Watches - another OCD problem
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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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@Bridger the Portugieser Chronograph looks a lovely piece, but I haven't paid much attention to them. I do like the Year of the Dragon model with the red dial, though.
They swapped the movement out from a Valjoux, ETA, or Selita calibre to an in-house one in 2020. The versions with the newer, in-house movement have a sapphire back, whereas the older models have a solid caseback.
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The red is cool @Graeme, but I like the more less attention grabbing white.
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@Bridger I used to own a Portugiesier with the black dial. One thing I didn’t quite get until after I bought it was that its 42mm size is nearly all dial so it wears much bigger compared to a similar size watch like a Sub or a Seamaster.
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That's a good point @broadstreetbully and probably the reason that I am attracted to it.
May I ask why you got rid of it?
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@Bridger I started to type a whole diatribe but instead of putting you through that the short and simple answer is that it was stolen before I could sell.
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Ah shit @broadstreetbully, that sucks. Sorry man.
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Are there actually any owners of the Seiko SBDX001 in this forum?
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@RobeOfTheMagi said in Watches - another OCD problem:
Are there actually any owners of the Seiko SBDX001 in this forum?
I have a SBDX001 and when I heard that they were going to be stamping the prospex logo on the face, I got the SBDX017, which is my grail watch [thankfully].
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@RobeOfTheMagi yup, but replaced it with an SBDX017 10 years ago.
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That's a "grand" collection @Molle
What is your fav?
Is that a Crafter Blue on the SBDX017? Do you like it?
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@Bridger It is indeed a Crafter Blue CB03. Works very well.
My favourite of the Seiko divers is the 6159-7000. Mine is also my birth year and month watch, June 1968. Took me 10 years to find, just in time for my 40th. -
@Molle I don't know anything about the 6159-7000, but it has a great retro look from a quick google.
Huge variation in prices too, which I am guessing are differences in the model??