Watches - another OCD problem
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I like the box. It's stupid and it would just gather dust on a shelf, but I like it.
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On Omega salesman was telling me that any Speedmaster limited edition gets hoovered up in a matter of hours or days by collectors. They seem to sell on at a premium too, last year's Speedy Tuesday sold for $6,500 and is now trading for between $8,000 and $10,000 on Chrono24.
So you can't complain about the company following the strategy.
The watch isn't bad, maybe a bit gimmicky, but I'd go for the Dark Side of the Moon Apollo 8 instead.
And I still like the box.
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Rolex is pulling the same trick, claiming that its bread and butter models are rare and good investments, despite selling anywhere up to a million watches per year.
Comparing the Australian RRP for the Air King, which is an unloved model that can be found fairly easily in dealers, with what's listed on Chrono24, and there are about a dozen selling at a discount. Most are being offered at a premium.
That said, I'd expect the Ultraman Speedy to be a better investment than an Air King.
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Panerai have just announced the PAM007799, which has a DLC titanium case, California dial, and Bund strap. Details at Monochrome.
I think that it sits on the gimmicky side, and the article says although it might come across like that, they don't think that it is in reality.
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Wayyy too much going on there IMO.
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I got to see an IWC Big Pilot Big Date today. It's one of their 150th anniversary collection, and I think it's a limited edition of 150 pieces in each of the dial colours.
This one is already spoken for. I'd prefer the white faced version, which I think would be a bit more versatile.
Oh, I was wanting to see the new Rolex models at one of the dealers today. However, despite saying that it was the last day of the display today, they'd packed it up by mid-afternoon. I'd been hoping to get my hands on one of the GMTs.
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I got to see an IWC Big Pilot Big Date today. It's one of their 150th anniversary collection, and I think it's a limited edition of 150 pieces in each of the dial colours.
This one is already spoken for. I'd prefer the white faced version, which I think would be a bit more versatile.
Oh, I was wanting to see the new Rolex models at one of the dealers today. However, despite saying that it was the last day of the display today, they'd packed it up by mid-afternoon. I'd been hoping to get my hands on one of the GMTs.
I love pilot watches–while I get the point about the white being more versatile, I do love the classic black dial.
I'm curious what the advantages of individual date numerals (versus a single dial with all the dates) would be on a watch that's already so large.
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I got to see an IWC Big Pilot Big Date today. It's one of their 150th anniversary collection, and I think it's a limited edition of 150 pieces in each of the dial colours.
This one is already spoken for. I'd prefer the white faced version, which I think would be a bit more versatile.
Oh, I was wanting to see the new Rolex models at one of the dealers today. However, despite saying that it was the last day of the display today, they'd packed it up by mid-afternoon. I'd been hoping to get my hands on one of the GMTs.
I love pilot watches–while I get the point about the white being more versatile, I do love the classic black dial.
I'm curious what the advantages of individual date numerals (versus a single dial with all the dates) would be on a watch that's already so large.
In short, it is more Complicated which makes it more intersting for Watch Nerds, especially the A. Lange Fan Likes his Watches to be as complicated as possible.
The Long Version:
https://www.ablogtowatch.com/watches-date-displays/ -
I got to see an IWC Big Pilot Big Date today. It's one of their 150th anniversary collection, and I think it's a limited edition of 150 pieces in each of the dial colours.
This one is already spoken for. I'd prefer the white faced version, which I think would be a bit more versatile.
Oh, I was wanting to see the new Rolex models at one of the dealers today. However, despite saying that it was the last day of the display today, they'd packed it up by mid-afternoon. I'd been hoping to get my hands on one of the GMTs.
I love pilot watches–while I get the point about the white being more versatile, I do love the classic black dial.
I'm curious what the advantages of individual date numerals (versus a single dial with all the dates) would be on a watch that's already so large.
In short, it is more Complicated which makes it more intersting for Watch Nerds, especially the A. Lange Fan Likes his Watches to be as complicated as possible.
The Long Version:
https://www.ablogtowatch.com/watches-date-displays/Interesting, thanks!
Sounds like just another thing to break, which, on a tool watch (such as a pilot watch) (which this purports to be, whether or not it is also a luxury watch), is unappealing.
I do see how perhaps there could be more flexibility as to where the date is located with the two small dials as opposed to a single large one, but I'll let the horologists smell their own farts when it comes to needless complications. Which works out well, since I can't afford them anyway.
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I got to see an IWC Big Pilot Big Date today. It's one of their 150th anniversary collection, and I think it's a limited edition of 150 pieces in each of the dial colours.
That blue dial is lovely, and looks so much better in real pictures than it does on the website renderings. Love the big date, too. Someday, eventually, I'll get a watch that has that feature. It will be helpful, since by then I'll be really old, and have even worse eyesight.
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The Melbourne Bell & Ross boutique had one of the new Laughing Skull watches in stock today. Apparently it's the only one in Australia, and is number 8/500.
Two things make this piece interesting. It's got the first in-house movement from Bell & Ross, and the skull's jaw moves up and down as the watch is wound.
Unfortunately it doesn't move as the watch is running.
It's already a pretty big watch at 46mm, and the case is noticeably thicker than their other skull watches, so it's probably not as wearable. I also felt as though it didn't feel quite as special as it should. Something like the Bulgari Octo Finissimo is more nicely finished.
For the money, I'd be tempted by the Bulgari, or the IWC Big Pilot, which I posted a few days ago.
The other watch that caught my eye was the Burning Skull in bronze.
This is a limited edition of 100, and I don't think they're for sale outside of Asia, so I was surprised to see one. It's got an ETA movement, and it's much slimmer than the laughing skull.
The non-aligned screws on the case have already set off @mclaincausey's OCD when he saw the picture on Instagram, and the crown is also off-centre.
Since when is the 00XXX a thing, I only know the XXX Numbering Style ?
