Watches - another OCD problem
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This just came up on FB from the guy I bought my watch strap from (Toshi). I know nothing about it but it looks lovely.
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Anonimos watches are quirky, but super cool. I've always been intrigued by the crown placement on the Militare models.
They make several great looking bronze cased watches, too.
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I've looked at Anonimo when I was looking at bronze options. They are originally an Italian brand with a long track record of producing watches in Firenze. They seem to have had a similar positioning as Panerai for most of their history. The brand "died" a few years ago and was acquired by a Swiss-based conglomerate. The watches produced in the last few years are "made in Switzerland" and are widely poo-poo'ed by the old enthusiasts.
There was a bronze Militare in blue that popped up for sale on Chrono24 for sub $2k recently. The old Italian productions show up on eBay.
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The brand "died" a few years ago and was acquired by a Swiss-based conglomerate. The watches produced in the last few years are "made in Switzerland" and are widely poo-poo'ed by the old enthusiasts.
I was unaware of the recent change. That explains why they aren't as offbeat as I remember. Too bad; I always liked the uniqueness of the brand, even though I didn't always like the individual models.
Maybe I'll start trawling the 'bay to see if I can find something fun…
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Not sure if direct debit authorization is possible over the pond. But that's always something I offer people who feel uncomfy with a PP payment. Since in case of, I can credit back the amount to my account, within 6 weeks…
But as you said, there will always be a other opportunity...
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Big fan of Gshocks. Nice watch man. Bout time this thread got slapped back down to earth.
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Dig that top Maratac alot!
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Hodinkee have a piece on the Pinion Atom.
It's a good looking watch, and I prefer it to the Axis. It also costs $900, so could be posted to the other thread.
The article is positive, with a certain amount of humour. The commentariat less so.
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The good old is a Watch with a known but cheap Movement worth the Price XY is so 2017
The one thing that the Basic Hodinkee Watch-Troll never even takes into consideration is that watches like e.g. the Pinion carry a unique Design where e.g. Stowa basicly does a Fliegeruhr, a Marine and some sort of Nomos meets Max Bill Design which means the whole Design Process is cut out of the Overall pricing which in turn results in much lower Prices.
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I'm pretty certain that every article on Hodinkee has the following responses:
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It's too big. Should be no more than 38 mm.
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It's too expensive. Should be 50% of what they're asking.
@Steffen I suspect that Stowa have a larger production than Pinion, which gives them better scales of economy. Seiko will be several order of magnitudes bigger.
The other thing is that you can't compare the finish of watches so easily from photos. A Tudor Black Bay isn't as well constructed as a Rolex Submariner or Sea Dweller, and you can see where corners have been cut. But you probably wouldn't notice the difference without holding both.
The Pinions that I've seen look pretty solid. That's going to cost money.
@neph93 I thought that the Norwegian government have employees to deal with those sorts of problems.
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