Watches - another OCD problem
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Just added another IWC to my small collection. I really dig this generation of aqua timers (and the one before that) Fun story. I went to my local second hand pusher to pick up an old omega that had been serviced . Saw this on the table ready for photoshoot. About to get up for sale. He told me that in 2018 he got an email from the owner if he could sell this watch for him because he never wore it. Yes of course we can. They agreed on a commission price but then he never heard back from him. Until last week. A reply to the same email from 2018 if he could still help him selling it ! Still been in the desk drawer and not worn. So practically unworn from the first owner and for a remarkable good price it’s now in my possession.
Cheers
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That’s crazy! Beautiful IWC, wear it in good health
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@PJ that’s a beauty congrats!
I am off to Japan on Friday for 2 weeks with the family.. am gonna try Nakano Broadway in Tokyo - watch heaven - to search for an Omega Chronostop or vintage Zenith.
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Last addition, Zenith 1969 Zenith el primero Chronograph a384.
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The new Singer Heritage chrono is gor-geous. Powered by a hand-wound Valjoux 236, which is beautiful in its own right. MSRP is 16,700 CHF.
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@chiverus Beautiful.
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@chiverus thx mate . That will be exciting for you to go hunting for those . I used to own a chronostop 145.008. Didn’t get much wrist time so ended up selling it . Love the Zenith . Keep us updated if you find something interesting
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damn the Calatrava with the salmon dial looks brilliant!!
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@louisbosco said in Watches - another OCD problem:
damn the Calatrava with the salmon dial looks brilliant!!
If you can stomach Ben Clymer's overwrought prose, Hodinkee has just posted a hands-on with the 6196P, which he calls "the best Calatrava in a generation."
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I have a thing for the Omega Aqua Terra Ultra Light, and this year Chopard and Ulysee Nardin have replaced conceptually similar pieces.
Chopard has put the Alpine Eagle on a diet, replacing its movement's plates with ceramicised titanium, much like Omega did with the Ultra Light, to create the Alpine Eagle 41 SL Cadence 8HF.
I've been a fan of Chopard's 8HF series, from the original LUC model onwards, and I really like the look of this watch. I wish they had the option of a bracelet, which is an opinion that I share with the Hodinkee journalist who covered it, although that would probably blunt its mission statement.
Ulysee Nardin has skipped the Ozempic and gone straight onto weight loss surgery for the Diver [AIR], which weighs 52 g on its strap. They have removed a large part of the movement's backplate, then built the watch out of titanium and recycled IMOCA offshore racing boats. Again, Hodinkee has more.
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That Chopard is a stunner. Agreed on the bracelet but I’d take it on the rubber.
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@Graeme damn that really puts it out of touch now
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@Bridger said in Watches - another OCD problem:
@mclaincausey said in Watches - another OCD problem:
but I’d take it on the rubber
I thought that's what she said....
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@mclaincausey it's probably my favourite Alpine Eagle, even without a bracelet, but the open worked model is a close second.
@louisbosco I don't know how much clout Ben Clymer has these days, but that Patek seems to be on a lot of best of lists. Mere mortals like us will probably not get one.
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They really love that cross hatch motif innit?
ChatGPT said that if we want to do an economically illiterate tariff based on trade deficits Switzerland will sit at 30% so that's now in place. Fun times for American watch enthusiasts!
