The Watch Appreciation Thread - Page 1071

 Cool dial!  I'm sure its nice to have something your Dad passed down to you.  If you are losing a few minutes a day get it serviced and regulated and it should keep great time again.

Thanks...I've had it for a couple years..Gift from him after finishing my MBA couple years back..it is due to get serviced so you are right..I just like the pointer date style of this Oris..my dad did state that if I do my PHD then the vintage Rolex he has is mine as well.. not ready for that head ache though! lol

Nice. Glad to see Oris get some love here. I like some of the Oris designs and the classic pointer date is one they do well IMHO.

Two of my medium-term grail watches side-by-side!

Do you prefer the Lange 1 or the Journe? I've always leaned Journe, but am now moving in the Lange 1 direction because of reliability problems I've heard of with Journe.

Sold the Calendrier earlier this year. My only recent addition was the 15202 RO about two months ago, and frankly, it's been on my wrist for about 55 of the last 60 days.


I have a strong preference for Lange - designs with impact, technical prowess, fantastic wrist presence, obsessive built quality, superlative finishing and outstanding customer service. If I could have only one watch it would likely be the Lange 1 MP.

As for Journe, I think I may like the idea and aesthetics of Journe more than the actual watch on my wrist. I've owned and subsequently sold two (Calendrier and Chronometre Souverain), and as much as I enjoyed looking at them, I didn't actually wear them that frequently, oftentimes selecting a Lange in its place. One word on Journe quality - although I didn't experience any issues myself, both watches sold to two different collectors required factory servicing within several months of sale. While the experience frustrated me since the watches were problem-free while in my possession, both buyers seemed to accept factory servicing as an integral part of the Journe ownership experience. Having said all this, I suspect that the original Resonance may find its way to me at some point. There's just something magical about that watch.

I've never owned a Journe, but as a few people I've known that owned them had various issues requiring repeat visits tot the repair center, and each eventually tired of that and sold them.  One of the former owners said, "They are beautiful but unreliable.  So make sure you put $$$ aside for service issues once its off warranty." 

 

I like some of their simpler designs, but for the kind of money their watches cost who wants to have the watch going back and forth to repair centers rather than having it get wrist time.  So for that reason alone, I'd rather have a Lange, Patek, or something else that will spend more time on my wrist than the repair center.

 

Hey Medtech,

 

Glad to hear you are enjoying your 15202.  I love mine and much like yours, mine has hardly left my wrist since I got it. 

Great looking watch. I also have a soft spot for Oris. It was my first automatic.

Looks great on you too

Rich

Very impressed with CF recently on a custom ostrich strap order; excellent company to deal with.

No complaints about the strap itself, either:

 

very nice ..i like it!

Thanks for your thoughts on the two. Journe's aesthetics are indeed quite appealing, but the points you make about Lange are why I've been leaning in that direction. Perhaps the Journe build quality will improve over time, but Lange does it properly in the present. Plus, aesthetically, the Lange 1 MP certainly does not fail to impress!

Agreed.

I have that watch and an ostrich strap had never occurred to me. Nice option to casualize the piece.

 

Love this pic on the typewriter

Has anyone seen the Radiomir California 3 Days yet?

I got the new Tourneau catalog this week (hey they're good for something!) and that piece really caught my eye.

47mm is probably too big for me, and this is one that I'd rather NOT have a date function, but I have always liked Cali dials...

Agree, date is all wrong there. Don't think I like the overly faux patina much, at least how it looks in the photo.

More and bigger pics (including movement) and details here.
Same movement, different case and dial, here.