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    Watches - another OCD problem

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    • GraemeG
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      How a push to in-house movements ruined the watch industry. :o

      http://www.ablogtowatch.com/push-in-house-movements-ruined-modern-luxury-watch-industry/

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        @Graeme:

        How a push to in-house movements ruined the watch industry. :o

        http://www.ablogtowatch.com/push-in-house-movements-ruined-modern-luxury-watch-industry/

        Good article. It's really just a case of oversupply now. In house does not mean better, in fact a lot of the time it just means far more expensive and a lot harder to service and repair. For normal everyday wear watches ETA movements can't be bettered. They are reliable and are easy to service.

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        • GraemeG
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          There's an article at Hodinkee about Atelier de Chronométrie, which the author described as making, "some of the most interesting watches I saw at this year's SalonQP".

          It looks like the watches use refinished and upgraded vintage Omega movements, which are then chronometer certified by the observatory of Besançon in France.

          I like the concept, but whether I'd want to drop €36,000 on one is a different matter.

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          • TempvsT
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            @Graeme:

            There's an article at Hodinkee about Atelier de Chronométrie, which the author described as making, "some of the most interesting watches I saw at this year's SalonQP".

            It looks like the watches use refinished and upgraded vintage Omega movements, which are then chronometer certified by the observatory of Besançon in France.

            I like the concept, but whether I'd want to drop €36,000 on one is a different matter.

            It would not be a wise move!

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            • I
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              New Strap

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              • ColeC
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                According to Spiegel Online someone bought a Patek Philippe watch for $ 11.000.000,00 in a Swiss auction this weekend. This is madness (can't use proper emoticans at work but just imagine one going AAAARRRGGGHHHHHH)

                @Tempvs , do you have an alibi for that timeframe? 😉

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                • GraemeG
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                  I got to see the blue boutique edition Memovox whilst in London last week. It's really nice, and I should try to figure out how to afford one. 😃

                  Lange have started to offer a budget model, the Saxonia Thin. It's really simple: two hands, manually wound, no lume, and wrapped up in a 37 mm gold case. It's a stunning piece.

                  This is the Saxonia with the limited edition brown dial for Harrods. I only took a look at it because the nice girl in the concierge offered to show it to me. It's an automatic, rather than manual wind, and in a 39 mm case. I prefer it's little brother.

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                  • GilesG
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                    @Graeme:

                    Lange have started to offer a budget model,

                    Do you mean "budget"?

                    "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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                    • ChrisC
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                      A watch that costs approximately the same as my last car?

                      And yet, somehow, it seems worth it…

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                      • TempvsT
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                        Strap bedding in very nicely now

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                                  • AnesthetistA
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                                    New legs ok the Tudor

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                                      Super Ocean

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                                      Noypits…

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                                      • David_pllD
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                                        Not quite as fancy as these posted, but just ordered this:

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                                        • GraemeG
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                                          It looks nice, and, being a quartz, will be far more accurate than most of the fancy models in this thread. 😛

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                                          • David_pllD
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                                            It caught my eye upon its release but I never pulled the trigger. Until now, as End is offering 20% off its website.

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