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rockandrollmark said:
Don, I really like that but what is it. It barely even looks like a watch.
The RM's, I just don't get them. I know the engineering is top drawer and you need a lottery win to afford one, but I can only find them 'interesting'. Fortunately the fact that I don't really like them isn't going to be the only prohibitive factor in getting one on my wrist.
Ihave a penchant for strange watches... one of my daily wears is a 'Phantom'. For some reason I seem to wear it when going out at night, and therefore can't tell the time.... The RM's, I just don't get them. I know the engineering is top drawer and you need a lottery win to afford one, but I can only find them 'interesting'. Fortunately the fact that I don't really like them isn't going to be the only prohibitive factor in getting one on my wrist.
andy_s said:
Either Urwerk UR 202 or Greubel Forsey Inventon No. 2 Quadruple Tourbillon a Différential Spherique or an Invention Piece 1. Like all good oligarchs.
That's just next level stuff. What time is it ? I've stared at it for a few minutes and I *think* it's 78 past moon, last wednesday.
I'm rather fond of JLC and I like *interesting* complications. I'd *have* to have one of their gyrotourbillons simply because they're mental:
However I love the Reverso case, so perhaps the gyrotourbillon in one of those:
Then again, I love FP Journe's stuff - any of his watches would do, they're all really different - I like this one:
I'd bung in a Richard Mille RM005 here, but being wildly ambitious, there's a slim chance that I may actually be able to acquire one of those before I die. So it's not a 'halo' or 'grail' watch because I actually *may* be able to afford one, one day (of course I can afford one, I could sell my Lotus, but I'm talking real-world 'being able to afford it as a luxury item', not giving up something essential like home equity, savings, cars, etc.). And the same goes for the Seiko Spring Drive Chrono that I really rather covet - I will have one, one day. They're expensive but not silly money.
Patek, still, don't have a watch that floats my boat. I respect their watchmaking skill and tradition enormously, but they don't spin my wheel. If I had to have a Patek in order to 'fit in' with a certain social scene then I'd default to a perpetual calendar with chrono, ideally in rose gold with a dark brown leather strap, like this:
Actually, looking at that picture again, I *do* really like it... OK so that's my favourite Patek. Given the cost, though... would I choose it over a more complicated JLC? Actually, maybe yes. That particular Patek looks lovely, isn't that unsubtle or showy, and has a hell of a lot of complications. And they're complications I actually use - chrono, perpetual calendar, looks like dual time too. And rose gold and brown straps look beautiful and not too 'Elizabeth Duke' - I admit that *that* photo is very artfully shot though. However, I'd just as much have a 'vintage' Patek, the workmanship on the movements is exquisite - their old stuff is just as good as their new stuff... more subtle... this old chrono looks great:
Of course, I'm sure this shows me to have abysmal taste But hell, I'm never going to be able to afford any of these 
However I love the Reverso case, so perhaps the gyrotourbillon in one of those:
Then again, I love FP Journe's stuff - any of his watches would do, they're all really different - I like this one:
I'd bung in a Richard Mille RM005 here, but being wildly ambitious, there's a slim chance that I may actually be able to acquire one of those before I die. So it's not a 'halo' or 'grail' watch because I actually *may* be able to afford one, one day (of course I can afford one, I could sell my Lotus, but I'm talking real-world 'being able to afford it as a luxury item', not giving up something essential like home equity, savings, cars, etc.). And the same goes for the Seiko Spring Drive Chrono that I really rather covet - I will have one, one day. They're expensive but not silly money.
Patek, still, don't have a watch that floats my boat. I respect their watchmaking skill and tradition enormously, but they don't spin my wheel. If I had to have a Patek in order to 'fit in' with a certain social scene then I'd default to a perpetual calendar with chrono, ideally in rose gold with a dark brown leather strap, like this:
Actually, looking at that picture again, I *do* really like it... OK so that's my favourite Patek. Given the cost, though... would I choose it over a more complicated JLC? Actually, maybe yes. That particular Patek looks lovely, isn't that unsubtle or showy, and has a hell of a lot of complications. And they're complications I actually use - chrono, perpetual calendar, looks like dual time too. And rose gold and brown straps look beautiful and not too 'Elizabeth Duke' - I admit that *that* photo is very artfully shot though. However, I'd just as much have a 'vintage' Patek, the workmanship on the movements is exquisite - their old stuff is just as good as their new stuff... more subtle... this old chrono looks great:
Of course, I'm sure this shows me to have abysmal taste
But hell, I'm never going to be able to afford any of these ^^ That may well be the first Patek I've seen that I like as well (the modern, not the vintage), that is lovely.
Completely agree with you over a Tourbillon, but I don't like many of JLCs Tourbillons...
In fact, I was flicking through an old (2008) Omega brochure that a friend gave me and that had a gorgeous Tourbillon in it (I didn't realise Omega did any, no idea where the movement comes from, I presume it's not in house...) which I believe was in their 'De Ville' range.
A JLC is pretty much it for me.
Completely agree with you over a Tourbillon, but I don't like many of JLCs Tourbillons...
In fact, I was flicking through an old (2008) Omega brochure that a friend gave me and that had a gorgeous Tourbillon in it (I didn't realise Omega did any, no idea where the movement comes from, I presume it's not in house...) which I believe was in their 'De Ville' range.
A JLC is pretty much it for me.
I agree that the tourbillon watches are fascinating to look at, but perhaps a little tedious in low-light situations.
I currently have a rather nice old Omega Seamaster DeVille, left to me by my Grandpa, and owning it has put me firmly in the Omega camp as far as what I may never be able to afford in the future
Heres a couple of juicies:
I currently have a rather nice old Omega Seamaster DeVille, left to me by my Grandpa, and owning it has put me firmly in the Omega camp as far as what I may never be able to afford in the future
Heres a couple of juicies:
for me it would have to be either an Audemars Piguet Royal oak Grande Complicatione
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGdlldNLgUw
and just because i can....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGdlldNLgUw
and just because i can....
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