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

[venessian]

Yes, a happy Friday indeed !

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Well, hell, at this point, after the last 6+ pages….

As long as that is an actual photograph made by an actual owner of their actual watch?, and not just more typically tedious predictably pedantic pompous philosophical sputtering by yooknowhoo and his infinite obsession with self-centered thread derailment ?, I’ll take it, whole-cloth and such relief, without question or judgment (I like it very much btw) and even moreso applaud and respect your own happiness and joy.

In a watch thread especially, I really do yearn for much less ****, even if the substitute would be only more Shinola.

Have a great weekend, everyone else.

 

[NakedYoga]

So... Watches. A brace of Pepsis today! And a RO chrono!

 

[ronscuba]

I just had a very nice New York strip steak. It hit the spot. All steak is good and I will not judge your preference. Unless your favorite is filet mignon, in which case I will side-eye you and chuckle softly under my breath.

Bone in ribeye. Porterhouse is good too because you get both the NY strip and the filet.

 

[Texasmade]

So... Watches. A brace of Pepsis today! And a RO chrono!

My Seamaster gets no credit!

 

[LA Guy]

I just had a very nice New York strip steak. It hit the spot. All steak is good and I will not judge your preference. Unless your favorite is filet mignon, in which case I will side-eye you and chuckle softly under my breath.

I prefer a ribeye. I just like a more tender steak - I am a lazy eater - and I like the marbling. But a NY strip is often my second choice.

I do it in a combination of ways I learned from Brazilian and Argentinian friends - Dredged in a light olive oil and then very generously salted at the last minute, and a hard sear on one side, then the other, Rest for 5 minutes, then sliced. I can usually get a 1.5" steak to a pretty solid medium rare pink throughout with a nice crust. I'm less confident with a thinner or thicker steak. My ability to determine doneness with a prod test is just not as honed for a 2" or slim 1" steak, and sometimes I undershoot to rare or overshoot to medium. I'll work on that. Sometimes a chimuchurri to go with that. Sometimes just a spritz of lime to cut the fat . Always fresh bread with olive oil or saffron rice,l or both.

No watch today except for the timer on on the rower. After two days of rest after the second shot, I'm back baby. Not my fastest speeds ever, but I'd peaked myself two weeks ago in anticipation for a recuperation week this week anyway.

 

[dauster]

You all know I love Patek, but I’ve always said they commit their fair share of snafus. What makes them great and deserving of their status is when they get it just right. Patek at it’s best is maybe unbeatable, but then they also made the tentacle monster that @Ambulance Chaser posted.

do you mean the 5960G is tentacle monster ? if so, I agree one of the most terrible PPs - no wonder it's available and sitting in AD cases.

 

[NakedYoga]

My Seamaster gets no credit!

I was under the impression the two Pepsis and the RO were recent pickups.

Your Seamaster:

 

[ronscuba]

My Seamaster gets no credit!

I was getting impatient waiting for my RO and went to the Omega boutique. I almost bought the No Time to Die mesh Seamaster. 2 days later got the call from AP.

 

[Texasmade]

I was under the impression the two Pepsis and the RO were recent pickups.

Your Seamaster:

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I thought we were just talking about pictures of watches we own and bit 10 pages of Foo

 

[Omega Male]

No one can stop at just 10 pages of Foo. Least of all Foo.

Watch tan by April is a California problem.

 

[Keith T]

My Seamaster gets no credit!

I’ll give you props bro. Solid desk diver. Big fan.

 

[radicaldog]

For sake of argument, say there are the effortful and effortless when it comes to style. Then, within each of those categories, there are those who benefit from discourse and those who do not.

"Then" is ambiguous. If it's supposed to indicate an inference, what follows it is a non sequitur. If it just indicates a conjunction, what follows it is an unsupported assertion.

I also think there's reason to think the assertion is false: as I understand it, the effortless-recherché distinction is meant to indicate precisely that one type of stylish person typically doesn't need or benefit from discourse, whereas the other one does. I make no claims about whether one is superior.

The above position is neutral on the question whether style is subjective or objective--a distinction which, like the one between fact and opinion and other similar ones, is too complex to be usefully deployed in this kind of conversation.

 

[dan'l]

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This is a watch. That I wear. Sometimes.

Nice. Is that a suede strap? How do you like it?

 

[radicaldog]

As long as that is an actual photograph made by an actual owner of their actual watch?, and not just more typically tedious predictably pedantic pompous philosophical sputtering by yooknowhoo and his infinite obsession with self-centered thread derailment ?, I’ll take it, whole-cloth and such relief, without question or judgment

I wonder whether, from a hygiene perspective, a separate thread for abstract watch discussions wouldn't indeed be better than the intermittent fights on here. I made such a thread: https://www.styleforum.net/threads/the-watch-discussion-thread.683883/

To kick it off I asked the classic one-watch collection question, and made a suggestion. It's a watch I've not seen discussed here.

Shall we move the quasi-philosophical discussions there?

 

[Keith T]

Nice. Is that a suede strap? How do you like it?

Yessir. It’s suede, from B & R Bands. 19 mm size, which can occasionally be more difficult to find. And yeah I have been quite pleased with it so far...it’s been in place for several months. I tend to rotate multiple watches (and even straps amongst those watches!) so it won't ever get super-heavy wear.

Still loving the Polerouter too ? The next combo I will probably try on that one is a vintage-style beads of rice.