The Watch Appreciation Thread - Page 1128

Have a look at the Rolex Sky-Dweller. It has a busy dial that does a lot, but it is a very cool movement, highly functional AND has a real, mostly working date functionl!!!!

Same old...

 

I think the "heimat" thing is nice. It sounds like the Norwegian word for home, which is "hjem", so it doesn't strike me as sounding odd; in fact, it has a rather pleasant ring to it. And it fits with the watch's German origin. And I adore Nomos' use of typography; nothing they do is anything less than masterful in that department, which is one of the most important to me in watch design.

Wearing a XVI on the 15th.

Id never even heard of panerai until I visited this website, but the way you guys(especially Hotel Guy) take pictures of yours, I am dying to get one(eventually, most likely many many years down the road). Keep up the amazing work.

 

Also everyone else's watches also look incredible.

Lange 1 Time Zone is quite nice looking and quite a different feel than the GMT if it's in your budget.

edit: oops except it is manually wound. never mind. still a cool watch if you are an international jet setter.

Funny, I reached the same conclusion the other day and am on a similar timeline (there's another watch I want to acquire in the interim). I really like the simplicity of the 1815, though it appears the Richard Lange is more highly favored among the ALS set. Of course, a Lange 1 Moonphase is still in the medium-to-long-range forecast.

^Love the Mark XVI/Mark series, looks great! An IWC I would like to own at some point.

Would love input on looking for a sister's college graduation watch. Originally wanted to give a birth-year vintage sub for a slightly 'chunky,' masculine watch--in that same vein, thinking of a medium SS/RG Santos 100 on croc, 36mm SS/YG Ballon Bleu on bracelet. I.e., less traditional than a Tank Francaise, even a men's sized variant, but still classic looks. Other watches along those lines?

Probably buying on TZ/secondary market, mint condition.

Any of you watch experts know which brands hand-engrave their balance cocks? To my mind only Lange, GO and Dornblueth do so. I'm curious if there are any other competitors to my new pet project.

Just got back from a trip to Beijing to visit China's two greatest watch makers - BWAF and Sea-Gull. I succeeded in persuading Asia's finest watch maker (the creator of a self-conceived clean-sheet tourbillon design in 1996 whose carriage is constructed wholly from titanium, the same that created a double-axis tourbillon with a fired enamel moonphase and a unique complication to measure the age of the watch in cycles of 12 years like a car odometer) to produce hand-engraved balance cocks for my watch exclusively.

And they do so the old-fashioned way with manual tools as opposed to the high-tech computers that Lange uses. The combination of not one but two gold gilt balance cocks residing in each manufacture movement, contrasting with the silver 3/4 plate and 4 gold chatons and heat blued screws is glorious. Very pleased with the result and will be incorporating these movements in a new high-end watch range in my Celadon series to complement the existing mid-range PREMIER model.

what do mean same old? I happen to like the full bar

Going a bit older today.

I'm in  love with this brand! Best bang for your buck! The only model they have thats bland is the tetra line!

Just checking! I knew you where'nt bonkers! Funny I only knew of PP for just the last 7 years, 7yrs too late when i cant afford the damn things

One more - Lang und Heyne.

All the best with your project.

Those are great choices. Also consider a new ceramic sub - it's very pleasingly glossy and lustrous and would look great on a woman's wrist. You could get a LNIB no date version on TZ or rolexforum for about 6500.