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    Watches - another OCD problem

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    • GraemeG
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      @JDelage did you buy it? It would match your avatar's colour scheme. 😉

      I like the dial on the Tiffany Nautilus, but I could think of watches for the same RRP that I'd prefer to own, speculative gains aside.

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      • JDelageJ
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        Even the regular model is (was) beyond me, unless for flipping. This one's price beat all the estimates I'd seen before.

        I admit I've been fascinated by the Nautilus for a while and I actually genuinely like that one. At this point, I'm most interested in how Tiff' decides to sell the watches. It's clearly a play by LVMH to rebuild the brand, which has become a bit dusty. I think the right business decision would be to handpick every single one of the 169 remaining lucky numbers for maximum exposure & coolness, irrespective of their Tiffany seniority as customers.

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        • AnesthetistA
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          Unimatic U4  🙂

          This beauty was under the tree yesterday and I’m pretty happy with it. The OG strap is ok, but I think this kangaroo NATO fits it perfectly.

          IG: bluehandsslim

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          • S
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            That’s a really striking watch. Very nice

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            • MotyM
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              After 2,5 years with my Blue Pelagos they fell off during RTG check at the AirPort, at first I was crazy mad but then I said to myself, WTF now it’s really my watch with THE STORY

              Courage is resistance to fear, it is mastery of fear, not absence of fear

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              • GilesG
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                What fell off?

                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                • MotyM
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                  The watch 😢
                  sorry my English, fell to the ground and a saphire got a dent on 9

                  Courage is resistance to fear, it is mastery of fear, not absence of fear

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                  • steelworkerS
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                    Unimatic is nice. I like the dial

                    Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                    Well, I have others.

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                    • GilesG
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                      @Moty:

                      The watch 😢
                      sorry my English, fell to the ground and a saphire got a dent on 9

                      Ah, OK.  Sorry….And sorry....

                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                      • AnesthetistA
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                        @Moty:

                        The watch 😢
                        sorry my English, fell to the ground and a saphire got a dent on 9

                        You’ll always know it’s yours. I have a fine scratch on the sapphire of my Explorer I. I can always ID it that way.

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                        IG: bluehandsslim

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                        • ChrisC
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                          You scratched a sapphire crystal? That's impressive.

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                          • scooterS
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                            @Chris:

                            You scratched a sapphire crystal? That's impressive.

                            From my understanding, most scratches on sapphire crystals are not in the glass itself. Sapphire crystals are extremely light reflective. For better visibility, they are covered with an AR coating, to reduce glare. Unless scratched with a harder substance(diamond, for example), most scratches are to that coating.

                            Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

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                            • mclaincauseyM
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                              Not a materials science expert, but I think the harder (more scratch resistant) something is, typically the more brittle it is. So, the sapphire may have been chipped and not scratched, especially since it was a drop.

                              Think it, be it.

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                              • AnesthetistA
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                                @Chris:

                                You scratched a sapphire crystal? That's impressive.

                                I’ll try to capture it when I have better lighting. It is very faint but present. Not sure I can feel it with my fingernail but I’ll check. I wore this watch a ton in the OR and have hit it plenty of times on hospital beds/my machine, etc so it has been loved. I haven’t worn it in a while because it needs a cleaning and I haven’t figured out who I trust with it.

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                                IG: bluehandsslim

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                                • ChrisC
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                                  @scooter:

                                  From my understanding, most scratches on sapphire crystals are not in the glass itself. Sapphire crystals are extremely light reflective. For better visibility, they are covered with an AR coating, to reduce glare. Unless scratched with a harder substance(diamond, for example), most scratches are to that coating.

                                  A lot of manufacturers put the AR on the underside for that very reason.  That seems less effective, though.  I have a few watches that are supposed to be anti-reflective coated on the bottom, but you'd never know it.

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                                  • MotyM
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                                    I tried to make a bigger detail

                                    Courage is resistance to fear, it is mastery of fear, not absence of fear

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                                      This may be a stupid question, but have you tried to buff it out? That looks like some material that it banged against left part of itself behind.

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                                      • GilesG
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                                        Yeah, I agree…..

                                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                        • MotyM
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                                          Thanks guys for support but I tried many materials to scratch it off with no positive result. Unfortunately, I can feel a dent with my nail

                                          Courage is resistance to fear, it is mastery of fear, not absence of fear

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                                          • CutlasshoundC
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                                            @Moty:

                                            Thanks guys for support but I tried many materials to scratch it off with no positive result. Unfortunately, I can feel a dent with my nail

                                            How do you like the Pelagos?

                                            Always admired it.

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                                            I ain't got time to bleed.

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