Watches - another OCD problem
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Continuing the Chopard love, here's the LUC XP Skeletec. It's the same movement as the steel watch, above, but it's been skeletonised, and in a gold case. It's also about twice the price. I saw one a couple of months ago, and it's a beautiful thing.
There's a write-up at aBlogToWatch.
Meanwhile, I've got a bit of Chopard anti-love.
About eighteen months ago, the Chopard store emailed me to say they have an LUC 8HF Power Control in stock. They followed me up in March or April this year saying that it was still there, but a price-rise was coming.
I checked the prices online, and it's gone up around £1,000. So a limited edition they haven't completely shifted in the last few years has had an above-inflation rise (probably due to Brexit related weakness in the pound).
Furthermore, the Chopard Superfast Power Control has just been released. It's £3,000 cheaper, has a similar 8 Hz movement, and is in a limited edition of 100, making it rarer than the 8HF…
A few of the watch blogs criticise the industry for being clueless. I can see their point.
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Anyone here who owns a Sinn U1?
Would like to hear some experiences…..
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Sounds like a question for @rocket. I'm pretty sure he loves his.
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yep I do, what do you like to know? @TheTrooper
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yep I do, what do you like to know? @TheTrooper
I need my watches to be tough as nails and as low-maintenance as possible.
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a G-Shock ??… every automatic watch will at some point need a service / revision...
think I bought the U1 in 2010 and it hadn't have a service since than. It's my daily beater and there are no scratches or whatever visible and I am more than once crashed the thing against all kinds of surfaces, while working or doing stuff... so some toughness is def given.
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think I bought the U1 in 2010 and it hadn't have a service since than. It's my daily beater and there are no scratches or whatever visible and I am more than once crashed the thing against all kinds of surfaces, while working or doing stuff… so some toughness is def given.
Sounds good, thanks!
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You want a tank of a watch that takes lots of abuse and is more or less carefree? Get an old Omega Seamaster Professional.
I wear mine on a daily basis since 22.01.1998 and it only had one minor repair ( 4 weeks ago for 120,00 €). No revisions, no nothing and still going strong.
You mean something like this one?
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Pepsi is only good on Rolex, nice 1!
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To echo what rocket said: if what you are looking for is toughness and low maintenance, G-Shock
All mechanical watches will fail and/or require maintenance at some point. The G-Shock requires $20 and five minutes to replace the batteries every few years.
I've had good luck with Reactor watches as well. When I'm running drills with my rifle and know I'm going to bang my watch around, I switch from my Omega Seamaster Professional to my Reactor Gryphon.
If durability and low maintenance are king because you know you're going to beat stuff up, quartz and mineral glass are the way to go. I cracked the crystal on my Reactor a couple years ago when I slammed into a car wearing full kit, cost me less than $50 to replace the crystal and they changed out the battery for giggles for free. The crystal on my Omega would have shattered into pieces and I would have had an exposed watch face the way I biffed that time.
I've seen a Rolex, a Panerai and a Breitling go down during shooting classes.
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I'll disagree (sorta) with Doug on the crystal. You'll need to decide which is more important to you- scratch resistance or shatter resistance. If, like Doug, you're likely to shatter your watch crystal, then mineral glass, or even plastic, are your best choices. If, like me, you never break crystals, but scratch them just by breathing in the wrong direction, then you should get a sapphire crystal.
He's totally right about getting a G-shock, though. Most indestructible watch you can buy.
