What is your dream watch?

[Montesquieu]

Realistic dream watch: Lange Time Zone

Unrealistic dream watch: Vacheron Patrimony Traditionelle 2755

 

[TheFoo]

Originally Posted by Eustace Tilley

I'm probably in the minority here but I just can't get excited about Breguet. In my opinion, its Swatch buying over a prestigious old name and nothing more. That is why their ads trumpeting their history annoy me.

I agree with you. Blancpain is much worse than Breguet in this regard; beyond the fact that Swatch merely resurrected an old name, Blancpain was never a particularly notable maker in the first place.

When it comes down to it, though, there just aren't that many old watchmakers that can claim continuous operation.

 

[LabelKing]

Blancpain was quite a middling maker in the past.

Another brand I can think of Henry Moser, which was recently revamped.

 

[SoCal2NYC]

It's not like Swatch went back and put Breguet into The Count of Monte Christo or made up the concept of Marie Antoinette's watch. They are just using that to set their marketing apart from other watch makers.

 

[SoCal2NYC]

Okay and now that you bring up Blancpain....so it wasn't a masterful watch maker in the past means that the current offerings should be discredited?

It's not like many people that are buying the watches today or criticizing them were their past clients.

I saw a new 8 Day in the window of the Madison Ave boutique that caught my eye.

 

[TheFoo]

Originally Posted by LabelKing

Blancpain was quite a middling maker in the past.

Another brand I can think of Henry Moser, which was recently revamped.

Lange was resurrected, too. Although more notable, the original company was best known for its pocket watches and never developed an aesthetic for wristwatches. Consequently, the current company's wristwatch movements depend on decorative affectations to tie them to the past.

 

[Eustace Tilley]

Originally Posted by SoCal2NYC

So you'd rather see a brand die out forever than get bought and/or re-vamped?

No, but I just wouldn't be willing to pay top $$$ for it.

 

[TheFoo]

Originally Posted by SoCal2NYC

Okay and now that you bring up Blancpain....so it wasn't a masterful watch maker in the past means that the current offerings should be discredited?

Nah, I don't think Blancpain's lack of a real history discredits the quality of its watches. But the marketing is disingenuous. The claim that they've never made a quartz watch is obviously supposed to convince people of the company's commitment to fine watchmaking, but the ads don't tell you that Blancpain wasn't making mechanical watches for a long time either.

 

[itsstillmatt]

Originally Posted by SoCal2NYC

It's not like Swatch went back and put Breguet into The Count of Monte Christo or made up the concept of Marie Antoinette's watch. They are just using that to set their marketing apart from other watch makers.

Originally Posted by SoCal2NYC

Okay and now that you bring up Blancpain....so it wasn't a masterful watch maker in the past means that the current offerings should be discredited?

It's not like many people that are buying the watches today or criticizing them were their past clients.

I saw a new 8 Day in the window of the Madison Ave boutique that caught my eye.

If they make great watches, they should command great watch prices. I would pay no more for their long history (even if continuous) and no less for their reincarnate status.

 

[FidelCashflow]

Patek Philippe Platinum Perpetual Annual 5971 with Diamonds

http://cgi.ebay.com/Patek-Philippe-P...QQcmdZViewItem

 

[speedster.8]

Originally Posted by Eustace Tilley

The UHRWERK Hammerhead watch is quite amazing, as well as the earlier Blackhawk. http://luxist.bligblog.com/2007/01/2...merhead-watch/ UHRWERK create quite unique pices, you either like them or you dont. I find them facinating, but would not want to own one. Its a bit the same with The HEUER Monaco V4, an amazing consept watch. http://www.tagheuer.com/the-collecti...o-v4/index.lbl Its nice to see some advance in anny technology, allthough i prefer simpler pices. I used to have a thing for: IWC Portugese Chrono and Zenith Grande El Primero

But im past that having had a Portugese, my current interest is peaked by the following: The following 3 are interesting alternatives to the classic Rxxxy Submariner The Chopard L.U.C Pro one GMT and the Grand Seiko GMT And of course the Glashutte Original Sport Evolution As a less sporty watch I find these 2 quite fasinating, allthoug on slightly different budgets. Nomos Glashutte Tangomat.

And the Chronoswiss Klassik Speed

 

[amerikajinda]

Parmigiani Fleurier Toric Corrector

 

[Eustace Tilley]

After the Lange 1 Timezone, the VC Malte Regulator is a very close #2 for me:

 

[Montesquieu]

Originally Posted by Eustace Tilley

After the Lange 1 Timezone, the VC Malte Regulator is a very close #2 for me:

I love that VC, too. This is my extended dream list of realistic watches:

- Lange Time Zone
- VC Dual Time Regulator
- IWC Portuguese Perpetual
- Ulysse Nardin Sonata Dual Time
- Ulysse Nardin GMT Perpetual

 

[Cantabrigian]

Originally Posted by dl20

Gold franck Muller Master Banker. I'll try and find a pic somewhere.

DL
My boss wears one. It's a nice watch but I'm not sure I could ever bring myself to wear something with such a cheesy name.

For me it's bertween the Lange Datograph

and another vote for the Breguet Equation of Time