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

[Althis]

Stunning!

What size? 44?

Thanks, it's actually the new 40mm!

 

[Dino944]

jewelers mutual

Could be since its a stand alone policy. I've usually had mine through the same company insuring my home or apartment (when I had a renter's policy).

 

[hpreston]

Thought some in this thread might find this entertaining.

 

[chrfi]

Got a Forstner bracelet for my Speedy FOIS. Works well, but I think a strap still suits the watch better.

 

[物の哀れ]

Superb collaboration and I love that they've shown how the watch works with different outfits.

 

[Newcomer]

Just for fun - we all know that this is the day of the luxury sports watch. I decided to amalgamate all of the iterations I could think of outside of the "big 3 or 4" (Patek 5711/5164; AP 15202, etc.; VC Overseas). What are your favorites? Which are the best executed? As a side note, it is kind of amazing watching the extreme proliferation of what was an incredibly niche subsection of the market 5 years ago.

Bvlgari OF S:

GP Laureato:

Parmigiana PF:

Moser Streamliner:

Jurgenson One:

Czapek Antarctique:

Lange Odysseus:

Lang & Heyne Hektor:

Piaget Polo S:

 

[mak1277]

Just for fun - we all know that this is the day of the luxury sports watch. I decided to amalgamate all of the iterations I could think of outside of the "big 3 or 4" (Patek 5711/5164; AP 15202, etc.; VC Overseas). What are your favorites? Which are the best executed? As a side note, it is kind of amazing watching the extreme proliferation of what was an incredibly niche subsection of the market 5 years ago.

Bvlgari OF S:

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GP Laureato:

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Parmigiana PF:

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Moser Streamliner:

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Jurgenson One:

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Czapek Antarctique:

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Lange Odysseus:

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Lang & Heyne Hektor:

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For me, based almost entirely on aesthetics, it's Moser by a landslide. I am pretty sure it's the only one I would even wear out of those (although I could probably handle the GP). All of the others have at least one feature that I find too ugly to consider.

 

[Texasmade]

My favorite is the Moser and Czapek. The Urban Jurgensen wears weird when I tried it on but the GMT functionality is really well done.

 

[mak1277]

Just for fun - we all know that this is the day of the luxury sports watch. I decided to amalgamate all of the iterations I could think of outside of the "big 3 or 4" (Patek 5711/5164; AP 15202, etc.; VC Overseas). What are your favorites? Which are the best executed? As a side note, it is kind of amazing watching the extreme proliferation of what was an incredibly niche subsection of the market 5 years ago.

Bvlgari OF S:

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GP Laureato:

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Parmigiana PF:

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Moser Streamliner:

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Jurgenson One:

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Czapek Antarctique:

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Lange Odysseus:

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Lang & Heyne Hektor:

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Even at grey market prices, I would rather have a Submariner (or Daytona, or Explorer) than any of these.

 

[pmeis]

The Lang & Hyde one is dumb for a lot of reasons. Only being 50m WR is especially lame for a watch in this category at that price point.

 

[Newcomer]

Are there any others that I am missing?

 

[bdavro23]

The Czepak is my favorite by some distance, followed by the Bvlgari which has the advantage of being substantially less. The rest of these are way farther down the line for me and there are numerous other watches I would rather have in front of them.

 

[Texasmade]

Are there any others that I am missing?

Cartier Santos

 

[mak1277]

Are there any others that I am missing?

Zenith Defy?
Piaget Polo?

Do you consider Cartier Santos in this group or not "high end" enough?

 

[Newcomer]

Cartier Santos

Rightly or wrongly, I am not sure that I include Cartier in this category - however, that is not a knock on Cartier.

@mak1277 - you are right, Piaget Polo should be included. Not sure if I include the Defy. That watch is seemingly looking forward, rather than back.