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

[DorianGreen]

The Omega 1957 60th Anniversary Trilogy Limited Editions, Seamaster, Railmaster, Speedmaster.

 

[Schwazer]

Rising interest rates? No problem, Powell with a Rolex Submariner.

 

[smittycl]

Smitty woke up today and chose violence.

Thought the Mars time watch thing was a cereal box toy level of gimmick. Lots of great watches in their history of course.

 

[mossrockss]

Thought the Mars time watch thing was a cereal box toy level of gimmick. Lots of great watches in their history of course.

Based on what I read it sounded like ESA asked them for the functionality. It's certified and will be worn by personnel and astronauts in the ESA.
What other companies are making watches that are still being deployed in the field like this, that you can also buy as a consumer? Honest question

 

[chocomallo]

All complications are totally ******* ridiculous except for date and GMT!

May I direct you to this. I absolutely agree. Date, GMT, and, if manual, power reserve. Everything else is dumb. So if you want to be dumb, at least buy something outlandish, not a Patek chronograph or such.

There have been some great suggestions to your inquiry. I’d like to ask what complications are worth owning? I posted before that I’m essentially only interested in complications that I will actually use. So a chronograph is a pointless function I think. Moon phase too. I think date and power reserve if manual wind are good. Perpetual calendar is dumb because you probably have to service it before you get through the cycle. Why care about incremental improvements in the chronograph function of the Daytona movement if you never use it?

Unfacconable has made this point many times in a better way. So perhaps it’s rhetorical. Watches are ultimately personal.

 

[classicalthunde]

So ALS has updated their website and listed every watch as "price upon request"...what a pain in the a**

 

[bradp]

good morning

 

[mebiuspower]

So ALS has updated their website and listed every watch as "price upon request"...what a pain in the a**

Just use the Google spreadsheet

 

[classicalthunde]

Just use the Google spreadsheet

Yea, just a gripe. I have a pretty good general idea and I could fill out the inquiry too...it just seems like it is being unnecessarily obtuse about their pricing even with the "base" models like the Saxonia and 1815 (and the ability to shift it on a whim).

 

[mebiuspower]

(and the ability to shift it on a whim).

Currency is fluctuating like crazy right now between USD, Pound and EUR... companies are doing pricing corrections to stay level between markets.

 

[smittycl]

Based on what I read it sounded like ESA asked them for the functionality. It's certified and will be worn by personnel and astronauts in the ESA.
What other companies are making watches that are still being deployed in the field like this, that you can also buy as a consumer? Honest question

Likely some of the military/SAR stuff like Sinn, Marathon and such. Neat that ESA ordered some but not sure exactly why. For folks in control room? Motivation for employees to have buy-in to missions? Interesting but maybe a far cry from issued for use in space?

Anyway, don’t want to punk out Omega too much more but this watch tripped my BS sensor just like $1k fleece vests from Drakes did.

I’ll research the ESA thing. Wifey was there in Garching at the ESO a while back. She was working but I was along to goof off down in Munich!

 

[edmorel]

The Omega 1957 60th Anniversary Trilogy Limited Editions, Seamaster, Railmaster, Speedmaster.

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I like the Railmaster, but I would never admit to that in this thread

Rising interest rates? No problem, Powell with a Rolex Submariner.

“Don’t worry about my watch, I need to unemploy you!!!”

by the way, anyone have a US source to DLC a watch? I’ve used Jack at IWW previously but he no longer does bracelets. I don’t want to just DLC the head ( ) and be left with a stainless bracelet. There is a guy in NYC that sells watches already DLC’d but I don’t feel like paying a $6-7k premium over retail for a watch I already have.

 

[pmeis]

Currency is fluctuating like crazy right now between USD, Pound and EUR... companies are doing pricing corrections to stay level between markets.

Yeah, it's crazy. I stayed up late Monday morning to try to get in on the Fratello X Nomos Weltzeit LE and succeeded. They were selling it for the normal EU price and of course dropped the 20% VAT. With the current FX rate, I ended up paying $3750 shipped. The standard versions of these generally sell for around $3.3k preowned, while the US retail price is $6100 (though I doubt anybody actually pays that amount). I knew the rates had been turning in favor of the dollar, but I hadn't realized the extent until then.

 

[mebiuspower]

Just a few weeks ago it was big news that they're on par... now we're almost at 4% more ...

 

[chocomallo]

Just a few weeks ago it was big news that they're on par... now we're almost at 4% more ...

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There are only two proper hedges against inflation. Patek and Rolex wristwatches and being an ambulance chasing attorney. Pick one or the other unless you are George Red and can accomplish both.