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    Giles
    IHUK Crew
    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

    Thank you. We have it thanks.....Costa Rica area loaded before we came....Every single birder/guide we have seen here is using it.....

    "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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      Go For Chill
      Haraki san Prodigy
      Joined: 3 Jan 2025

      My daily setup. I work them all plenty hard, and take care of them just the same.

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      "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." -Thomas Edison

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        Graeme
        啓蒙家
        Joined: 30 Mar 2012

        The Hour Glass in Melbourne had a Cubitus on display in their window. I didn't get a chance to try it on because all their Patek specialists were in a meeting when I passed. Or they thought that I was too scruffy to afford one. I'm not convinced by the design; it looks like the sort of slightly upmarket quartz watches you would see in an Argos catalogue back in the eighties or nineties.

        Cubitus

        The Omega boutique had a few new pieces in, including the Flight Qualified Speedmaster that @ddtrash posted a few weeks ago. I liked the dial, but, as @JDelage observed, it's a bit chonky.

        Flight Qualified

        There was also the turquoise Aqua Terra. I loved the dial on it.

        Aqua Terra Turquoise

        My favourite was the Summer Blue Ploprof, which was announced nearly two years ago, and has taken some time to get to market.

        Ploprof

        The rubber strap had the model's name on the keeper, and I liked the angled cut for its tip.

        Ploprof Strap

        The only problem is that the asking price is $23.650 (Australian). A titanium Blancpain Bathyscaphe is $24,000, a regular Fifty Fathoms is $27,000, and the Glashütte Original SeaQ is $20K on the bracelet. All of these are finer watchmaking than the Omega.

        I dropped by the Time and Tide showroom, which sells a number of microbrands. (They've opened a larger one in London, just off Oxford Circus. I'll have to take a look next time I'm there.) I wanted to take a look at the Furlan Marri Disco Volante, which they had in green. It's powered by a Peseux 7001 movement, and it is a very small and very slim watch. There's a ring of lume around the dial and subdial, which is a contemporary twist on a vintage style watch. I liked it, but it felt a little small on me.

        Disco Volante.jpg

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          goosehd
          Mod Squad
          @Graeme
          Joined: 8 Apr 2016

          @Graeme That aqua terra is beautiful!

          "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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            Graeme
            啓蒙家
            @goosehd
            Joined: 30 Mar 2012

            @goosehd I agree. If I was buying an Aqua Terra, I'd go for that dial.

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              mclaincausey
              見習いボス
              Joined: 12 Apr 2013

              It's very nice, maybe their best, but also bold enough to where it might get a bit stale as a daily driver.

              Think it, be it.

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                ddtrash
                Haraki san Expert
                Joined: 2 Dec 2010

                OK Vacheron have just gone and released what a lot of collectors have been waiting for: The steel version of the Overseas 222.

                Not cheap at just over £30,000

                I do like it but that is a lot of money for a steel watch. I am keen to see what the secondary market looks like for this model?

                I suspect it will trade above RRP for a while as there won't be many of them around. The standard 4500v overseas is cooling off a bit like the rest of the boutique steep integrated sports models. I suspect this 222 will buck that trend, especially considering for how long collectors have been asking for this piece to be made in steel again.

                vacheron 222.jpg

                There is no 'I' in team …............ however there are five in 'individual brilliance'.

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                  Graeme
                  啓蒙家
                  @ddtrash
                  Joined: 30 Mar 2012

                  @ddtrash I saw this earlier, and I thought that it would be something you like.

                  It looks a lovely watch. I'd like to see it on my wrist before making a call, as the similarly sized Furlan Marri Disco Volante I tried on felt small.

                  Monochrome has an introductory article, which lists the price at €35,000. In comparison, their hands-on with the Patek Phillipe Cubitus mentions the base model costs €40,575. Personally, I'd get the 222.

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                    ddtrash
                    Haraki san Expert
                    Joined: 2 Dec 2010

                    222 vs Cubitus - no contest.

                    222 every day of the week.

                    There is no 'I' in team …............ however there are five in 'individual brilliance'.

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                      mclaincausey
                      見習いボス
                      Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                      The Cubitus: why?

                      Nautilus looked great. Cubitus looks like shit.

                      Think it, be it.

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                        Giles
                        IHUK Crew
                        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                        Neither 🙂

                        "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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                          JDelage
                          啓蒙家
                          Joined: 13 Jan 2012

                          The 222 is gorgeous. Too expensive but gorgeous.

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                            Anesthetist
                            見習いボス
                            Joined: 14 May 2011

                            At long last!

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                            IG: bluehandsslim

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                              JDelage
                              啓蒙家
                              Joined: 13 Jan 2012

                              Pretty!

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                                Anesthetist
                                見習いボス
                                @JDelage
                                Joined: 14 May 2011

                                @JDelage thanks, I am very, very pleased with it. It’s funny to me that so many people were critical of the brand and the price point, but to me it feels like a wonderful bang for the buck.

                                IG: bluehandsslim

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                                  Graeme
                                  啓蒙家
                                  @Anesthetist
                                  Joined: 30 Mar 2012

                                  @Anesthetist it looks a lovely piece.

                                  I was also intrigued by the cloth in the background, which I suspect is a historical map of Oldenzaal. I once took a look around Naarden in the Netherlands, which has similar fortifications that have been preserved.

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                                    ddtrash
                                    Haraki san Expert
                                    Joined: 2 Dec 2010

                                    @Anesthetist Congrats my friend, that is a stunner and in my humble opinion offers a lot of bag for your buck.

                                    There is no 'I' in team …............ however there are five in 'individual brilliance'.

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                                      Graeme
                                      啓蒙家
                                      Joined: 30 Mar 2012

                                      It's the third Tuesday of the year, and Omega has just released a new Speedmaster. This one has a handwound movement, meteorite dial, and a moonphase. It's also 13.6 mm, so less of a chonk that the Flight Qualified.

                                      Speedmaster Moonphase

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                                        mclaincausey
                                        見習いボス
                                        Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                                        Not bad!

                                        Think it, be it.

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                                          JDelage
                                          啓蒙家
                                          Joined: 13 Jan 2012

                                          That's beautiful, especially the lighter one. I love meteorite. I have a nice chunk somewhere here.

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