Watches - another OCD problem

[Anesthetist]

Forgot I had this one. Multi function, solar, atomic, mega lightweight, and made in [emoji627]
The perfect chore day watch [emoji106]

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[Chris]

Haven't worn this one in a while.  I've always thought fully lumed dials should be more popular.

[Anesthetist]

UTS Münich 500M

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[Maynard Friedman]

@Graeme:

I’m too sexy for my watch…

[JDelage]

@Anesthetist:

UTS Münich 500M

500M? The model isn't on their page…?

I've been intrigued by UTS for a while. Quite the piece of tooling...

[Graeme]

Just a heads up that the Swatch Group will be announcing their new models this week.

During Baselworld they had a private event for dealers, and now it's the media's turn.

[Graeme]

Incoming (S)watch porn!

To the surprise of absolutely no-one, Blancpain are doing a couple of Fifty Fathoms limited editions. @Giles might want to skip this post.

The first is the Barakuda, and is based on a sixties design. It reminds me a bit of the Seventies model they did last year, without the day complication, and with a larger date window for @mclaincausey's presbyopic eyes.

The second is the Naggers Nageurs de Combat, which is "inspired" by a fifties watch worn by French divers.

More surprising is the Air Command, which is a reissue of a pilot's chronograph from the fifties.

[Giles]

I like the Barkuda and I like the position of the date window - time to flog a couple of GMT Masters?

[Graeme]

In another surprise to absolutely nobody, Omega unveiled a fiftieth anniversary of Apollo 11 Speedmaster. I'm not convinced by the "Buzz Aldrin exiting the lander" subdial.

There's a very orange Planet Ocean chronograph, which looks great on the tricolour NATO strap.

A new world timer.

My favourite is the De Ville Tresor in steel. Shame that it's got a date window.

[Graeme]

@Giles:

I like the Barkuda and I like the position of the date window - time to flog a couple of GMT Masters?

If the GMTs are living in a safe and you'd wear the Barakuda everyday, I would.

[mclaincausey]

Thanks, @Graeme

I still like the main FF best. I think it's a more timeless and versatile design than Barakuda (I'm torn on the faux lume–I like it now, but would I forever, and the date window IMO calls too much attention to itself between the white field on the date wheel and the border), and the hands (I especially miss the red seconds hand tip), dial (I miss the chapter ring, dial markers, and white gold linings of the original), and brushed finishing of the case of the Nageurs de Combat fall short of the main model for me.

That said, both of those are beautiful, it's just that I think the main one is that damn perfect.

[Graeme]

Glashutte Original also have done a range of diving watches, the SeaQ. I think that they're ISO 6425 certified, which is a rarity.

There's a limited edition vintage version.

And a regular production model with a panorama date.

The latter uses the movement from the Senator Excellence, which has a hundred hour power reserve, silicon mainspring (so antimagnetic), and runs well within chronometer specs. The only problem is that prices start at €11,000, about the same as a Fifty Fathoms…

@mclaincausey I'm just giving you options. (OK, Blancpain are.)

[mclaincausey]

Daaaaamn I love the Glashütte the with the panorama. Usually they are a better value than that. Interesting bracelet construction.

[DougNg]

I might have to check out that Glashutte when I'm in Vegas in a couple months. I'm not in the market for a new diver (still in love with my Omega SMPc nearly four years later), but the implementation of Arabic numerals on a diver is interesting. I've seen a couple other divers with big numerals on them before and they feel…puckered up. It's hard to explain but they feel like things are trying to escape into the center of the dial.

[mclaincausey]

It's crazy how much they borrow from FF. The black panorama looks like a blend of the FF and FF Bathyscaphe.

[JDelage]

Those SeaQ are very nice. A bit too tall for my taste (>15mm), and I would like yo see a profile shot. Still, very nice. I would have loved to see a dateless version.

The date window on the panorama date watches I've seen in the past were often smaller than for those with the regular placement. I wonder how they did those to be bigger.

[JDelage]

The bottom 2 Omegas are very nice. The FF does nothing for me…

[Graeme]

@DougNg the Glashutte watches probably won't be out until September or October.

@mclaincausey I like the panodate model too. I suspect that the similarities to the FF are because both are based around the ISO standard, which was based on the Blancpain. And both designs date from about the same period.

[mclaincausey]

@Graeme and both are Swatch

[mclaincausey]

Numerous ways to do it, probably something like this, @JDelage

Or my favorite, this Lange approach:

Panorama or big dates are in my experience almost universally larger than single date wheel dates though, that's the point.