Watches - another OCD problem

[Giles]

Time on your hands (pun intended) this morning @Tempvs ?

[Tempvs]

Time on my hands indeed. In cafe! See you soon.

[chiverus]

Loving the IWC @Tempvs

Been wearing this 10 years, still dig the Titanium

[Tempvs]

Titanium is great on certain watches. It certainly works well on Panerai and IWC.

[Graeme]

@Tempvs what's the watch on the left? It looks a bit like something Romain Jerome would do, but the A logo suggests it isn't. I've been scratching my head over that one, as it's a cool piece.

There's an IWC Ingenieur with a boron carbide case up for grabs in the Only Watch auction. I'm a fan of titanium too, but that might be able to take a bit more abuse…

And a piece on chronometry has been posted to aBlogToWatch, namely why isn't accuracy a selling point for watches?

http://www.ablogtowatch.com/should-watch-makers-advertise-accuracy-mechanical-watches/

I certainly am of the view that tourbillions exist to show off your wealth, rather than performing any useful function.

[Anesthetist]

@Graeme:

@Tempvs what's the watch on the left? It looks a bit like something Romain Jerome would do, but the A logo suggests it isn't. I've been scratching my head over that one, as it's a cool piece.

Pretty sure that's an Armin Strom.

[Giles]

I've seen it and asked him what it is before, but I dislike it so much, I instantly forgot…..

[Tempvs]

It's a Artya Tourbillion. One of One. It was made by Yvan Arpa who was the man who started Romain J.
It's a manual wind watch. It just looks crazy and is fun to wear especially with jeans.

[Graeme]

Thanks @Tempvs. That explains why I've never heard of it, and why I thought it looked like a Romain Jerome.

Hodinkee have a bunch of pictures and a feature on the Tudor Heritage Black Bay for Only Watch. Since everyone seems to be a fan of the brand, I thought that I'd post details.

http://www.hodinkee.com/blog/Tudor-Heritage-Black-Bay-One-Reference-7923-Only-Watch

It even comes with two straps and a bracelet.

My suspicion is that:

• It's going to go for an awful lot of money.

• It'll spend its life living in a safe.

• Tudor would be mad not to put it into series production.

Go on Tempvs, you know you want to…

[Tempvs]

Indeed it will make a massive amount of money. More than this poor kid would want to pay, that is for sure.

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[denimeric]

@Tempvs:

"gas escape valve" ??  :-\ 

Incredible collection you have there Tempvs!

[Pavel Pipovič]

@denimeric:

"gas escape valve" ??  :-\ 

Yes, for helium

[denimeric]

@Pavel:

@denimeric:

"gas escape valve" ??  :-\ 

Yes, for helium

Wow! indeed! Just did a Wiki search. 

[Chiba J.]

^^ Even more amazing is the brand that figured out how to do that w/o the valve!

[Tempvs]

Yes it has escape valve

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[Tempvs]

Not an Only Watch Black Bay but still rare, I hope it comes very soon.

[Graeme]

I read about that. It's a far nicer piece than the Tudor.

I'm not jealous. Honest.

[Tempvs]

LOL [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

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[Graeme]

Nothing as exciting as a Peter Richards, and not a one-off, but Hodinkee have a hands on with the Tudor North Flag.

http://www.hodinkee.com/blog/the-tudor-north-flag-with-tudors-own-in-house-movement

[Tempvs]