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

[chrfi]

It's spring again and time to start using this more.

 

[patrick_b]

This is a new watch from a new watch brand, Fleming.

This is the first thing that came to mind when I saw the Fleming dial.

 

[Southeasterly]

Two men enter; one man leaves:

Pepsi for sure. And whatever you do, get a real GMT tool watch with drilled lugs. None of this fancy luxury Rolex BS!

 

[NakedYoga]

Yes. I had one with a grey dial at the same time as a Lange 1.

They aren’t as well finished and are a chunk thicker due to being automatic but I wore mine more than the Lange because the moonphase complication was really well done and the date window was much much better executed than Lange.

The finishing isn’t a huge deal as the watch is a lot less and neither watch is openworked anyways.

The watch actually totally ruined the Lange 1 for me because it made me realize how fugly the date window is on that watch 😂

Thanks for the insight. Looks like they're readily available new for ~20% discount online. I do wonder about the chunkiness, as it looks pretty slab-sided.

 

[edmorel]

@Newcomer what Watch were you wearing at the Oscars?

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I muat be the only person jn the world that didn't "get" Barbie. Saw it at home and kept waiting to see the billion dollar story line.

 

[Texasmade]

I muat be the only person jn the world that didn't "get" Barbie. Saw it at home and kept waiting to see the billion dollar story line.

Margot Robbie is all you need to know.

 

[patrick_b]

Margot Robbie is all you need to know.

Was her performance in Barbie "Wolf of Wall Street" comparable?

 

[edmorel]

For some reason, I feel compelled to **** on this watch:

This is a new watch from a new watch brand, Fleming. The story of Thomas Fleming's eponymous brand is not overly compelling, which is not surprising given that he is a nepo-baby who (1) became interested in watches during the pandemic, and (2) decided to create his own brand. (No offense to our resident, yet beloved, nepo-baby, @Scuppers). But I do think that this watch represents the very worst of independent watchmaking. To expound:

The watch, in and of itself, is inoffensive - indeed, it is not bad looking at all. But I have no clue, whatsoever, what the brand's vision is. It is nearly 100% a paint by numbers approach to watchmaking, and it results in a watch with little to nothing to say. Dial from Comblemine? Check. 38.5 mm case? Check. Aventurine/Guilloche? Check. Nice stock movement from third party manufacturer? Check. Cool ambassador? Check. I wish Thomas and the other persons affiliated with the brand the best of luck - but I hope that they can imbue the Series 2 with some sense of purpose. A watch should be worth more than the sum of its parts. This watch seemingly just costs more than the sum of its parts.

There are about 3 different micro brands that use that same case/lugs and the lugs are obviously distinctive, whether we like them or not, so I would have gone in a different direction so as to not seem like I took a cookie cutter approach

 

[edmorel]

Margot Robbie is all you need to know.

I mean she’s fine and everything but blondes in Hollywood are a dime a dozen. My bigger issue is, what was the compelling storyline that had people swooning over this movie to the tune of a billion dollars. It wasn’t really a kids movie and it wasn’t really an adult movie 🤷‍♂️

 

[JamesInLondon]

It's spring again and time to start using this more.

The red-headed stepchild of the Rolex collection, unjustly ignored for too long. And, I don't know why, great case, substantial bracelet and an amazing movement - first Rolex movement with Geneva Stripes, all metal construction and the only quartz watch of its era to use a jewelled escapement, rather than a stepping motor.
Its close relative the Oysterquartz Day-Date is on my wrist as I type.

 

[Clouseau]

I muat be the only person jn the world that didn't "get" Barbie. Saw it at home and kept waiting to see the billion dollar story line.

Me neither. We are two. (Well actually I didn’t watch it)
Long time I think Newc really looks like Ryan Gosling. This event was the opportunity... Well he is Ryan actually 🤫.

 

[Scuppers]

I muat be the only person jn the world that didn't "get" Barbie. Saw it at home and kept waiting to see the billion dollar story line.

We left about an hour in. Intolerable rubbish.

 

[Texasmade]

Bunch of anti-woke losers he can't just enjoy a fun movie.

Why don't y'all ask yourself wtf made Avatar and Avatar 2 a billion $ movie?

 

[Clouseau]

Was her performance in Barbie "Wolf of Wall Street" comparable?

That was a great movie.
Her performance in « Once upon a time in Hollywood » was also honourable, even if she has nothing in common with Sharon Tate, difficult to play her though.

 

[edmorel]

Bunch of anti-woke losers he can't just enjoy a fun movie.

Why don't y'all ask yourself wtf made Avatar and Avatar 2 a billion $ movie?

Don’t get me started on that insanity

Saw the first one. Applied the “fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me” axiom for the second movie.