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    IrishHeart
    Haraki san Expert
    @Cole
    Joined: 1 Mar 2023

    @Cole that’s a lovely watch

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      RobeOfTheMagi
      Haraki san Expert
      Joined: 15 Apr 2024

      Last production version of the 114270:

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        kkibbey23
        Haraki san Prodigy
        Joined: 16 Oct 2013

        Decided yesterday to pull the trigger on a long time want. Probably close to 20 years in the making. Picked it up today. Absolutely love it. IWC big pilot 😎

        @Giles do you still have that platinum one you were holding on to for a friend or something? I can’t remember the details totally

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        last edited by kkibbey23 3 Aug 2025, 17:53 8 Mar 2025, 17:52 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 8
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          Giles
          IHUK Crew
          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

          That is a beaut......Congratulations....

          I do, want me to post some pics of mine (it may be mine now 🙂 )

          "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

          last edited by Giles 3 Aug 2025, 18:46 8 Mar 2025, 18:00 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 3
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            Anesthetist
            見習いボス
            Joined: 14 May 2011

            Amazing score @kkibbey23, I wish I had the wrist to handle such a beast!

            But speaking of IWC and long time wants…..

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            IG: bluehandsslim

            last edited by 8 Mar 2025, 20:37 K 1 Reply Last reply 9 Mar 2025, 15:50 Reply Quote 9
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              kkibbey23
              Haraki san Prodigy
              @Anesthetist
              Joined: 16 Oct 2013

              @Anesthetist Amazing Chrono! I was just looking on the website, it has an open case back right? I really like that too. IWC makes some really sweet stuff. Congrats to you too! Did you just get it also?

              @Giles I’d love to see some pictures of it 😊 Thanks

              IH hoodie pic… It will be a while before this comes off my wrist!
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              last edited by kkibbey23 3 Sept 2025, 15:51 9 Mar 2025, 15:50 A 1 Reply Last reply 9 Mar 2025, 17:51 Reply Quote 7
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                Giles
                IHUK Crew
                Joined: 22 Sept 2009

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                Bonus pic, lefty Panerai.......

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                "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

                last edited by Giles 3 Sept 2025, 16:05 9 Mar 2025, 15:59 G 1 Reply Last reply 10 Mar 2025, 13:31 Reply Quote 9
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                  Anesthetist
                  見習いボス
                  @kkibbey23
                  Joined: 14 May 2011

                  @kkibbey23 thank you, I just nabbed it Weds. It is the newer version w the in house movement w the sapphire back. I almost ended up w an Airking but have wanted this too long to pass on it. I still do want a big pilot albeit the 43mm.

                  @Giles great watch

                  IG: bluehandsslim

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                    Graeme
                    啓蒙家
                    Joined: 30 Mar 2012

                    Watches and Wonders is coming in a few weeks, and new watches are being released in the run-up. Blancpain has just announced the Fifty Fathoms Tech - Ocean Commitment IV, which is a 45 mm titanium piece. Jason Heaton drew the short straw and got sent to the Philippines to test it.

                    Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Tech

                    The watch looks quite nice, but I'd probably get a Bathyscaphe in titanium in preference.

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                      goosehd
                      Mod Squad
                      @Giles
                      Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                      @Giles I didn't realize that Panerai was a very limited edition with only 75 produced. Just looked it up trying to figure out what model it was...thanks for sharing 🙂

                      "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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                        mclaincausey
                        見習いボス
                        Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                        That FF Tech leaves me cold. Not differentiated enough and a lot of coin for it. The main visual differentiation is something I don’t want (He escape valve).

                        I’d go Glashutte SeaQ Panorama Date. Way cheaper and more interesting IMHO.

                        Think it, be it.

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                          Graeme
                          啓蒙家
                          @mclaincausey
                          Joined: 30 Mar 2012

                          @mclaincausey I like the SeaQ Panorama Data more than the Fifty Fathoms, and I think that it's better finished. However, the FF is a bit slimmer, which makes it more wearable.

                          Of course, I'd probably buy an Omega Ploprof instead, which is the same sort of price, and far less practical...

                          last edited by Graeme 3 Oct 2025, 14:12 10 Mar 2025, 14:12 M 1 Reply Last reply 10 Mar 2025, 14:21 Reply Quote 0
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                            mclaincausey
                            見習いボス
                            @Graeme
                            Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                            @Graeme fair. Though I would go for a regular FF over this one personally.

                            Think it, be it.

                            last edited by 10 Mar 2025, 14:21 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                              louisbosco
                              啓蒙家
                              Joined: 21 Feb 2013

                              I was looking at the mark XX recently. all these IWC pictures are tempting

                              "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

                              • Harvey Specter
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                                Graeme
                                啓蒙家
                                Joined: 30 Mar 2012

                                Watches of Switzerland has opened a dedicated Rolex boutique on Old Bond Street. It's a conveniently short stroll from Rivet and Hide. Hodinkee has published a write-up, which is basically a PR puff piece. (There are a lot of snarky comments asking whether customers can actually buy watches there.)

                                Rolex Boutique

                                last edited by 15 Mar 2025, 13:45 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 5
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                                  Bridger
                                  Raw and Unwashed
                                  Joined: 3 Mar 2021

                                  Keep walking, Grand Seiko isn't too far away on New Bond St... 😉

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                                    Giles
                                    IHUK Crew
                                    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                    That's my kind of talk......

                                    "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

                                    last edited by 16 Mar 2025, 16:34 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                    • ManiacLachyM
                                      ManiacLachy
                                      Haraki san Student
                                      Joined: 3 Dec 2024

                                      I haven’t got the watch game of many here, but I’m proud of this Carrera Heuer reissue from 1996 that I picked up 10 odd years ago. I’d always liked the Carrera TAGs, but this reissue just struck me as classic and unfussy.

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                                      last edited by 18 Mar 2025, 06:29 B 1 Reply Last reply 18 Mar 2025, 07:07 Reply Quote 9
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                                        Bridger
                                        Raw and Unwashed
                                        @ManiacLachy
                                        Joined: 3 Mar 2021

                                        Nice @ManiacLachy

                                        I like the Heuer without the Tag. That must be worth something

                                        last edited by 18 Mar 2025, 07:07 ManiacLachyM 1 Reply Last reply 18 Mar 2025, 21:20 Reply Quote 0
                                        • ManiacLachyM
                                          ManiacLachy
                                          Haraki san Student
                                          @Bridger
                                          Joined: 3 Dec 2024

                                          @Bridger Thanks. Although made after Heuer sold and they became TAG Heuer, they did the re-creation of the 60s classic right by keeping the old logo. They even kept it to the original 36mm case, a lot smaller than most watches today, but another feature I quite like.

                                          A quick check shows it worth a little more now than what I paid 10 years ago, but still quite affordable. I also discovered they did a Monaco re-creation the following year in 1997, along the same vein - Heuer branding, small case - and now I'm wondering if I should add it to the collection ...

                                          last edited by 18 Mar 2025, 21:20 B 1 Reply Last reply 18 Mar 2025, 22:38 Reply Quote 0
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