Watches - another OCD problem
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I like the Sinn's combination of a red strap with a black case. The Breitling B55 riffed on the same combination, and Bell and Ross had a few pieces out last year.
If anyone wants to trawl through the Best Of lists for Basel, there are a number of them up now.
http://www.ablogtowatch.com/top-10-watches-baselworld-2015/
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-24/the-10-best-watches-from-baselworld-2015
http://www.supercompressor.com/gear/best-watches-of-baselworld-2015-rolex-longines-omega-tudor
http://gearpatrol.com/2015/03/24/best-watches-baselworld-2015/And a list of the five boldest Dive Watches.
Personally, I like the robot!
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Another contribution to the multicoloured lume thread, this time courtesy of the Sarpaneva Korona K0 Northern Lights.
There are hands on at aBlogToWatch and Monochrome Watches.
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Some really great watches in those articles. The GO is really lovely; I've always had a weakness for the jumbo date, and I think 6 o'clock is the perfect location for a date window.
But that Sarpeneva is the true standout. I love the overall unique, but not over-the-top weird, design and especially the face moon phase complication. And solid, formed and machined luminant is, in my opinion, a more noteworthy development than virtually anything else in the watch world. I really, really want one.
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Limited edition Sinn Military Type III intended for the Japanese market!
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Super nice…what's the shirt?
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@grandmasterben it's my 3rd attempt @ a FH Western Denim; 7002 40W (I've had 42W, 42WR previously. Been at least a year trying to sort this)
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Lol… It looks good. Is this one a keeper?
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I'm looking at offloading my Breitling too at the minute. Seems to be a trend there.
(If anyone's interested it's an Avenger Seawolf in titanium.)
Waiting to hear back from Watches of Knightsbridge. They've got a sale coming up in June or July, so might enter it for that.
I seem to have been responsible for nudging both @Snowy and @ddtrash in the direction of new purchases. That probably makes me a worse influence than @Giles, or at least a more expensive one. Still not got myself a new piece yet, though!
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First automatic is showing up on Wednesday - a Seiko SKX-007. I'm pretty pumped.
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@tigerpac We're all enablers around here!
There seems to be a certain amount of debate about the new Patek 5524G, which was unveiled at Basel, and Hodinkee published a few viewpoints from watch experts.
I like the design, but it's a bit close to the Zenith Type 20 in style. A few people commented that if it'd looked more like the prototypes that Patek produced in the Thirties then it'd have been more attractive. I'm inclined to agree.
But William Massena reckons they missed an opportunity.
Patek Philippe could have seized this historical context to create a travel watch that not only appealed to the Porsche SUV crowd, but also appealed to the watch nerd eager for a large, high grade chronometer movement in an aviator watch. Patek Philippe could have easily fitted its pilot watch with the 17 ligne caliber 1-17''' that it currently uses in its pocket watch reference 973, and regulate the movement to a high chronometer tolerance.
I like the way he thinks. The Zenith Type 20 (below) runs a chronometer grade movement from a deck watch, and that makes it a much more interesting piece than the Patek.
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It should also have been done in stainless! Personally, I like it but would buy a Calatrava far before this piece.
