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

[Drek Galloche]

Even with a deployant I find leather straps wear pretty quick. In ten years of regular but not daily use I’ve been through 5 straps on my Monaco.

You have to get bigger watch rotation. It is the same thing as with shoes. The more pairs you have the less you need to fix them.
Also it benefits us in the way that we dont have to stare at the same pictures of rolex over and over and over again.

 

[Drek Galloche]

What in the World??? Genta how could you? (est. 10 to 18 K)

 

[Dino944]

@jmewhpg, the Moonphase Ultra Thin is superb.

I'd also consider the Drive Extra Flat for a day-to-day precious metal watch.

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That's a fantastic option! A former regular here(I haven't seen him here in a little while has one). I love the clean look of the dial, the ultra thin case, and the rather unconventional shape, the hand wound movement...its just a great watch and one that is easy to overlook!

 

[Dino944]

Even with a deployant I find leather straps wear pretty quick. In ten years of regular but not daily use I’ve been through 5 straps on my Monaco.

Well, one thing about about daily wearing watches on straps, unless they have a rubber backing, in the summer, the sweat from your wrist prematurely kills straps. It dries out the leather and eventually causes it to crack. So one rarely gets more than 2-3 years out of straps worn daily including summers. That's why I generally wear a watch on a bracelet or a rubber strap in the summers.

 

[Drek Galloche]

Side note on the watch clasps: One sided clasps must be outlawed. These are the most uncomfortable dig into your wrist things. Two sided clasps are the only ones I would keep on the watch. I had to remove one-sided contraption made by CHopard (jewelry brand-what a shame) and replace it with generic pin buckle to make the watch comfortable.
Echoing Dino, bracletes are for Summer , straps are for Winter. Foo should comission Winter strap with mink lining , come to think of it.

 

[Dino944]

Side note on the watch clasps: One sided clasps must be outlawed. These are the most uncomfortable dig into your wrist things. Two sided clasps are the only ones I would keep on the watch. I had to remove one-sided contraption made by CHopard (jewelry brand-what a shame) and replace it with generic pin buckle to make the watch comfortable.
Echoing Dino, bracletes are for Summer , straps are for Winter. Foo should comission Winter strap with mink lining , come to think of it.

Yes, its surprising how many watch clasps just aren't that comfortable. I found some of the original Lange and JLC deployants were not that comfortable, although, from what I heard of you take the strap off and reverse the direction of the the deployant, it actually becomes comfortable for some people. I wonder if trying that with your Chopard would help.

 

[pmeis]

Side note on the watch clasps: One sided clasps must be outlawed. These are the most uncomfortable dig into your wrist things. Two sided clasps are the only ones I would keep on the watch. I had to remove one-sided contraption made by CHopard (jewelry brand-what a shame) and replace it with generic pin buckle to make the watch comfortable.
Echoing Dino, bracletes are for Summer , straps are for Winter. Foo should comission Winter strap with mink lining , come to think of it.

This is a big complaint of mine as well. The only onesided deployant that works for me is the one of my Santos, where the leather/rubber tongue ends up sitting between the metal work and my wrist.

I think I saw a new Omega with a similar setup recently as well.

 

[Thrift Vader]

Deployant on a ceramic bracelet. no issues.

 

[am55]

Source

 

[scurvyfreedman]

Side note on the watch clasps: One sided clasps must be outlawed. These are the most uncomfortable dig into your wrist things. Two sided clasps are the only ones I would keep on the watch. I had to remove one-sided contraption made by CHopard (jewelry brand-what a shame) and replace it with generic pin buckle to make the watch comfortable.
Echoing Dino, bracletes are for Summer , straps are for Winter. Foo should comission Winter strap with mink lining , come to think of it.

The key to a deployant (one-sided) clasp is to reverse the short and long sides of the strap from how you would wear them with a tang. Then it closes exactly like a bracelet.

 

[am55]

@Riva

 

[Ebitdaddy]

fetus deletus that watch. Gross

 

[ThinkDerm]

FP Journe Lune on the wrist today.

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Platinum case?

 

[montecristo#2]

@Riva

What a load of bull.

 

[NakedYoga]

Trying my best @George Red impression. Although, not on vacation. Certainly not working, though.