The Watch Appreciation Thread - Page 1257

Another shot of the Reverso 1931, this time with a proper camera...


Edited by ~ B ~ - 3/9/13 at 2:59pm

And one of my favourites, a vintage Vacheron ultra-thin from 1962. I bought it from the original owner's son who told me how his dad wore it all his life everyday for 50 years. To add to that, the original owner shares the same first name as me.

Came with its original box, gold buckle and hang tag. I compared it to the modern re-issue Historiques 1955, and the vintage original is clearly built better on several levels. Dont we all pine for the pre-conglomerate V&C years...

Movement is the sublime cal 1003, the thinnest reliable mechanical movement ever made.

awesome!

holy moly that is awesome.



Allez Allez - missed you on the multi-quote, great looking rolex!

please to x-post in WAYWRN

That may very well be so! Anyhow, all the best with whatever watches you purchase, and may you wear them always in good health.


That's quite nice, and quite discreet. Case size 33-34mm?

I would disagree with you here, and though I can see where you're coming from I don't think that if a person can't afford a Rolex for example, then he automatically should not be allowed to buy a MkII because it's a Rolex homage. Maybe he likes the styling and the MKII presses all his buttons at his price point. It's not a Rolex, it's a MKII. No one will argue that it hasn't copied many of the design elements from the Submariner.

Some will never have enough or will never want to pay enough for a Rolex, but that shouldn't keep them from buying other watches that they like and want and can afford.

I agree with everyone on the fake Rolexes out there though, that is something entirely different IMO.

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Well said.

Some more porn - today I'm wearing my Oris Chrono - it's a limited edition Chronoris Grand Prix 1970, and displays bold 70's style without apology.  Definitely more of a "busy" watch, but still reasonably legible.  Abd I like having a little colour in the rotation.  Damned hard to photograph, though.

 

Stock pic:

 

 

 

My pic:

 

Looks like they took out the glass for the stock pic, because of the same problem!  Anyway, it;s cool.

Thanks, its 33mm. 5mm thick including the domed acrylic crystal.

So who else had to sync their whole hoard today?

Very cool. I have to find my Oris as I stashed it somewhere but can't seem to remember where!

What I don't get is why we'd even be discussing them in a watch appreciation thread. Wow, someone copied a design and put their own logo on it. What am I supposed to say — "good work, that must have taken some real talent"?

"Homages": Lame-o!

I understand your point.

But when you think about it there are literally zillions of non-homage watches out there that are affordable and genuinely interesting - so why do people still go for homages? The elephant in the room is the borrowed prestige of the original watch.

That Kingston which RogerP likes was 1100 GBP - which is well into the territory inhabited by interesting companies like Fortis, Oris, Baume et Mercier, Damasko, Stowa, etc. If you went vintage you could pick up a spectacular Omega Constellation "pie pan" or Universal Geneve Bicompax for that price, and have enough left over to service the watch too. Second hand non-vintage would get you a Nomos or maybe a Tudor.

So really... there is no excuse.

Homages offend me on an intellectual and aesthetic level. They're lazy unimaginative solutions released by lazy unimaginative companies eager to make a quick buck by standing on the shoulders of giants. The term "homage" itself is the basest form of PR triumph, pure marketing doublespeak.

The homage buyer pays for the privilege of an unregulated and completely unfinished or minimally finished ebauche in a cheap steel case that will be finished in a ho-hum way and without a shadow of doubt be a pale imitation of the original. I can guarantee you your homage company would have gone bust in 20 years because they are simply not there for the long haul and their business model depends mostly on the goodwill of cheapskates... who are a fickle bunch and will move on to the next homage company that sells the same thing or close enough for $30 less.

Given their very existence is a sort of common-sense defying anachronism when you really think about it, I don't believe in too many half measures when it comes to little luxuries like mechanical watches - and homages are a half measure too far for me, the "Gacci", "Chenel" or "Luis Vuitton" bags of the watch world. Would you let your wife carry one of those?

I guess there are those homage lovers who will call me a watch snob, but I'm happy to be one if it means that I am passionate about something actually worth preserving, something with deep roots in tradition and skill... unlike the homage anti-snob who too often is happy to hoist the banner of faux egalitarianism. Just drop by any of the homage forums... you'll see what I mean.

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