The Watch Appreciation Thread (Reviews and Photos of Men's Timepieces by Rolex, Patek Philippe, Brei

I think that for every guy that thinks that it is top heavy, there is one that thinks that it is perfectly balanced. I wouldn't take any side but I compared it to some offerings from Omega, the recent Planet Oceans are gigantic and impractical. While I think that DSSD is a big watch, it is not as bad as some people make it to be. It surely is a fine piece of engineering and is definitely different from Sub. If nothing, then for the text in ring which I happen to like.

forex said:

I think that for every guy that thinks that it is top heavy, there is one that thinks that it is perfectly balanced. I wouldn't take any side but I compared it to some offerings from Omega, the recent Planet Oceans are gigantic and impractical. While I think that DSSD is a big watch, it is not as bad as some people make it to be. It surely is a fine piece of engineering and is definitely different from Sub. If nothing, then for the text in ring which I happen to like.

Click to expand...

The issue with the DSSD isn't that its a big watch,...its that its a huge watch on a pathetically puny bracelet. It looks goofy. Its like seeing one of those steroid juiced guys at a gym with a gigantic body, but a small face and head. I'm not a fan of the Planet Ocean by any means, but it is better balanced and its bracelet is proportional to its watch case.

If the text ring has you sold on it...you should definitely buy this watch immediately!!! I can't think of any other watches with useless text rings...so it really has no competition.

I am quite enamored of my new Sub. But that don't mean I've lost any love for this one.

forex, which "text in ring" are you referring to re: DSSD? The one that's present in my 114060 SubC ND too (common as Subs are and all that)?



no frills said:

forex, which "text in ring" are you referring to re: DSSD?  The one that's present in my 114060 SubC ND too (common as Subs are and all that)?

Click to expand...

I'm guessing he means the text saying "original gas escape valve / ring lock. " As that is the only text ring that a Sub does not possess.

I find the Deepsea almost indistinguishable from the Sub in many ways. It's mostly just bigger, but also less good and refined as well. I feel Dino is right in his summation above. The Sub is the much better watch and the better buy I feel.



no frills said:

I am quite enamored of my new Sub. But that don't mean I've lost any love for this one.

Click to expand...

BEAUTIFUL watch...compliments

Forex - as one of the very few DSSD on here (anyone?.. Anyone?..) I'll be happy to give my impressions. Keep in mind here in TWAT you won't find it gets much love so if you're looking for user reviews you should probably peruse one of the many Rolex forums. This is SF after all and well the DSSD is hardly stylish I must admit

The gripes about its size and bracelet are legitimate. I would've killed to have the bracelet be an extra 2 mm wider by the clasp. That being said it's still a wonderful bracelet and the glide lock is something I hope will one day become the standard. It's just amazing

I find it to be very comfortable on my wrist. It's heavy and thick but many of my other watches are as well. I don't find it nearly as top heavy as I'd have expected. It's actually extremely comfortable once you size the bracelet appropriately. I'll admit that I removed the divers extension to take advantage of the more flexible and curved regular bracelet links. (Sacrilege on a true diver!!).

The watch keeps amazingly accurate time and it's just an awesome timepiece. From your post I understand why you would want a DSSD. For me I preferred its size and weight over its 40 mm brothers. I have nothing bad to say about the Subs and SDs out there. They're classically proportioned and if you think you may one day tire of a big and thick watch then you should rethink your desire to get a DSSD. As others have stated the new SD coming out is probably a much better proportioned watch. I love my DSSD - I find it to be as very much Rolex as it happens to be unRolex. And there's plenty of room on the sandbox for everyone to get along. In the end it's your money and the watch needs to sing to you. As you know the DSSD ain't cheap and there are lots of options at this price point. What else are you considering?

NonServiam said:

Thank you! Vintage Omegas are clean, cool and affordable. I think this one would cost as much as the rubber strap for the AP ...

Not so sure about the ostrich leg strap I put it on though?

Click to expand...

Of course I agree on the first point as mine is my "best" watch still, and certainly they are very cheap. I'm also not sure about that strap: yours has a much more interesting dial than mine, with the gold Arabic numbers, so I think perhaps less is more with the strap - I don't think it needs all that texture. The colour is nice, but perhaps something smooth and slick while still having some substance - cordovan?

Stiva said:

History; personal remembrance of the interaction with the Governor; irony; aesthetics of a sort.

This argument has been had many times in relation to such matters as the collection of Nazi memorabilia. Leaving aside the 1% who are loons, to so doesn't mark support for war or genocide. In fact, a number of human rights activists are collectors of such memorabilia. Remembering these episodes in history are important lessons for future identification and avoidance. So we never forget the slippery slope, etc.

But more immediately, there was the comedic juxtaposition with Hirsh's post.

I can only presume your question was also put in jest dddrees.

Click to expand...

Yes. All of those things. Unlike Nazi memorabilia, there is no sinister cause or political association represented here. It's just a curiosity, a tacky relic of an historical figure, that I did indeed post for amusement. I don't wear it - it sits with some other curios in my study. But it was also given to me with a hint of irony, as I was working for the British Government at the time. The former official in question was my friends' father, and we became quite close in his last years - a shared interest in politics and arguing! It seems it was always fate that ten years or more after I got this, I ended up working in Iraq myself - eventually for the post-Saddam Iraqi government too, during which time Saddam was hanged for his crimes.

There is something inherently funny about a man wanting his face printed on the face of a watch. That was the fundamental meaning of my post.

no frills said:

I am quite enamored of my new Sub. But that don't mean I've lost any love for this one.

Click to expand...

That is a very beautiful couple. If I ever burgle your house with someone else from TWAT, these are the two I want.

Unlike Nazi memorabilia, there is no sinister cause or political association represented here.

Unless you are a Kurd or an indigenous marsh Arab.

There is no anti-Kurdish movement around the world that uses pictures of Saddam to represent an ideology, that's what I mean.

Though I'm starting to wish I had one with Mickey Mouse on instead.

Don't get us started on Walt and Mickey.

Evil rodent death cult.

But before we dwell any more on the ethical acceptability or otherwise of personal curios, here is a watch:




(picture from "watchuseek" via the Googlesphere)

I am rather in love with the case shape of the "Monegasque". I saw a gold chrono of this in person recently, and a perpetual calendar rose gold version on someone else, I think I mentioned a couple of weeks back. This is not a cheap watch by any means, but I found the finishing really remarkable i.e. up to "big three" standard. It is certainly not going to be on every plumber's wrist like a Sub (tee hee...whatever, I SO want a Sub), and depending on which way you look at it, the lack of broad brand recognition makes for rapid depreciation - or so the comments next to this picture say. The PC I saw was on the wrist of a grey dealer, and it's certainly a maker whose stuff he clears at big discounts a lot.

So two questions for the Borg-like TWAT Collective Intelligence: first, has anyone heard any comments either way on reliability, service, integrity, or otherwise the usability of RD watches? And secondly, as there's not much volume out there, where to look for a tidy used bargain?

mimo said:

Of course I agree on the first point as mine is my "best" watch still, and certainly they are very cheap. I'm also not sure about that strap: yours has a much more interesting dial than mine, with the gold Arabic numbers, so I think perhaps less is more with the strap - I don't think it needs all that texture. The colour is nice, but perhaps something smooth and slick while still having some substance - cordovan?


Yes. All of those things. Unlike Nazi memorabilia, there is no sinister cause or political association represented here. It's just a curiosity, a tacky relic of an historical figure, that I did indeed post for amusement. I don't wear it - it sits with some other curios in my study. But it was also given to me with a hint of irony, as I was working for the British Government at the time. The former official in question was my friends' father, and we became quite close in his last years - a shared interest in politics and arguing! It seems it was always fate that ten years or more after I got this, I ended up working in Iraq myself - eventually for the post-Saddam Iraqi government too, during which time Saddam was hanged for his crimes.

There is something inherently funny about a man wanting his face printed on the face of a watch. That was the fundamental meaning of my post.


That is a very beautiful couple. If I ever burgle your house with someone else from TWAT, these are the two I want.

Click to expand...

I did wonder why, thanks for the explanation.

Anyone here check out eleven james? Is that @nofrills renting out his collection?