Which watch keeps tempting you?
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Always been on my radar as a 'daily'. Already have a Breitling Aerospace, similar in some ways. Have tried the Speedy Pro Moonwatch on a few times over the years but every time I think it looks a bit underwhelming on my wrist.
Came close to buying one of these recently but got a Bremont instead. I like that Lorne's watch was designed and engineered by one person, yet doesn't cost phone numbers to buy.
Wanted a Pelagos the moment I clapped eyes on it. Tried the black and blue at a dealers and thought they looked great with decent build quality. Was underwhelmed by the Black Bay in the flesh incidentally, as they look fine in pics.
I’ll fully admit to being impatient whilst my daily is off at the menders, but I’ve been hankering after a bronze watch since I knew about them, the Tudor is the obvious choice, but the lug-to-lug measurements just don’t add up for my pipe-cleaner arms (I haven’t tried one on... yet)
So perhaps this, the Chris Ward equivalent, obviously cheaper and less desirable, but comes in 38mm, which I’ve had from this brand before, and gets the phwoar from me - still an acquired taste to most, I know.
Doubt I’d wear it at all once my other watch comes back, though
So perhaps this, the Chris Ward equivalent, obviously cheaper and less desirable, but comes in 38mm, which I’ve had from this brand before, and gets the phwoar from me - still an acquired taste to most, I know.
Doubt I’d wear it at all once my other watch comes back, though
Yex 450 said:
I've been putting off ordering one of these for quite a while now but have managed to find a new one at a US dealer in the exact spec I want without the 9-12 month wait when ordering directly from the manufacturer in Germany:
Just waiting for the FEDEX tracking number to be provided and the shaking can begin
On the basis of this thread (and your pictures), I’ve requested a copy of the Dornbluth catalogue and price list - currently quoting 5-6 months delivery.Just waiting for the FEDEX tracking number to be provided and the shaking can begin
I'm liking the Sinn U1 B at the moment
https://www.sinn.de/en/Modell/U1_B.htm
but I've had several U1's before & I never end up keeping them all that long
https://www.sinn.de/en/Modell/U1_B.htm
but I've had several U1's before & I never end up keeping them all that long
NDA said:
Lorne said:
Women in general, and of course specifically any woman you've been married to for 25 years, know exactly what you're up to within 5 minutes of you starting on it.
It doesn't help when the auction house phones up and says 'The car that you and NDA have just bought together - they want to know who to deliver it to'. Bastids.Funk said:
Real-world option? I keep looking at this:
I really love the ethos behind it and I'm sure I'll own one at some point.
Promise I'm not being paid by Lorne to say this, but I do love mine. I really love the ethos behind it and I'm sure I'll own one at some point.
Currently sporting # 110, owned for about a year now I think. I've got it on a brown strap which I prefer to black or a bracelet.
Like most people I own a number of watches but tend to wear only a few, and this has fallen into that select group (which is no small achievement as I'm a fickle sod). I travel quite a bit with work and for some reason it seems to fit really well into this task; it's smart enough to wear to meetings but also feels robust enough to cope with the indignity of European economy flying
Even my wife 'borrows' it on occasion which again is quite a compliment, there's only one watch of mine that she wears otherwise.
vixen1700 said:
Keep going back and looking at the mint/black Traska Freediver, it'll probably be the first watch of 2019.
That or the rather lovely Longines Heritage Legend Diver:
Edited by vixen1700 on Tuesday 18th December 10:57
pistonheads2018 said:
Yex 450 said:
I've been putting off ordering one of these for quite a while now but have managed to find a new one at a US dealer in the exact spec I want without the 9-12 month wait when ordering directly from the manufacturer in Germany:
Just waiting for the FEDEX tracking number to be provided and the shaking can begin
On the basis of this thread (and your pictures), I’ve requested a copy of the Dornbluth catalogue and price list - currently quoting 5-6 months delivery.Just waiting for the FEDEX tracking number to be provided and the shaking can begin
LordGrover said:
vixen1700 said:
Keep going back and looking at the mint/black Traska Freediver, it'll probably be the first watch of 2019.
Sorely tempted myself now.
today... but what's not to like for 400 bucks? Import duty maybe??? Sorely tempted nevertheless.
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