Watches - another OCD problem
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I enjoy your reviews a great deal @Graeme even if I never comment on the watches. Don’t know much about them at all but I get a kick out of your expert, caring and meticulous commentary. I also feel I’m very slowly getting a free education on the subject. This last bit will be useful if I ever decide to get myself a wristwatch.
Keep it coming!
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@motojobobo glad you like the posts.
I don't think that I'm a particular expert, although there probably aren't a huge number in watch journalism either. Jack Forster strikes me as one of the most knowledgeable. Jason Heaton, who used to write for Hodinkee but hasn't published there anything in nearly a year, is probably the best for reading about diving watches, as he actually takes them diving. (These days he seems to be doing The Grey NATO Podcast.)
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@Graeme – Heaton also has a super rad Substack that I subscribe to. Worth checking out.
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@henry_david thanks. He seems to be writing more under his own banner these days. I hadn't really been following him as much as I should.
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@Graeme the first 3 are my absolute fav.
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Girard-Perregaux have released a new version of their seventies digital watch, the Casquette. This time around, it's in a period-incorrect ceramic and titanium case and costs $4700.
More details at Monochrome.
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Because I have questionable tastes in watches.
Despite that, apparently the Casquette 2.0 has already sold out online. Looks like I was too slow.
If your tastes are a bit more conservative, Monochrome have published their annual Rolex predictions about what models they would like to see released next month. Not that you'll be able to buy any of them.
I like their Milgauss and titanium Yacht-Master concepts. Ben Ainslie was spotted rocking a prototype of the latter, so it's not impossible that Rolex will produce it.
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Totally different pricing tier, but I do enjoy UR Werk when it comes to that sort of side-oriented design.
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I kinda like it, too. I wouldn't buy it as a regular use watch, but if I had a ton of watches already, (and the requisite funds) I'd buy it just to have an oddball one to wear when the mood hit.
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I kinda like it, too. I wouldn't buy it as a regular use watch, but if I had a ton of watches already, (and the requisite funds) I'd buy it just to have an oddball one to wear when the mood hit.
I agree, it’s unique and kind of a conversation starter. It’s like…..a $3k GShock
Most people and @Giles will hate it but it’s fun to try to convince them otherwise
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it's hideous. not that anybody asked me
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2022 models announced at Omega: https://www.omegawatches.com/omegadays
Going after you-know-who a bit…
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The high shine dials aimed at Rolex's OP line do nothing for me. Cool to see the Ultra Deep as a production model though.
