Watches - another OCD problem
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Yes it's hard but it can be done and it makes a huge difference on pricy watches. I always notice how the screws are well timed on Royal Oaks.
The Royal Oak cheats! Time and Tide point out that the screwheads on the bezel are actually threaded nuts in hexagonal holes.
The screws are then inserted and tightened from the rear, where the heads aren't aligned.
My suspicion is that the screws aren't aligned on watches because the sizes and tolerances are a lot smaller. Given the cost of a high-end Patek, I'm sure that an owner could justify an extra few hundred or thousand dollars for a watchmaker to put the time in if it was easy.
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It's SIHH, one of the two big watch fairs, next week, and we're starting to see launches. Monochrome Watches have announced the Baume & Mercier Clifton Baumatic, which is their first model to use their proprietary movement.
I like the specs on this: It's chronometer (COSC) rated, has a five day power reserve, is antimagnetic to 1500 Gauss, and has service intervals in excess of five years. The price is a pretty reasonable CHF 2450,
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Cheating is OK. Still, a small part of me died today…
My first "expensive" watch was a B&M Capeland Chrono I bought in '98 when I got my first job after business school. I loved the design (different from the current Capeland models), and I still think it was inspired. With this said, once I had it serviced and was told that the lubricant had turned to gunk. I had to have the face and the hands replaced. Not cheap. I sold it immediately afterwards, for good money if I may add.
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IWC are celebrating their 150th anniversary this year, and have brought out a range of limited editions to commemorate the event.
My favourite has to be the Tribute to Pallweber, particularly the stainless steel with blue dial model on the left. It's a mechanical digital watch, much like the oh-so-sexy Lange Zeitwerk, but about a tenth of the price. Hodinkee and aBlogToWatch got their hands on it late last year.
There's also a Big Pilot's watch with a big date that I like. It's a bit smaller than Heritage 48 that I was admiring last year, but I think that it uses the same base movement.
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@Graeme I saw the Big Pilot this Morning half sleeping and tought i´d like it but the Center Date kills it for me all the way.
The limited edition Portuguese loses the centre date.
As does the Pilot's Heritage 48.
I think that they're both pretty similar to the new, limited edition.
I agree about Lange, though the baby Saxonia Thin is a relative bargain. They've just done a new version, with a blue dial that gives me unchristian thoughts. Costs a chunk more than the base model, though.
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Montblanc have announced a new chronograph, with one of those gorgeous Minerva movements in it. It's 40mm, so slightly smaller than the bronze one that we've drooled over in the past. I like the green dial and strap too.
They're also bringing out a gloriously impractical pocket watch with a stone dial, Minerva movement, and a compass at the back. I want one.
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Damn, that Lange looks fantastic. Love those special edition IWCs, too. I've always liked the jumbo date.
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I thi nk it's just an artifact, a shadow. Check this page of the same model in gold and look at the various pics - no hole.
https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/the-a-lange-and-sohne-saxonia-thin
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They're transitioning into the new "super premium luxury tool watch" category.
