Watches - another OCD problem

[Giles]

@Graeme:

I'm having an orgasm over this….

[rocket]

I think it's fugly…

[louisbosco]

@Graeme:

THISS!!!!!!!

[Graeme]

@louisbosco the prediction was wrong, it's got a Pepsi bezel on a steel case and bracelet. More at Rolex.

[Graeme]

Looks like the coke bezel ended up on the Tudor Black Bay GMT.

[Graeme]

OK, I was wrong about the Tudor GMT, it's got a Pepsi bezel. It looks black in the photo.

There's also the Black Bay Fifty-Eight, which is smaller than the original (38mm vs 41mm), and has a new in-house movement.

[Graeme]

I'm liking the Seamaster Seventieth Anniversary models, particularly with the small seconds. Details at Hodinkee.

[DougNg]

The wait for the Rolex Pepsi GMT is going to be astronomically long, people have been waiting for that forever. I'm tempted to get on the list for it.

[JDelage]

My bronze Oris sixty-five is my favorite of the 5 watches I've bought in the last few months (3 sold or to be sold). The color and finition is awesome. I might get that new big crown. I have always wondered about pointer dates… It's a bit small though.

That Patek looks great in orange, but people who think they can sell a kidney and get one are overestimating their kidneys...

People are going to be exited about the smaller Black Bay I suspect.

[DougNg]

I'm not really sure why Oris doesn't get more love and Tudor is so hot. I find the mechanism to adjust the second time zone of this watch fascinating. Hoping to get it on the wrist at some point to see how it wears

[JDelage]

The new Speedmaster is very nice too…

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/omega-speedmaster-dark-side-of-the-moon-apollo-8-introducing

[louisbosco]

i wonder what their pricing for the rolex gmt will be.. hopefully around the same figure as the batman.. which in that case. i wouldn't mind trading up..

[JDelage]

Nice new Zenith Defy non-chrono skeletonized watch on IG. It has a nice Royal Oak-ish vibe. Love the detail on the second hand…

https://www.instagram.com/p/BgljfUCllD6/

[DougNg]

@louisbosco

I believe it's about the same ~9k USD

The increased power reserve is a nice upgrade on top of the aesthetics. It's up to 70hrs now.

[Chris]

Damn, Doug- I like that Oris, and I don't normally like dual time zone watches.

It would be even better if they put the crown at 4, the date window at six, and gave it a solid case back.  Maybe shrink it a couple of millimeters and get it down to a more versatile 43mm or so…

[DougNg]

Yeah, and you adjust the time zone with the bezel. Pretty neat

I really need to see this thing in person. While ~45 is huge, I get the feeling the watch would feel "constipated" with a smaller case/dial

[Chris]

Hmmm, turns out there's an Oris dealer across the street from the Tudor dealer, and they're both 1.2 miles from work.  May have to swing by on the way home one day and check out the Heritage Chrono and the Propilot.

[Graeme]

The Oris Pro Pilot looks good, and I think that it's got their in-house movement.

I was really hoping that Zenith would launch a production version of the Defy Lab at Baselworld. There was talk of a Defy Inventor, but it's not appeared.

The Rolex GMT is ugly. I don't get it.

[Joule]

@Graeme:

The Rolex GMT is ugly. I don't get it.

+1.

That Jubilee (vs. Oyster) bracelet killed it for me, along with the bezel colors still that blue/purple and cranberry like on the white gold GMT.  I was thinking that the Jubilee teaser earlier this week was going to be a root beer model in SS and then the Coke would come out in SS on the Oyster.

[Chris]

@Graeme:

The Oris Pro Pilot looks good, and I think that it's got their in-house movement.

The Rolex GMT is ugly. I don't get it.

According to the write up I found on Hodinkee, it's an ETA 2836 base with some Oris exclusive dual time zone bolt on tinkering.  I'm actually glad it's not an in house movement.

And yeah, I think the Rolex GMT is the least attractive of all their offerings…