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

[9thsymph]

I wear this watch almost every day. I switch to others every now and then to mix it up, but this is my go-to every morning when I reach inside the winder.
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Great watch!

But you also make a point I subscribe to (if I am properly parsing your comment), which I don't see mentioned too often: Switching watches at different points in the day.

I very frequently start out the day with one watch and end the day with another (in fact, I'd say this is by far the norm rather than exception...)

 

[Neville Southall]

Great watch!

But you also make a point I subscribe to (if I am properly parsing your comment), which I don't see mentioned too often: Switching watches at different points in the day.

I very frequently start out the day with one watch and end the day with another (in fact, I'd say this is by far the norm rather than exception...)

For sure. I always have a mud-day or evening switch, especially since COVID started. It’s fun that way.

 

[Neville Southall]

^ Your winder for that watch must be more complex than the ones I recall seeing.

Funny enough, both my Reverso and Speedy are on the same winder. I just set those slots to static, so they don’t spin at all. Just a way to store everything in one place.

 

[Ambulance Chaser]

speaking of winders - is there a common brand recommendation?

Orbita is the standard. I have one but never use it. It's easier to wind and set a watch I want to wear for the day. In my opinion, a winder only makes sense for a perpetual/annual calendar watch.

 

[Texasmade]

speaking of winders - is there a common brand recommendation?

I use a cheap one off of Amazon that cost me like $50 for 2 slots with multiple speed settings and rotates clockwise and anticlockwise.

A lot of people recommend Wolf but they are really expensive.

 

[patrick_b]

speaking of winders - is there a common brand recommendation?

I bought an Orbita Sparta single when they first launched in the early 00's. They offered a discount to TZ members. It lasted almost 5 years and when it died, Orbita sent me a replacement when I asked about fixing it. That one lasted 10 years. I've since purchased a double Sparta battery winder and another single from their sale section. Like @George Red, I store the manual wind on the winder but it doesn't rotate.

It rotates once every 10 minutes, then rocks back and forth a few times due to a weighted rotor on the back.

 

[venessian]

The "baby alligator" was an attempt to identify the feature that @venessian didn't like about the watch he posted a few pages ago. The clue he gave was 'b', although I never figured out what the 'b' meant, even after he revealed the offending feature.

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The post you refer to above was a bastardised quote from the Duke of Edinburgh. Replace "feel free to use its skin for your watch strap" with "the Cantonese will eat it" for its original form.

You are right, thanks for the reminder. When I posted the answer I should have added that the "b" stood for "balance" (between the visual size (the actual size being the same) of the 2 sub-dials).



Also, I agree with you regarding exotic skins, not only on watch straps. But sadly I have not always abided by that philosophy, although as time goes on the few exotic straps I have are now my least favorite.

On this watch, even with the two Nomos straps (not exotics, Nomos' Shell Cordovan), I returned an unused $$$ blue croco strap and really do far prefer the Eulit Kristall 99% of the time (+: year-round warm-weather climate helps ;-) in lieu of the croco) on it.

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Wow. He (Philip, DoE) really said that?

 

[venessian]

I use a cheap one off of Amazon that cost me like $50 for 2 slots with multiple speed settings and rotates clockwise and anticlockwise.

A lot of people recommend Wolf but they are really expensive.

What are the ones that look like metal "trees" (a tall center rod with maybe 6 "branches" holding watches) that I see in repair shops, which move each branch individually? I would never buy any winder for the few watches I have, I just wind or wear every day, but those look more interesting to me than the standard winder/storage box. I have no idea though if those shop winders are only for short-term regulating use and not really for daily long-term winding.

 

[Texasmade]

What are the ones that look like metal "trees" (a tall center rod with maybe 6 "branches" holding watches) that I see in repair shops, which move each branch individually?

I'm not too sure. I've never seen what you're talking about.

 

[Neville Southall]

Mid-afternoon swap. It’s a black dial type of day.

 

[venessian]

I'm not too sure. I've never seen what you're talking about.

I don't know either. The ones in the shop I go to look a bit like these, and I have seen them in other shops as well. I'll ask him next time I'm in.

 

[mockingboy]

Traveling with my UJ Alfred

 

[Texasmade]

Traveling with my UJ Alfred

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UJ's make cool dress watches. The One is a miss to me.

 

[mockingboy]

Agree

it’s just way too big as a start; it competed with ROOs in size; they needsomething in the 40mmx10mm-11mm range for sport

UJ's make cool dress watches. The One is a miss to me.

 

[Texasmade]

I managed to try one on a few weeks back. I like the look of the watch since it's completely different than other SS luxury watches but you're right. The watch is just too big and the bracelet felt really chunky.