The Watch Appreciation Thread (Reviews and Photos of Men's Timepieces by Rolex, Patek Philippe, Brei

[ant702]

Yeah, so aside from the very beautiful 5059G and I also had a chance to behold this beauty:






I'm actually a bit on Cylon's side regarding the 5059's lugs, but this is really a personal preference. I like lugs that slope gently - I guess that's part of why I ended up liking the 3940's "look" versus my original 5119, complications aside. Dino944 - I didn't even notice that the leap year indicator cut off part of the day numbers. You're right.

These may well be minor quibbles, as these Pateks are phenomenal, phenomenal works of art. But given the price points of these pieces they can't be anything less than perfect before I pull the trigger. At least that's how I feel!

But, I have hit my personal budget limit for timepieces for the year (or two, or twenty), so any future grails will have to wait. In the meantime, I am content with my current set (didn't I just say that a few pages ago before I got my Daytona)? And just to make sure no other bodily craving prompts me to ponder these crazy expensive Pateks anymore tonight, I will cook myself some beef flavored Ramen, accompanied by my new white dial beauty...












Good night, all!

All or nothing, Who cant respect that

One of the best photos to date, very clever!

 

[no frills]

Sweet Daytona! The grail of my college years when working at a watch dealer, and what I shelled out my hard earned cash for when I finally could afford it. Ah, the good old days of hype and waiting lists

Siffert today

(old pic, though)

Wow so this is an interesting piece. The chronograph pushers are on the right while the crown is on the left, am I seeing that right? I like.

 

[no frills]

Fabulous choice, Congrats.

Thanks, man. Good morning, Daytona! Not much style in the mornings, but I suppose the white shirt goes with the white dial.

 

[dopey]



Wow so this is an interesting piece. The chronograph pushers are on the right while the crown is on the left, am I seeing that right?  I like.

That is called a bullhead. It is a cal. 11 and is one of the earliest automatic chronograph designs (actually, the first, I think) and was the result of a collaboration between four makers: Heuer, Breitling, Buren and Dubois-Depraz

 

[NonServiam]



Wow so this is an interesting piece. The chronograph pushers are on the right while the crown is on the left, am I seeing that right?  I like.

Yes indeed! Heuer Cal 12 movement.

Here is the interesting story of the cal 11, the world's first automatic chronograph movement (though Zenith would like to disagree):

http://www.onthedash.com/articles/Project99PartsOneTwo.pdf

The Cal 11/12/15 are cool to look at, as they are a movement familiy of modular chronographs with a micro rotor. When you open the watch up, you see the chrono module, and the movement can easily be mistaken for a manual movement.

But the rotor is there, down below

 

[NonServiam]



That is called a bullhead.

Not quite. This is a bullhead, with the pushers on top of the case:

 

[in stitches]



Sweet Daytona! The grail of my college years when working at a watch dealer, and what I shelled out my hard earned cash for when I finally could afford it. Ah, the good old days of hype and waiting lists Siffert today (old pic, though)

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fantastic. and that is a great pic to boot.

Thanks, man. Good morning, Daytona! Not much style in the mornings, but I suppose the white shirt goes with the white dial.

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impressive guns.

 

[dopey]

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That is called a bullhead./quote]

Not quite. This is a bullhead, with the pushers on top of the case:

You are right. So what is it called when the pushers and crown are in that Y configuration?

 

[NonServiam]



You are right. So what is it called when the pushers and crown are in that Y configuration?

Hm, not sure actually

 

[dopey]

BTW, are all Autavias cal. 12 or were some the predecessor cal. 11? I have a black dialed one like yours (though it has a rotating diver bezel rather than a tachymeter) and I am not sure which movement is in it.

 

[NonServiam]

The cal 12 was introduced in the Monaco in 1971, so at least the earliest Autavias have the cal 11. Not sure when it was introduced in the Autavia.

 

[yywwyy]



^^^ Agreed — it's the bomb:

WTF so good!

 

[no frills]

impressive guns.

Yes, I've been asking around for where I can find a veterinarian near where I live/work. Because the pythons are looking SICK! Hyuk hyuk.

 

[mimo]

Yes, I've been asking around for where I can find a veterinarian near where I live/work. Because the pythons are looking SICK! Hyuk hyuk.

Hahaha....fine figure of a fellow. Still, don't risk those dainty wrists if anyone attacks you; just hit them with your wallet.

 

[no frills]

This reminds me of my college days when i used to have people saying to me "why do you eat instant noodles when you wear such expensive watches/clothes" to which i used to reply "it is BECAUSE i wear expensive watches/clothes than i HAVE to eat instant noodles" lol

As far as I can tell, that is neither cooking, beef, nor ramen. Japanese chefs are weeping as I write.

A man who wears watches as nice as yours, really should eat better.

Can't say much more than "well, yes" to both of these posts. Tweeheehee.