Watches - another OCD problem
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H. Moser and the Armoury put out a collaboration watch, the Endeavour Small Seconds Total Eclipse. It's got a 38 mm case, Vantablack dial, and a hand wound movement.
It was produced as a limited edition of 28 in each of two colourways. I like it, but it's already sold out.
Very Classy. Price?
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I have watched many of those Watchfinder videos. That guy has an amazing voice.
I have 3 GS so far. I like them very much, especially the simple 3-hand dress watches.
GS has the edge on case finish. They may or not have the edge on movements, depending on your priorities. Rolex seems to have the edge on bracelet (maybe) and clasps (consensus). IMHO, Rolex has the edge on convenience / comfort. Look at dive watches or GMTs, and the Rolex are smaller and (more importantly) thinner
The three handers from GS are
The best there is out there. I would buy one of those any day of the week before a dress watch from another brand (PP included).I do hope that GS thins out its watches a bit… It's hard because the Oyster case just wears so well.
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Superb color combination
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New releases in the luxury sport segment today:
Hublot Big Bang Integral, in titanium or black ceramic:
https://www.ablogtowatch.com/hublot-big-bang-integral-time-only-watches-debut/
And Zenith Defy Skyline, in steel:
https://www.ablogtowatch.com/zenith-defy-skyline-hands-on/
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I quite like the Defy Skyline, particularly with the white dial, but I'm not for it's something I'd buy.
The Defy Revival A3642 is pretty cool. It's a reissue of a stylised watch from 1969. I've heard that it might have already sold out.
Unfortunately the Defy Inventor, which was the piece I was interested in, appears to have been cancelled. It was announced in 2019, but never made it to market, and has been quietly removed from the website.
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I dig that Omega, @Giles
While on the topic of rad watches, anyone see the mass drop of APRO models for the model's 50th anniversary? Here are some images from Hodinkee:
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@henry_david the new Royal Oaks look lovely. But will mere mortals actually be able to order one?
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They are and always have been… and I know that the elite brands can lag on technology, and that it's about the finishing and all that. But no matter how much they become jewelry, watches in my mind are first and foremost instruments. So in my view the power reserve is improved, yet still not elite, and to have just received a quickset date is nuts. Then again, a lot of great watches don't even hack seconds. I guess my values are just different.
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So in my view the power reserve is improved, yet still not elite, and to have just received a quickset date is nuts. Then again, a lot of great watches don't even hack seconds.
I hear you on that, @mclaincausey. I didn't know that quickset wasn't a thing until now for the RO when it was mentioned in the press releases. My 50-year-old Rolex has a power reserve just shy of the RO's 50hr reserve (48hrs) and has hacking seconds (new for this watch when it was releases in 1972 and irrelevant for the RO) and quickset wouldn't come to the DJ until 1977. Either way, I'd expect a 60-72hr reserve as well as hacking seconds and a quickset date at the minimum in a contemporary release.
I guess it doesn't matter though as I'm most assuredly not in the market for an RO anytime soon, even if they were readily available from ADs.
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Exactly, I’m not the market. I offer a lot of irrelevant thoughts in this thread
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I understand that I'm a broken record here but … that Blancpain is absolutely perfect. The bezel, bezel font, dial, size, movement: it's all just as it should be. I even like the hands, too! Having never seen one in the metal, how thicc is it, @Giles? Does it pair well with more tailored shirting? Currently drooling at that pic here in San Francisco
