The Watch Appreciation Thread - Page 1136

I get what you mean, but I don't mind watches being created to some very specific needs, like a Seadweller or Milgauss, even though I'll never have a need for their specific capabilities.

What I'm not a fan of, is when they take a watch like the Ingenieur and craps all over it's raison d'être and slaps on a display back. That's just sad. Then they might as well just make dive watches with bezels that doesn't turn and chronos with nonfunctioning sub dials.

For the same reason I'm not a fan of display backs on Speedy 'moonwatches' or on my own Luminor, though those aren't as 'y as the Inges. IMHO.

I had a pretty good Nautilus stiffy going until you all brought me down with the magnetism talk.

Is this for real? Even w/o the lightning second hand you clearly see where this is (would be) coming from. Sorry Omega, your goal seems to be to rival Rolex, but with these blunt moves (Vesper's speech anyone?) you rather help your rival than anything else...

 

 

This has to be one of the ugliest watches I have seen.  Good luck, Omega.

Then you haven't seen many watches

I think if both hands were arrows and the second a solid yellow it would look pretty good. Perhaps a little to close to the AT but still, not ugly. Does the internal bezel rotate? I hope so.

Negative on the rotating bezel.

Two of my watches: a Tudor that I bought when I was ten years old (I mowed some serious lawns, no kidding) and my great grandfathers gold Elgin from the 1910's.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Edited by FredericChopin - 1/18/13 at 5:06pm

They certainly seem to be following some of Rolex's moves.  Rolex comes out with the Sub LV with green bezel, they came out with the Planet Ocean with orange bezel.  The famous "Paul Newman" Daytonas have become highly sought after and valuable, so Omega releases Speedmasters with dials similar to that of the old PN Daytonas (even a red dial schumacher edition that looks like the ultra rare red PN dial Daytonas).  Rolex releases a revised antimagnetic Milguass with orange lightning bolt hand a few years ago, now Omega releases a new antimagnetic AT with dotted yellow second hand and with a bracelet that looks like it was taken right off of a Milgauss. 

 

Omega makes some very good watches.  I think they should make watches that show their own DNA and heritage rather than mimicking Rolex on occasion.

Now that we're back from commercial, this is gorgeous.

Exactement.

"Do you", Omega, and just let Rolex be Rolex.

The watch game is big enough for both of ya.

You need to get out more, then, lol.

 

Thanks. It has a lot of sentimental value. My great grandad was a tailor, and my grandpa is passing down all of his nice stuff to me. I now own his collection of cufflinks, that watch, his white gold bulova (with two diamonds!) from the 20's, and his hunting rifle. I'm a lucky guy.

I thought the Bond-Vesper dialogue on the train was one of the best parts of the movie.

Those are lined