should be worn. If not then it is time to leave and entertain other wrists.

This is another great example of the benefits of working for an auction house. You get pieces like this incredible handsome ref. 1665 Double Red Sea-Dweller in from first owner. Complete with original certificate from a Danish Rolex retailer. Unfortunately I cannot afford to bid on the watch myself as I am certain it will get some solid bids from around the world. But at least I got to handle it and feel the power of precious vintage sports Rolex. Again.

I'm a bit of a social media enthusiast - you'll find me on Twitter talking about watches and other things at @TimTomato - and the latest craze in this arena is the website Pinterest. I wasn't sure quite what use Pinterest would prove to me, until I hit upon the idea of using it to gather interesting watch images. So I've started by uploading the images of every single watch I tried on and snapped with my iPhone at BaselWorld this year. On Twitter you'd put the #womw hashtag with this for "watch on my wrist".

Well, then you will probably like this one. A rare and very early ref. 4467 from 1945 – the birth year of the DateJust! An incredible find, not only because it is from 1945, but also because it is of 18 ct. gold and has a nice size of 36 mm AND has the roulette date wheel that changes from black to red. I know the dial is a later service dial and also in poor condition. But you should be able to find an original dial if you are patient and have money in your pockets to spend.