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

[classicalthunde]

Thanks, man. It’s my favorite, together with the Daytona.

curious, do you ever reach for the panda Daytona these days? If so, what is the rationale to pick that up rather than your preferred steel bezel one?

 

[Neville Southall]

curious, do you ever reach for the panda Daytona these days? If so, what is the rationale to pick that up rather than your preferred steel bezel one?

I literally never wear it. It sits on the winder all day. Truthfully, I've always lusted after the all-white 116520 Daytona. The other one is nice, but I just don't like it as much. Makes for cool pictures, though.

 

[cyc wid it]

@George Red does that JLC wear big?

 

[Phileas Fogg]

I love the idea of a three watch collection, but if I HAD to pick two, here are my choices from my current rotation. I could part with everything else and not miss it.
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I concur. The JLC is so classic!

 

[Neville Southall]

@George Red does that JLC wear big?

Truthfully, yes. It doesn't for me because I have a bigger wrist and am a beautiful, swole mother ******. If you have a smaller wrist, it may not work. I recommend trying it on.

 

[Neville Southall]

@George Red does that JLC wear big?

I'll add to my previous answer. What makes it wear a little large is the lug-to-lug width of 49.2mm. It's a thin watch and the lugs are curved in such an ergonomic way that the watch does not appear large, but may if your wrist is on the smaller side. Does that make sense?

 

[Keith T]

Y'all need to cool it with all this two-watch collection talk

More enabling, please.

 

[9thsymph]

(Out of what I have)

One watch:
Datejust 36

Two-watch collection:
14060 Submariner
1969 Omega DeVille (gold)

Three watches:
Add the two lists above

4 watches:
Add speedy pro to above

The two watch collection I’d like:
GMT 16710
DD 36 rose gold


On another note: Nomos is awesome. If it made sense for me to own one, I would.

 

[NakedYoga]

I'm not a big fan of the Nomos design aesthetic in general, although I think they look much better in photographs than they do in person.

 

[Neville Southall]

Ah... dinner time.

 

[mak1277]

Ah... dinner time.
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Early bird special?

 

[Neville Southall]

Early bird special?

Oddly enough, it’s the first meal I’ve had all day.

 

[mak1277]

Oddly enough, it’s the first meal I’ve had all day.

I heartily endorse steaks for any meal of the day.

 

[officine]

Absolutely 99.9% of the time, yes, occluded dials = deal-killer. I find they have a bad super-graphics feel, even at such small scale, most of the time.

The Lange 1815 (which I think is generally gorgeous) looks innocuous at a glance, but then seeing it on the wrist the chopped 6 ultimately is irritating and insulting more than anything. I always want the seconds hand to just kick the 6 entirely off the dial.

Chopped 2-4-8-10s are even more awkward on 2+ sub-dial watches. The 2 Breitlings are bad, and the PP is a complete disaster imo. By comparison I think that the G-P posted above your post is much more coherent and elegant, regarding the numbers/dials only (other aspects of the design bother me).

Removing color, finish, texture, etc., entirely, I know which dials I would choose, and which I would lose.

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Interesting. I never even knew occlusion and/or omission was a thing. Never bothered me. I do love reading about what makes people tick though, so your post was great.

My occlusion and omission afflicted dress watches....I love them!

I'd say this is "ok but not ideal". I feel like I prefer cut off numbers over the shrunken numbers from FPJ for example.

I'll admit though that the 1815 u/d is one of my favorite watches, and I wouldn't hesitate for a minute even though there are both cut off and omitted numbers.

The 1815 u/d Walter Lange LE with the hinged case back is simply gorgeous imo

 

[venessian]

Interesting. I never even knew occlusion and/or omission was a thing. Never bothered me. I do love reading about what makes people tick though, so your post was great.

My occlusion and omission afflicted dress watches....I love them!

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The 1815 u/d Walter Lange LE with the hinged case back is simply gorgeous imo

To be specific I don't like cut-off numbers at all, but do not mind, in most cases, fully omitted numbers. That Lange is super.

The Omega is beautiful too, I used to have a similar one, but the cut 5 and 7 "bother" me a bit. The leaf hands are so elegant though I could almost overlook the cut numbers.