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

Omega Seamaster Deville on a custom black croc strap.

Originally Posted by Bill Smith

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Omega Seamaster Deville on a custom black croc strap.

Nice dress watch

Originally Posted by artoftime

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Nice dress watch

instigator

Says you.

Originally Posted by bpanicola

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Thanks. I am a plank owner and in on the forum design of this watch, I waited 2 years for it, but Bill did an excellent job on it. Here are more pictures.

Bill does nice vintage Rolex homages. The only reason his stuff sells is really a reflection on the sorry state of affairs over at Rolex. The current day Rolex sports line up has very girly white gold hour surrounds on the dial. Bill's homage pieces capture the old Rolex look of yore -- back when they looked like tool watches. That said, Bill needs to hire more staff. It's ridiculous to wait 2 years for some guy to take almost a year and a half longer than his advertised time to produce this. He's not reinventing the wheel. He's basically modeling an homage on a pre-existing Rolex design and dropping in an off the shelf ETA movement. My understanding is there were people very upset with Bill waiting 2 years for this homage to finally get produced. That said, his work does have a strong following. But Rolex's are so ubiquitous that if someone that knows a bit about watches looks at an MKII on your wrist they might think it's just a Rolex counterfeit -- not realizing you dropped a grand on it.

Originally Posted by nurktwin

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Bill does nice vintage Rolex homages. The only reason his stuff sells is really a reflection on the sorry state of affairs over at Rolex. The current day Rolex sports line up has very girly white gold hour surrounds on the dial. Bill's homage pieces capture the old Rolex look of yore -- back when they looked like tool watches.

That said, Bill needs to hire more staff. It's ridiculous to wait 2 years for some guy to take almost a year and a half longer than his advertised time to produce this. He's not reinventing the wheel. He's basically modeling an homage on a pre-existing Rolex design and dropping in an off the shelf ETA movement. My understanding is there were people very upset with Bill waiting 2 years for this homage to finally get produced.

That said, his work does have a strong following. But Rolex's are so ubiquitous that if someone that knows a bit about watches looks at an MKII on your wrist they might think it's just a Rolex counterfeit -- not realizing you dropped a grand on it.

I had gotten through the phase of buying micro brands and homage watches but this one is very well made and the first one that was released as it was Bill's test build. Most people are still waiting. His following knows that they will have a wait. By the time it got to me I did not expect to keep it. As a plank owner I paid $750 and was sent a second case, crystal, dial, hands, and crown. Everything to make another watch except for a movement and case-back. I have been offered double of what I paid already.

^ one of my faves.

Might not be everyone's cup of tea, but as a bond fan, I was hooked...

Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Quantum of Solace Ltd ed, with simulated Walther ppk pistol grip dial..

Anyone here own a Chronometre Forget?

Originally Posted by Coldcava

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Might not be everyone's cup of tea, but as a bond fan, I was hooked...

Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Quantum of Solace Ltd ed, with simulated Walther ppk pistol grip dial..

Cool!

Originally Posted by Coldcava

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Might not be everyone's cup of tea, but as a bond fan, I was hooked...

Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Quantum of Solace Ltd ed, with simulated Walther ppk pistol grip dial..

Love the dial.. congrats!

Originally Posted by Coldcava

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Might not be everyone's cup of tea, but as a bond fan, I was hooked...

Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Quantum of Solace Ltd ed, with simulated Walther ppk pistol grip dial..

I think it looks exceptional. Well done.

Originally Posted by Kaplan

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I love this watch. What do you guys think of the Timefactors speedbird III. I am really considering it and I'm starting to prefer it to most of the fliegers out there.

kaplan, that's beautiful.
i bought a speedbird III off tz on a whim and it's an absolute steal for the price. really well engineered- the bracelet in particular is in a different league from that on my sub.
case and dial are really impressive - add in the anti-magnetic core and eta movement and it's getting hard to justify flipping it to buy an IWC (which was my original intention).