Merry Christmas! New game day watch just in time to BTHO tu on Saturday the 4th!
High-end Watches Locally?
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Do we need an Omega Swatch thread?
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Merry Christmas watch thread!
And to show Farmer I'm not a complete degenerate...
And to show Farmer I'm not a complete degenerate...
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Bought my oldest her first watch and one for me to match.
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Awesome!
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Bought my oldest her first watch and one for me to match.
Love it!
Got my daughter the Mission to Pluto, so now we "match" too...
Merry Christmas everyone!
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Daaaaamn!
Baller alert
That's sexy AF. The watch too
LOL, I would have spent hours getting the two watch times synced up exactly.
Very nice though!
Very nice though!
Well hot damn that is stunning
Pulled out the GO this week. Didn't bother setting the date...
Wife got me a new watch for Christmas.
Are you Lina's new husband?
It just wears big at 42mm
I was really close to using my Root Beer funds to pull the trigger on one of these. Thought with just getting married and the year I've had financially, this might be my last chance for a while to put this much into one watch. But the fact that a $20K Holy Trinity watch doesn't have hacking seconds was something I couldn't get over. Plus I think I have my eye on an integrated sports watch that'll tick all those little silly semantic boxes that some of us enthusiasts obsess over, and allow me to get a couple other pieces too.
Instead I'm going to break the Root Beer funds up over two or three watches to round back out the collection. This one was a was first one to pick up. It's been on my wish list for years and my wife loves it too.
So this morning after we exchanged all our gifts to each other, she noticed one more package back in the back with different wrapping paper and a different style bow. (I had my secretary write the label from Santa to us.) I think I got her to about a 30% chance in her mind that it wasn't actually me that left it there (her parents or a friend maybe).
It's on her wrist today. Great thing about this watch is their quick change link and bracelet system that will make it easy for either of us to resize it or swap out the bracelet depending on who wants to wear it that day.
Swapped the bracelet for a nylon strap on the Nomos. I like it a lot better this way.
I haven't worn a digital watch in probably twenty years, but bought one of the Baseballism/G-Shock collabs a few weeks ago. Love the scorebook pattern.
Beautiful choice for the wifey!
Question.. What is it about the hacking seconds that makes you rethink the VC? That's one watch on my list too (if I can get over the 42mm case size), which is why I'm curious.
Hacking seconds are in $100 watches as well as high end watches so that's never been a make or break feature for me… but tbh never thought much about it.
Question.. What is it about the hacking seconds that makes you rethink the VC? That's one watch on my list too (if I can get over the 42mm case size), which is why I'm curious.
Hacking seconds are in $100 watches as well as high end watches so that's never been a make or break feature for me… but tbh never thought much about it.
For myself, non-hacking seems lame. I want to be able to set my watch to the second. I'll also never own a two-hander for that reason.
When I set my watch, I set it (as close as possible) to the exact second. Spending 20k on a watch that can't be set to the precise second would be a big turnoff. I get it.
^This^
Even though I know the best Grand Seiko high beat movement isn't going to be as accurate as my phone - I like to get as close as I can.
I do enjoy my ritual of hacking at :00, waiting for the atomic clock to meet there and clicking in the crown at the right moment.
In the same way somebody might like to have a manual wind Speedy just for the opportunity to have a little more connection and opportunity to interact with the timepiece, hacking seconds is a little feature that I personally value more than it's actually worth.
The movement is about as pretty as you can find in a sports watch, but what's signaling to me that it's a good one if I can't ever even set it accurately?
Even though I know the best Grand Seiko high beat movement isn't going to be as accurate as my phone - I like to get as close as I can.
I do enjoy my ritual of hacking at :00, waiting for the atomic clock to meet there and clicking in the crown at the right moment.
In the same way somebody might like to have a manual wind Speedy just for the opportunity to have a little more connection and opportunity to interact with the timepiece, hacking seconds is a little feature that I personally value more than it's actually worth.
The movement is about as pretty as you can find in a sports watch, but what's signaling to me that it's a good one if I can't ever even set it accurately?
European watch company has come out with a beautiful 300+ page coffee table/encyclopedia about watches. It's a little pricey but is absolutely gorgeous.
https://www.europeanwatch.com/book
https://www.europeanwatch.com/book
ChemAg15 said:
When I set my watch, I set it (as close as possible) to the exact second. Spending 20k on a watch that can't be set to the precise second would be a big turnoff. I get it.
You guys are purists, half the time my watch is nowhere even remotely accurate because I grabbed it out of my drawer and didn't bother setting it.
Thought this was an interesting ranking
https://robbreport.com/style/watch-collector/lists/the-greatest-watches-of-all-time-1236130285/audemars-piguet-royal-oak/
1. Speedy
2. Royal Oak
3. Sub
https://robbreport.com/style/watch-collector/lists/the-greatest-watches-of-all-time-1236130285/audemars-piguet-royal-oak/
1. Speedy
2. Royal Oak
3. Sub
Just learned there is a Christopher Ward showroom up in Frisco if any of yall ever get out this way.
IT'S GAMEDAY
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Harry Stone said:
Thought this was an interesting ranking
https://robbreport.com/style/watch-collector/lists/the-greatest-watches-of-all-time-1236130285/audemars-piguet-royal-oak/
1. Speedy
2. Royal Oak
3. Sub
That list from 50 to about 15 or 20 is wild. I don't think I've even heard of a decent chunk of those, and after about 20 some of the rankings are just wrong. (Cartier Crash as the 14th greatest watch of all time lol?) I also wouldn't have the Royal Oak in my top 5. Maybe top 10.
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