Skeletonized Watches

[trajan]

how do you guys feel about completely skeletonized watches? Here's one:

http://www.watchbuys.com/Master/JE-003.htm

or in a different color scheme:

--trajan

 

[Toiletduck]

I think they are beautiful... pretty hard to tell the time though!

 

[LabelKing]

I prefer them on pocket watches. They look fussy in wristwatches.

 

[erdavis]

Check out nakedwatch.com

I saw it pushed a bit as being decent over on AAAC.

 

[stilmacher]

I like them but agree that they are flipping useless because it is hard to tell the time on most moddels. Especially skeleton complications can look very nice.

 

[Cantabrigian]

I like them.

IMO much nicer than those exposed 'heartbeat' ones you see from Zenith and the like.

 

[gdl203]

I don't like them at all. The dial of a watch is the most attractive component IMO. I love a beautifully finished movement (back) but I miss the dial too much on a skeleton watch

Also, there are so many cheapo Chinese skeleton watches that I feel whatever appeal they may have had in the past is completely gone. I think there are skeleton watches in the shopping magazine on the plane now...

 

[The Great Wazu]

I personally think they are cool for the novelty of it (ie - to look at), but I would never own/wear one. I do, however, think that clear back watches are damn cool, though. Love taking it off, flipping it over and showing it to a friend. Looking inside really makes you appreciate the insane thresholds for accuracy and intricate functionality that really comprises watchmaking. Seeing through the entire face is another story, though.

 

[imageWIS]

No cheap watch looks like this:

Jon.

 

[itsstillmatt]

Most are hideous. Some are outstanding. I think that Vacheron is peobably the most adept with this style, even if they are a bit too much for my eyes.

This minute repeater is pretty neat.

 

[gdl203]

Originally Posted by imageWIS

No cheap watch looks like this.
fugly

 

[Manton]

Jesus, I saw the thread title, and I half expected that the spirit of the suit threads had spread and people were taking apart their watches ...

 

[gdl203]

Originally Posted by Manton

Jesus, I saw the thread title, and I half expected that the spirit of the suit threads had spread and people were taking apart their watches ...
I did that once to a vintage Longines. That was a mistake. Unsurprisingly, it was much easier to take it apart than to re-assemble it

 

[bengal-stripe]

Here is a German guy, who can skeletonize and decorate any watch at your request:

Hand-engraved, hand-guilloched and hand-skeletonized Unitas 6498
manual winding movement with flame-blued screws, two-coloured

http://www.jochenbenzinger.de/e/index.htm

 

[imageWIS]

Originally Posted by Manton

Jesus, I saw the thread title, and I half expected that the spirit of the suit threads had spread and people were taking apart their watches ...

You want me to? Unlike most people on the forum, I can take apart an ETA 2892 and put it back together...

Jon.