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    MTpockets
    @Bridger
    Joined: 11 Jun 2021

    @Bridger - good point on Grand Seiko. But I wouldn't waste a GS purchase on a black dial. Any GS I would pick up would have to feature a lighter, textured dial. White Birch comes to mind.

    last edited by 10 Feb 2025, 18:29 B 1 Reply Last reply 10 Feb 2025, 19:19 Reply Quote 1
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      Giles
      IHUK Crew
      Joined: 22 Sept 2009

      or....... 🙂

      https://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/post/848871

      "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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        Bridger
        Raw and Unwashed
        @MTpockets
        Joined: 3 Mar 2021

        @MTpockets - I hear you! However, I have a thing for black dials (and denim) 🙂

        @Giles - that's a beautiful piece - I like it on the leather strap too

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          Brodie
          Haraki san Student
          Joined: 19 Mar 2023

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          A little sun on my morning walk.

          (Ignore that unscrewed crown...bad job by me. I remedied it as soon as I noticed it after taking this photo)

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            northsouthdenimguy
            Haraki san Expert
            Joined: 27 Nov 2022

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            Instagram @northsouthdenimguy

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              goosehd
              Mod Squad
              Joined: 8 Apr 2016

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              "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
                Joined: 30 Mar 2012

                I was in Melbourne a week ago, and I saw the Vacheron Constantin Historiques 222 in steel. It's a very pretty watch. I still haven't managed to get a look at the Patek Cubitus, because you need to jump through hoops for the local dealer to show it to you, but it was about 15% cheaper and a far nicer piece of design.

                Vacheron 222

                The only shortcoming was that it's a boutique only piece, and the one in Melbourne already had three hundred expressions of interest.

                Across the road, I saw a Montblanc 1858 "The Unveiled Secret" Minerva Monopusher Chronograph. The movement has been flipped, so that its back becomes the watch's face. The case back is solid, with an engraving of the old Minerva workshop on it. Again, it's a lovely piece.

                Montblanc Minerva

                There was also a Zenith Defy Tourbillon, which is based around a variant of the El Primero 5 Hz movement.

                Zenith Defy

                On a more accessible front, the Longines boutique had the new, carbon Ultra-Chron. The bezel is fixed, unlike the original steel version, which got the desk divers in Hodinkee's comments section ranting!

                Longines Ultra-Chron

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                  Brodie
                  Haraki san Student
                  @Graeme
                  Joined: 19 Mar 2023

                  @Graeme Love that 222...would love to see it in person.

                  Funny enough, just based on pictures, I think I may prefer the gold version. And I am not a yellow gold guy. But for whatever reason, I seem to be drawn to that one a little more.

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                    Graeme
                    啓蒙家
                    @Brodie
                    Joined: 30 Mar 2012

                    @Brodie the sales assistant said that she preferred the gold version too, because it was all one colour.

                    There was one on display in the window, and it looked good, but I would go for the steel model.

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                      Danimal506
                      Haraki san Expert
                      @Graeme
                      Joined: 13 Aug 2019

                      @Graeme Oh no a fixed bezel?! That watch looked so good! Fixed bezels that look like dive bezels really irk me. I don’t need a cheat sheet to remind me where 40 mins is at…

                      WTB:
                      IHC-06
                      IHSW-70 L or XL
                      UHF Pillow Cover

                      last edited by 23 Feb 2025, 14:37 G 1 Reply Last reply 24 Feb 2025, 01:56 Reply Quote 0
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                        Graeme
                        啓蒙家
                        @Danimal506
                        Joined: 30 Mar 2012

                        @Danimal506 I wonder if there was an engineering decision behind the fixed bezel. The steel version's rotates as you'd expect.

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                          Danimal506
                          Haraki san Expert
                          @Graeme
                          Joined: 13 Aug 2019

                          @Graeme Even more odd. I thought you meant that the original watch had a rotating bezel and this reissue does not. I did not realize there is a contemporary version with a rotating AND non-rotating bezel. Very odd.

                          WTB:
                          IHC-06
                          IHSW-70 L or XL
                          UHF Pillow Cover

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                            Graeme
                            啓蒙家
                            @Danimal506
                            Joined: 30 Mar 2012

                            @Danimal506 the carbon model is significantly more expensive than the (contemporary) steel model too. That's why I don't think the fixed bezel was done for cost savings, and hence it's more likely to be for technical reasons.

                            I do like both versions, and I don't think that the fixed bezel would dissuade me from the carbon.

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                              Cole
                              啓蒙家
                              Joined: 15 Apr 2014

                              The new member in the family, or another completly unnessesary purchase, as my wife would say. 🤪

                              Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean 2200.50 from 2010. I just love the old Planet Oceans so mich more then the new ones.

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                              WTB:
                              IHJ-96-OLV Size L
                              IHE-13

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                                Giles
                                IHUK Crew
                                Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                Love that.....

                                "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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                                  Bridger
                                  Raw and Unwashed
                                  @Cole
                                  Joined: 3 Mar 2021

                                  @Cole Sweet watch, Cole.

                                  You should tell your wife that it is necessary as now you can dive to 600m and not lose track of time and be on time for date night.

                                  What's the screw on the top left? I have not seen that before.

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                                    Giles
                                    IHUK Crew
                                    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                    It is a Helium escape valve...

                                    "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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                                      ddtrash
                                      Haraki san Expert
                                      @Graeme
                                      Joined: 2 Dec 2010

                                      @Graeme I also like the carbon version, very handsome watch.

                                      I would also, like you, assume it is for technical reasons they have not implemented a rotating bezel.

                                      Bit of a shame really considering that Tudor have managed to manufacture a carbon case with a rotating bezel on the FXD Alinghi models.

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

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                                        mclaincausey
                                        見習いボス
                                        @Giles
                                        Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                                        @Giles speaking of that, I keep seeing trailers for a movie

                                        with Woody Harrelson that appears to be about an ill-fated saturation dive. I am intrigued. Guessing there will be dive watch cameos.

                                        Think it, be it.

                                        last edited by mclaincausey 28 Feb 2025, 12:42 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 2
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                                          Giles
                                          IHUK Crew
                                          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                          I suspect their will. But I wan't be watching it, I don't need to scare myself shitless 🙂

                                          "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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