Watches - another OCD problem
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Decided yesterday to pull the trigger on a long time want. Probably close to 20 years in the making. Picked it up today. Absolutely love it. IWC big pilot
@Giles do you still have that platinum one you were holding on to for a friend or something? I can’t remember the details totally
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Amazing score @kkibbey23, I wish I had the wrist to handle such a beast!
But speaking of IWC and long time wants…..
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@Anesthetist Amazing Chrono! I was just looking on the website, it has an open case back right? I really like that too. IWC makes some really sweet stuff. Congrats to you too! Did you just get it also?
@Giles I’d love to see some pictures of it
ThanksIH hoodie pic… It will be a while before this comes off my wrist!
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@kkibbey23 thank you, I just nabbed it Weds. It is the newer version w the in house movement w the sapphire back. I almost ended up w an Airking but have wanted this too long to pass on it. I still do want a big pilot albeit the 43mm.
@Giles great watch
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Watches and Wonders is coming in a few weeks, and new watches are being released in the run-up. Blancpain has just announced the Fifty Fathoms Tech - Ocean Commitment IV, which is a 45 mm titanium piece. Jason Heaton drew the short straw and got sent to the Philippines to test it.
The watch looks quite nice, but I'd probably get a Bathyscaphe in titanium in preference.
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That FF Tech leaves me cold. Not differentiated enough and a lot of coin for it. The main visual differentiation is something I don’t want (He escape valve).
I’d go Glashutte SeaQ Panorama Date. Way cheaper and more interesting IMHO.
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@mclaincausey I like the SeaQ Panorama Data more than the Fifty Fathoms, and I think that it's better finished. However, the FF is a bit slimmer, which makes it more wearable.
Of course, I'd probably buy an Omega Ploprof instead, which is the same sort of price, and far less practical...
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@Graeme fair. Though I would go for a regular FF over this one personally.
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I was looking at the mark XX recently. all these IWC pictures are tempting
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Watches of Switzerland has opened a dedicated Rolex boutique on Old Bond Street. It's a conveniently short stroll from Rivet and Hide. Hodinkee has published a write-up, which is basically a PR puff piece. (There are a lot of snarky comments asking whether customers can actually buy watches there.)
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Keep walking, Grand Seiko isn't too far away on New Bond St...
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I haven’t got the watch game of many here, but I’m proud of this Carrera Heuer reissue from 1996 that I picked up 10 odd years ago. I’d always liked the Carrera TAGs, but this reissue just struck me as classic and unfussy.
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Nice @ManiacLachy
I like the Heuer without the Tag. That must be worth something
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@Bridger Thanks. Although made after Heuer sold and they became TAG Heuer, they did the re-creation of the 60s classic right by keeping the old logo. They even kept it to the original 36mm case, a lot smaller than most watches today, but another feature I quite like.
A quick check shows it worth a little more now than what I paid 10 years ago, but still quite affordable. I also discovered they did a Monaco re-creation the following year in 1997, along the same vein - Heuer branding, small case - and now I'm wondering if I should add it to the collection ...
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@ManiacLachy said in Watches - another OCD problem:
I also discovered they did a Monaco re-creation the following year in 1997, along the same vein - Heuer branding, small case - and now I'm wondering if I should add it to the collection ...
Would be a shame not to have a matching set...
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My inflight neighbor was wearing a model that looked like this. Does anyone here have one? Thoughts? It looked like a great balance of causal and stylish.
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