Watches - another OCD problem
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The Grand Seiko?
As I have said elsewhere I think that GS is the horological equivalent of Iron Heart. Extremely well made, innovative but with a strong nod to classic design, and worn by people who don't give a shit about the fact that most people wont know what an earth they are wearing. And it's Japanese to boot.
I wear it when I feel like it, which is, if I know I wont be doing anything that risks getting it dunked in water - so that rules out fishing, boating and most (moist) holidays. It is also very difficult to read in low light levels, so that rules out quite a lot too. Other than that, I wear it when I can and have never thought about whether it "goes" or not with IH. But now I have been given occasion to think about it, to me it does, both emotionally and intellectually, and I don't really care what anyone else thinks.
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So on the don't wear it on hoildays theme. I'm in Costa Rica where I will dive, fish, bird watch in the rain (because it has rained non stop since we got here) and I have no desire for a good watch to be stolen, so this is my daily here.
It's very beaten up because it is a tool.....Need to fix this when I get home....
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@Giles if you’re bird watching there’s an excellent app called Merlin Bird ID made by Cornell University that you should check out. My favorite feature is you can set it to listen and it will identify all the birds making noises within range of your phone.
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My daily setup. I work them all plenty hard, and take care of them just the same.
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The Hour Glass in Melbourne had a Cubitus on display in their window. I didn't get a chance to try it on because all their Patek specialists were in a meeting when I passed. Or they thought that I was too scruffy to afford one. I'm not convinced by the design; it looks like the sort of slightly upmarket quartz watches you would see in an Argos catalogue back in the eighties or nineties.
The Omega boutique had a few new pieces in, including the Flight Qualified Speedmaster that @ddtrash posted a few weeks ago. I liked the dial, but, as @JDelage observed, it's a bit chonky.
There was also the turquoise Aqua Terra. I loved the dial on it.
My favourite was the Summer Blue Ploprof, which was announced nearly two years ago, and has taken some time to get to market.
The rubber strap had the model's name on the keeper, and I liked the angled cut for its tip.
The only problem is that the asking price is $23.650 (Australian). A titanium Blancpain Bathyscaphe is $24,000, a regular Fifty Fathoms is $27,000, and the Glashütte Original SeaQ is $20K on the bracelet. All of these are finer watchmaking than the Omega.
I dropped by the Time and Tide showroom, which sells a number of microbrands. (They've opened a larger one in London, just off Oxford Circus. I'll have to take a look next time I'm there.) I wanted to take a look at the Furlan Marri Disco Volante, which they had in green. It's powered by a Peseux 7001 movement, and it is a very small and very slim watch. There's a ring of lume around the dial and subdial, which is a contemporary twist on a vintage style watch. I liked it, but it felt a little small on me.
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It's very nice, maybe their best, but also bold enough to where it might get a bit stale as a daily driver.
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OK Vacheron have just gone and released what a lot of collectors have been waiting for: The steel version of the Overseas 222.
Not cheap at just over £30,000
I do like it but that is a lot of money for a steel watch. I am keen to see what the secondary market looks like for this model?
I suspect it will trade above RRP for a while as there won't be many of them around. The standard 4500v overseas is cooling off a bit like the rest of the boutique steep integrated sports models. I suspect this 222 will buck that trend, especially considering for how long collectors have been asking for this piece to be made in steel again.
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@ddtrash I saw this earlier, and I thought that it would be something you like.
It looks a lovely watch. I'd like to see it on my wrist before making a call, as the similarly sized Furlan Marri Disco Volante I tried on felt small.
Monochrome has an introductory article, which lists the price at €35,000. In comparison, their hands-on with the Patek Phillipe Cubitus mentions the base model costs €40,575. Personally, I'd get the 222.
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222 vs Cubitus - no contest.
222 every day of the week.
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The Cubitus: why?
Nautilus looked great. Cubitus looks like shit.
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@JDelage thanks, I am very, very pleased with it. It’s funny to me that so many people were critical of the brand and the price point, but to me it feels like a wonderful bang for the buck.
