Watches - another OCD problem
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Nice watch @summ3rhays !
My little Tender watch is 36 mm, which I'm guessing is about the same size as the Seamaster, and I adjusted to it after a few days. I think that you'll get used to it pretty quickly.
On the guilty pleasure front, I got to see a Bell & Ross Burning Skull. I know that it's an ETA base movement dressed up in an engraved case, but I liked it.
A bronze version has been released in China and Hong Kong.
However, were I to go that way, I'd get the just announced Laughing Skull, which has an in-house movement, and a moving jaw.
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Sasaki Kojirō in the foreground about to have his skull fatally bashed in by a bokken fashioned out of an oar on the boat ride to the site of the duel by a tardy Miyamoto Musashi. (If I recall the details of this duel, or one legendary telling of it, correctly.)
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This Submariner sold for a million dollars.
It belonged to a painter, as in decorator, rather than a famous artist. It's missing its original strap, and the bezel was pulled off to stop it getting it gummed up with paint!
I don't get it. At all. There are people with far more money than sense.
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I don't get it. At all. There are people with far more money than sense.
Let's figure out how to take advantage of one to relieve them of the other
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One of the local watch shops has a preview of new models launched at Baselworld, mostly from the Swatch group. I got a chance to look at a few pieces, along with a free almond croissant.
This is the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Annual Calendar. It's been a bit controversial, because it's half diver's watch, half dress watch. I like it, but would suggest getting it on the standard strap, as the NATO made it sit a bit too high on the wrist.
The Fifty Fathoms is now available with a big date complication, which I prefer to the standard, small date window.
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The Omega boutique also had a couple of new models on display, chief of which was the Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon Apollo 8. The watch doesn't have a dial, rather a moon map has been etched onto the bridges on both sides of the movement. The yellow doesn't pop as much in reality as it does in the photo, and I liked it a lot.
Omega have updated the Seamaster Professional Diver this year, and it's getting a lot of good press. It's a nice looking piece. Here it is in steel.
And here in steel and gold.
Lastly, I saw an Aqua Terra with a blue waves dial. It's a smaller piece, at 38 mm, and intended as a ladies watch, but I was very taken by it.
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I prefer the laquer dial from the last iteration of the Seamaster, but I might be biased (I have two). I'm also not a fan of the larger hands than the previous generation. They look ham fisted. The date at the six o'clock is a nice change though.
If that Aqua Terra had baton markers and a square date window, I'd be really temped.
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@DougNg if you've already got two Seamasters, you don't need to buy one of the new ones.
I'm not a fan of diving watches, so won't be getting one. But they seem pretty well executed, and they're at an attractive price point.
The Aqua Terra comes with a square (OK, trapezoid) date window. The round one is on some of the smaller models. Time and Tide have a write up.
https://timeandtidewatches.com/editors-pick-another-look-at-the-latest-omega-aqua-terra/
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Ok, the 41mm Aqua Terra is extremely nice.
No way I'd be able to justify a purchase, but it is a lovely watch.
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It took me some time to realize where the actual time is indicated. I love the moon relief but on some watches there's just too much going on for my personal taste.
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@Graeme did they say when they might be receiving the gmt pepsi?
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@louisbosco the watches were on display at Monards and the Omega boutique at the Crown Casino. Neither are Rolex dealers, so no mention of arrival dates.
Watches of Switzerland have the touring collection of new Rolexes from Baselworld in two or three weeks. I can probably get more details then, but the impression I get is that unless you're a big spending VIP customer, they won't even allow you to put an order in for one of the hot pieces.
As an aside, I really dislike the way the Rolex dealers are handling waiting lists right now. If you're a favoured client (someone who spends big), it sounds as though you can get things easily. But it's entirely arbitrary, at the manager's discretion, and with no transparency. I also suspect that the waiting lists are massively exaggerated…
The Root Beer GMT is already shipping, and I believe that the Pepsi is too. But good luck finding one.
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@louisbosco according to the Rolex boutique at Crown Casino, the "Root Beer" GMT Master is already shipping, but they've only seen one to date. The "Pepsi" hasn't turned up yet, and they expect it in September.
In both cases, there are enormous waiting lists.
