Watches - another OCD problem

[JDelage]

Have you guys seen the new GS Special Edition 4-season series? Lovely dials on those babies….

[jock1624]

No sir I haven’t . Got me intrigued .

[Graeme]

Time and Tide have an office that is just around the corner from where I live, and last night they had an event to celebrate the launch of the Longines Legend Diver. So I went along.

The case is PVD steel and it comes on a rubber strap. Time and Tide (who're selling it) had it on one of their black NATOs, which was a good pairing. I think that the movement is a tweaked ETA.

It's a good looking watch. For people who read Hodinkee (and @Anesthetist ), there's a 36 mm version, but it's not available in black.

A few people had nice watches with them. Someone had an early 2000s Rolex GMT on a Jubilee bracelet.

A Glashutte with a spectacular green dial.

And one guy had a watch roll full of vintage pieces he'd sourced in Cuba.

Including this lovely Jaeger chronograph.

[Chris]

Man, l love that green dialed Glashutte.

[DougNg]

I find it ironic that Glashutte would make an homage to a Timex

[Anesthetist]

36mm would interest me indeed!

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[JDelage]

Those are the Four Seasons special ed GS: https://timelessluxwatches.com/reviews/new-grand-seiko-four-seasons-models/

This is the lovely Winter model:

And the Summer one:

Those are my favorite of the 4, but the other two are not bad either…

[Graeme]

Hodinkee have a write up on the Blancpain Barakuda.

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/blancpain-fifty-fathoms-barakuda-introducing

There are comments about it being sold out, but I heard the same thing about the Bathyscaphe Seventies, and there's one of those in a local jeweler's.

[Giles]

I'm scuba diving this week….Time to put my Fifty Fathoms to work....

[Graeme]

You'd better not lose it over the side of the boat @Giles! :o

[mclaincausey]

…but even if you do, if you log the GPS coordinates and scour the area, being at least the equal of a Submariner, it should be fine even after 14 months undersea.

[Finn666]

@Graeme:

@Finn666 glad to hear you've made your mind up. Hopefully the Rolex waiting list gods are kind to you.

they truely were @Graeme

(don‘t mind the greece stains on the bezel haha)

[Graeme]

@Finn666 looks like the waiting list wasn't too bad. I've got a suspicion that times quoted are exaggerated, except for the Daytona and GMT…

The Sea Dweller looks good. Doesn't seem too big for your wrist, and is a less obvious choice than the Submariner.

[louisbosco]

wow they look really good. faster than i expected..

[Finn666]

gonna pick it up today. can't wait!

and yeah @Graeme they've told me they got a pretty big delivery from rolex the other day and because the WL for the SD wasn't too big of a problem, they gave me a call
was super hyped as i've picked up the phone haha…such a good feeling, after 2years only talking and dreaming about it

gonna post some more pics as soon as i get if...if you guys want

[louisbosco]

hahaha. you lucky bugger. expecting more pictures when you get it on!!

[Finn666]

just picked it up yesterday mate! @louisbosco happy AF
also put my name on the list for a gmt master II batman with the jubilee bracelet from 2019 while at the store…should take around 1-1.5years for it to arrive.

[louisbosco]

yeah the GMT master might take awhile.. i'm not convinced it will be 1-1.5 years.. unless of course after this purchase, they're more inclined to "move you up"

[Finn666]

let's hope it's 1-1.5 years…need some time to work and afterwards reward myself again. can't buy a rolex "just because" haha

[louisbosco]

hahaha. yes. well worth the wait in a year or 2..