The Watch Appreciation Thread - Part two (Rolex, Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, Jaeger LeCoultre,

[SixOhNine]

The Sinn is baby proof 😝

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I'm presuming that means your kid puked on it? You gotta rinse that bracelet thoroughly.

 

[KevM]

Is this Rolex's coolest sport watch? Honest thoughts.
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Yes. I liked it in photos and it still blew me away in person. My dealer laughed at me for asking for one.

 

[Dino944]

Is this Rolex's coolest sport watch? Honest thoughts.
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Without a doubt the coolest Rolex released in the last 10 years!

Of current watches? Maybe. But are the lume plots even bigger on this model than on the 6-digit Subs and GMTs? They look really big and leave the hands looking rather scrawny by comparison. Maybe I'm just too used to the dial proportions on 5-digit sports models (which are, in fact, Rolex's coolest sports watches!).

I think it's just the photo that make the proportions seem a bit odd. Yes, they are larger than on a 6 digit Sub/GMT, but in person it all works. To be honest, as someone who has owned 5 digit Subs and GMTs (and still owns a 5 digit Explorer II) - the lum on all but the Kermit are just too small. Historically, if one looks at the original Subs and GMTs before they added the white gold surrounds, the lume plots were much larger and made sense, for legibility and viewing the time in low light situations. When I wear my 16570 it looks fine to the eye, but next to my Kermit or anything with a six digit reference, the lum plots seem too small and leave too much empty space on the dial compared to 4 digit Subs/GMTs and 6 digit models.

 

[Ebitdaddy]

I'm presuming that means your kid puked on it? You gotta rinse that bracelet thoroughly.

Haha not yet! But I’m 100% sure it will happen. She’s been good so far but I remember my cofounder once showed up my old ingenieur 3239 with day old baby puke on it 😂

 

[9thsymph]

Without a doubt the coolest Rolex released in the last 10 years!

I think it's just the photo that make the proportions seem a bit odd. Yes, they are larger than on a 6 digit Sub/GMT, but in person it all works. To be honest, as someone who has owned 5 digit Subs and GMTs (and still owns a 5 digit Explorer II) - the lum on all but the Kermit are just too small. Historically, if one looks at the original Subs and GMTs before they added the white gold surrounds, the lume plots were much larger and made sense, for legibility and viewing the time in low light situations. When I wear my 16570 it looks fine to the eye, but next to my Kermit or anything with a six digit reference, the lum plots seem too small and leave too much empty space on the dial compared to 4 digit Subs/GMTs and 6 digit models.

agree to disagree

 

[Keyser_Söze]

Day Date will always be the "coolest" rolex.

 

[Clouseau]

@Neville Southall coolest Rolex will always be the last he bought (until the next one).

 

[SixOhNine]

I feel like "cool Rolex" is a contradiction in terms.

 

[9thsymph]

Do any of you folks know about these guys:

Subdial Home

Watch collecting re-imagined

subdial.com

They seem to have very good prices. Any experience doing business - good, or bad?

 

[chocomallo]

Do any of you folks know about these guys:

Subdial Home

Watch collecting re-imagined

subdial.com

They seem to have very good prices. Any experience doing business - good, or bad?

Are you pulling the trigger on a Lange 1?

 

[tweedlover]

agree to disagree

Yeah, my reaction to it is rather underwhelming.

 

[Clouseau]

No. The LOMS explorer is the coolest

Seriously i think it is!

All 36mm, but Hamilton x Engineered Garments looks bigger.

 

[Neville Southall]

Do any of you folks know about these guys:

Subdial Home

Watch collecting re-imagined

subdial.com

They seem to have very good prices. Any experience doing business - good, or bad?

I would avoid buying anything from an overseas dealer. For a BUNCH of reasons.

 

[Neville Southall]

I feel like "cool Rolex" is a contradiction in terms.

Now you're just being a hater, brah.

 

[Neville Southall]

Seriously i think it is!

All 36mm, but Hamilton x Engineered Garments looks bigger.
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