Grail Watches

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TimLambert7

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Saturday 22nd November 2014
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Everyone's got one, share yours here.

Mine is the Heuer Autavia with the Panda-dial, known as the Siffert due to it's connection to F1 driver and part-time Heuer Dealer Jo Siffert. There is a great story behind the Siffert-Heuer relationship which eventually ended up with the Monaco appearing in 'Le Mans'.

No idea what they sell for but one day, I hope.



For those not in the know, 'Grail watch' roughly translates to 'the watch you want above all others'.

TimLambert7

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Sunday 23rd November 2014
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The gold Flightmaster is wonderfully obscure.

I guess there are different degrees of Grail, those that are reasonably achievable and those, like the Universal Geneve or Flightmaster, that are likely to remain out of reach.

My realistic grails have to be a Submariner or a Tudor Heritage Blue Chrono.

TimLambert7

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Sunday 23rd November 2014
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gregf40 said:
It's the DeepSea Challenge...but one problem with it...it's too big to actually wear.

I've 'tried' it on - it's ridiculous...it's an engineering show piece...not a watch smile
It's a monster!!! Pictured next to a normal Deepsea.


TimLambert7

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Tuesday 25th November 2014
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There are some truly beautiful watches on here.

I've read the posts about certain grails being pointlessly expensive and in some ways I agree but I've got one point I'd like to add.

If you got the PH massive to post their 'grail' cars, rather than watches, I can guarantee the majority of them would be enormously expensive. I also bet the enormously expensive cars would not be suitable for every day use in all situations.

Despite this, me suggesting my grail car would be a Porsche 904 GTS wouldn't be met with calls of it being excessively expensive and unusable?


TimLambert7

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642 posts

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Thursday 27th November 2014
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I'm still torn on Richard Milles. Part of me hates them but another, smaller, part things they're kind of cool. I think I've fallen victim to the relentless marketing.