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

[Neville Southall]

I lol’d, but in all seriousness, good for him. Dude has worked his butt off for years and built a real business. Got to give credit where it is due.

Word. I'm just trolling him because he looks like a little dweeb, but it's hard to argue with the presence and brand he's made for himself.

 

[Neville Southall]

Well, aren't you lame. I am interested in seeing it, now.

Obviously, you can do your own research, but this is what the watch actually looks like on wrist and without heavy filters:

 

[TheFoo]

 

[symphvaria]

I lol’d, but in all seriousness, good for him. Dude has worked his butt off for years and built a real business. Got to give credit where it is due.

The small text that people seem to forget all too easily is that he built a real business off of daddy’s money.

Meet Carl Baldassarre, The Banker-Turned-Rockstar

Baldassarre readies himself for his breakout year — launched with a July 2 show in the Flats —after a lifetime of quietly creating and conforming.

clevelandmagazine.com

Baldassare Junior’s achievement seems slightly less impressive in light of that.

 

[Neville Southall]

The small text that people seem to forget all too easily is that he built a real business off of daddy’s money.

Meet Carl Baldassarre, The Banker-Turned-Rockstar

Baldassarre readies himself for his breakout year — launched with a July 2 show in the Flats —after a lifetime of quietly creating and conforming.

clevelandmagazine.com

Baldassare Junior’s achievement seems slightly less impressive in light of that.

True that. F*ck 'dem nepo babies.

 

[am55]

Minute repeater

 

[Omega Male]

True that. F*ck 'dem nepo babies.

I feel privileged to have never heard of any of these people.

 

[Newcomer]

I take back the good things I said.

I should have known better, everyone in the watch industry is a nepo baby.

 

[JamesInLondon]

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Minute repeater

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Looks like the movement is from a turn of the 20th century fob watch. Look at the construction and the lack of shock protection on the balance.

Nevertheless, I bow to no-one with regards to my admiration for what Andersen has done, it’s him and two watchmakers in an office space in a brutalist office/apartment building in one of the less salubrious areas of Geneva.

He single-handedly re-introduced the Louis Cottier World Time watch 30 years after everyone else gave up on it, he was the co-founder of the AHCI and he is one of the few people in the watch business who will sit down with you and design a unique watch and movement from scratch for a client.

 

[JamesInLondon]

Looks like Rolex lost their case against Artisans d’Geneve in the Swiss Supreme Court.

I am a link, if you don’t click on me I have no purpose

 

[KevM]

Obviously, you can do your own research, but this is what the watch actually looks like on wrist and without heavy filters:
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Daytonas are generally underwhelming

 

[Clouseau]

I finally found a picture of Dorian with all the watches he posts in the poor man’s watch thread.

 

[mebiuspower]

 

[Scuppers]

I finally found a picture of Dorian with all the watches he posts in the poor man’s watch thread.
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Really, people? this is not good.

 

[Scuppers]

I have never understood the Hamilton watch thing. While I appreciate theirmarket place, just no. Birthed too many horological less than knows.