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

[c_del]

Originally Posted by A Guy from Shanghai

I like leather straps with this buckle. Do they have a special name for this type of strap? Can't see it real well. But I guess the strap is just a regular strap, but the buckle is a deployant buckle.
More specifically, that one looks like a butterfly deployant. EDIT: and the band almost looks like it could be pigskin or some other less common leather.

 

[tricota]

Originally Posted by Tomasso

That's more of a dress watch.

But less is more, as far as dress goes.

Now thats what I call Appreciation...

 

[Singular]

Originally Posted by Phat Guido

- I do like the older dials on the Tudor & Rolex.. Less bling!

Few of the same 233J (I know there is not much love for Panerai's here but I wear for me not the haters..

)

Is the 233 in the 47mm Fiddy case? Looks like it...

Originally Posted by c_del

More specifically, that one looks like a butterfly deployant.

EDIT: and the band almost looks like it could be pigskin or some other less common leather.

Looks like a, as said, normal butterfly deployant on a Hirsch Ascot (or similar) strap to me.

/M

 

[sanrensho]

Originally Posted by A Guy from Shanghai

I like leather straps with this buckle. Do they have a special name for this type of strap? Can't see it real well. But I guess the strap is just a regular strap, but the buckle is a deployant buckle.
It's a "Hirsch English Ascot Band". Do an eBay search and several should come up. A store called \tTop of The Line For Less sells both the bands and the clasps...shipping is really fast too. I don't know anything about watch band quality, but this one seems good.

 

[LabelKing]

I've developed a slight obsession with solid gold LED watches from the '70s. These were expensive watches back then, the height of technology.

 

[poorsod]

LK better hold on to your gold. Looks like the U.S. Mint might be running out. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...092603363.html

 

[Singular]

A bit of vintage diving;

/M

 

[theguy]

Love my 111, bought it for myself on my 23rd bday last june I was originally going to by a quartz RADO lol, then I went and found timezone .com and found there are alot more watches then the ones found in a mall Just like I recently stumbled upon this forum and found out about better clothing not sold at the mall Good for nothing mall!

[/IMG] taken with my iphone(pretty decent photo for 2 mp)

 

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by LabelKing

I've developed a slight obsession with solid gold LED watches from the '70s. These were expensive watches back then, the height of technology.

I share your fascination. The one for which I am keeping my eyes pealed...1976-ish:

- B

 

[fuji]

I will be posting my new rolex soon. I get it back from the jeweler on thursday

 

[wq1999]

Originally Posted by mink31

Not quite watch p0rn, but has anyone noticed Tom Brokaw's Big Pilot?

Nice to see one 'in the wild,' but I'm not so sure it works with a suit:

I noticed this on Meet the Press last week. I don't think it works at all - far too big and sporty for a suit, especially with the riveted pilot-style strap and that huge crown. He also seems to wear it quite loose - I noticed it flopping around on his wrist quite a bit. Otherwise he is very well put together - but he needs a proper dress watch.

 

[Lucky Strike]

Fifties Oris, the dial has faded to a dark brown, so I put a brown croc strap on it:

 

[CrackedCrab]

Cartier Santos today. The gold frame is prone to scratches, and has picked up a few. Apologize for the rather graphic wrist hair.

 

[calvinloke]

Anyone heard of the Favre-Leuba brand?

 

[Patrician]

Man was I disappointed when I was first told that IWC stood for International Watch Company. I thought it was gonna be an abbr. of something cool in french, like JL's Jaeger Le Coultre.