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

[chocomallo]

Yeah buddy! Fun watch. I’ve never seen it in person but I like it from pictures. Here is an unusual Bulgari that I only saw recently. It’s a Tadao Ando co-design but not the titanium one that we typically see. A bit large at 44mm (I think that was the size) but spectacular on the wrist. And I think a more cohesive design than his titanium one in the way that the tourbillon serves as the source of the expanding circles. But it was something like US180k. Apparently it was the last one available in a series of 8.

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Here you go. I posted this a while back. My thoughts of the carbon fiber and a wrist shot.

 

[Clouseau]

What ? A gold plastic watch ? Ideas?
Answer tuesday.

 

[Omega Male]

This has been slowly growing on me. Reflexive brand snobbery aside, seems like quite a lot of watch for the money. Yes it is big and thick, but so am I.

Breitling Premier B25 Datora Chronograph Review - THE COLLECTIVE

The Breitling Premier B25 Datora Chronograph takes another step in proving the brand's ability to meld modern and vintage design.

www.europeanwatch.com

 

[Newcomer]

This has been slowly growing on me. Reflexive brand snobbery aside, seems like quite a lot of watch for the money. Yes it is big and thick, but so am I.

Breitling Premier B25 Datora Chronograph Review - THE COLLECTIVE

The Breitling Premier B25 Datora Chronograph takes another step in proving the brand's ability to meld modern and vintage design.

www.europeanwatch.com

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The number of occluded numerals kind of bothers me with this one. Only 1/4 are in a whole state! But I do like the aesthetics. I think I’d go with the chrono.

Still, a really nice watch particularly for its price.

 

[symphvaria]

I tried on the carbon fiber tourbillon at the Ginza boutique a couple years ago (as I understand it was the last of the 8 made at the time). It was spectacular but huge at 42mm. I owned the standard 40mm for several years. Here it is on my pencil neck 19cm wrist.

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The other Ando versions I never found very special.

The Ando versions that attracted me were actually just the regular 40mm versions. Something about how they emphasize the asymmetry of the dial and the circular aspects of the bezel were pretty interesting to me, at least moreso than the regular version's dial which I've never really warmed up to. Though it definitely does seem like I need to get it on the wrist before committing to anything, because if that's how it fairs on your pencil neck 19cm wrist, my even pencil neck-er 16cm wrist may not be suitable at all.

Here you go. I posted this a while back. My thoughts of the carbon fiber and a wrist shot.

Now that's something you really don't see every day though. Definitely quite the slab of watch.

 

[DorianGreen]

This has been slowly growing on me. Reflexive brand snobbery aside, seems like quite a lot of watch for the money. Yes it is big and thick, but so am I.

Breitling Premier B25 Datora Chronograph Review - THE COLLECTIVE

The Breitling Premier B25 Datora Chronograph takes another step in proving the brand's ability to meld modern and vintage design.

www.europeanwatch.com

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This is stunning, despite the moonphase.

I really love the contrast between the steel of the case and the salmon/champagne/gold of the dial.

 

[DorianGreen]

Breitling Chronomat B01 42 Salmon Dial.

 

[NakedYoga]

This has been slowly growing on me. Reflexive brand snobbery aside, seems like quite a lot of watch for the money. Yes it is big and thick, but so am I.

Breitling Premier B25 Datora Chronograph Review - THE COLLECTIVE

The Breitling Premier B25 Datora Chronograph takes another step in proving the brand's ability to meld modern and vintage design.

www.europeanwatch.com

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Not bad at all. I like the dial layout although not a huge fan of the numerals.

Breitling does get some hate, but I've always like the Chronomat chronographs like the salmon one posted. My next watch purchase will probably be a chronograph, and I like those 42mm Breitlings. Need to try one on in person, though.

 

[NakedYoga]

Morning, azaleas are starting to bloom.



Afternoon, a different kind of steering wheel shot.

 

[Ebitdaddy]

You’re all going to make fun of me but I walked into a Hublot store the other day and tried the “integral” chronograph they had, the Big Bang. It had a black ceramic bracelet, and tbh I loved it lol.

The black ceramic is awesome irl. Looks like they go at reasonable used prices too but don’t pop up much.

Any other watches with black ceramic bracelets in the same $ range?

 

[am55]

You’re all going to make fun of me but I walked into a Hublot store the other day and tried the “integral” chronograph they had, the Big Bang. It had a black ceramic bracelet, and tbh I loved it lol.

The black ceramic is awesome irl. Looks like they go at reasonable used prices too but don’t pop up much.

Any other watches with black ceramic bracelets in the same $ range?

I remember when the Chris Bangle BMWs came out. And there was this visceral reaction to them back then from almost everyone. Today every Toyota is vastly more "Bangle" shall we say. The first Bangle 7 series look positively stately today, especially compared to something like a RR Phantom let alone a contemporary "good taste" Rover (in navy with beige interiors, choice of the Central England father of 2.1 and a labrador).

Part of the Hublot hate was based on the ETA movements and ease of availability of fakes and mass marketing, all of which is now true of all the other brands except the ETA movements, which Hublot hasn't had for quite a long time IIRC (2005?). The design language is also much more mainstream if not somewhat dated.

Is hating on Hublot "boomer"? I'd ask a crypto bro but they've been scarce recently.

 

[物の哀れ]

I like a lot of the Octo Finissimos - I think @Newcomer's reference is criminally underrated.

I like the Classic Fusion, in an under-performing-fund-manager-on-holiday-in-Monaco kind of way.

 

[te0o]

I have my first scratch already so I can now beat the hell out of it without any of the guilt.

 

[Gus]

Picked this up at the AD today

 

[mebiuspower]

Anybody know PRIM watches from Czech Republic?

PRIM ORLÍK 38

The inspiration for the PRIM Orlík 38 model was the legendary watch from the mid-1960s, which is undoubtedly an icon of Czech watchmaking today. The modified design of the dial and the new rotating ring are made using HyCeram ® technology instead of by laser, bringing the appearance closer to...

www.prim.cz