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

[Roikins]

The fauxtina doesn't bother me. I'm just waiting for a couple years for these to be more readily available and at a discount. I'm not paying $7900 plus tax for this.

And then have someone re-lume it.

 

[9thsymph]

And then have someone re-lume it.

I heard “lume jobs” are regularly offered at the twat Waffle House meet ups…

 

[Neville Southall]

I heard “lume jobs” are regularly offered at the twat Waffle House meet ups…

First rule of F.A.R.T. club is...

 

[mossrockss]

The fauxtina doesn't bother me. I'm just waiting for a couple years for these to be more readily available and at a discount. I'm not paying $7900 plus tax for this.

the math on buying in europe, getting the vat refund, and bringing back works well with the current exchange rate. was tempted by this proposition on the trip i just took for some JMM spectacles…

 

[Neville Southall]

Matching blues today.

 

[mossrockss]

Speaking of Omega I took the chance to stop by the Milan boutique and try 4 of their most recent releases (kind of nuts to think how many new pieces they've released in the last 12 weeks or so).

Spoiler: Latest Omega Pics + Thoughts

new Speedy is meh, primarily because the size is weirdly off. The 42mm Moonwatch is iconic and perfect. The 44mm Speedmasters I think have good proportions, as well. But this 43mm model is not a goldilocks; it's just weird and off somehow. Technical aspects are nice but just a swing and a miss for me.


This is a surprise homerun for me. Way cooler in person than in pics. I'm a lyre lug guy til death but on the wrist this is just really, really cool.


If I wanted a black dial neo-vintage-style-wave-dial Seamaster I'd buy the 2010 co-axial black dial I briefly owned over the summer … or so I thought til trying this. The play between matte aluminum and the domed sapphire + polished bevels is very appealing. Fully lumed bezel is a major draw for me as well. This is great.


Another homerun for me, surprisingly to myself. Love the lightness of the titanium, but while most 2-tone watches feel weird with just the bezel + crown being gold, the lower contrast of the bronze gold against the grade 2 titanium just works. I've never really considered a NTTD because the arrow on the dial seems cheesy to me and the brown just isn't my thing. But this is awesome.


I love the color they've done of the blue for the Bond 60th. They should 100% make that same color in the new config as seen in the black one (without the caseback goofiness or 60 at the 12 o'clock), and boom you have two (nearly) perfect Seamasters.

 

[Ebitdaddy]

Just grabbed this from 1916, should be here on Friday. Canadian independent watchmaker Bradley Taylor. I see him every month or so and have handled a few of his watches. Really excited. The blue also matches the blue color I've been using in various consumer brands since 2016 or so lol

I might swap the purple hands for polished steel, not sure, have to see it irl first.

Going on a milanese mesh.

 

[NakedYoga]

Just grabbed this from 1916, should be here on Friday. Canadian independent watchmaker Bradley Taylor. I see him every month or so and have handled a few of his watches. Really excited. The blue also matches the blue color I've been using in various consumer brands since 2016 or so lol

I might swap the purple hands for polished steel, not sure, have to see it irl first.

Going on a milanese mesh.

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Does the next buyer you have lined up want the hands swapped?

 

[9thsymph]

Does the next buyer you have lined up want the hands swapped?

“Ebitdaddy never actually owns a watch. He merely looks after it [for like, a week] for the next owner.”

 

[chocomallo]

Just grabbed this from 1916, should be here on Friday. Canadian independent watchmaker Bradley Taylor. I see him every month or so and have handled a few of his watches. Really excited. The blue also matches the blue color I've been using in various consumer brands since 2016 or so lol

I might swap the purple hands for polished steel, not sure, have to see it irl first.

Going on a milanese mesh.

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This is quintessential Ebitdaddy. Such a tightwad he buys a watch used even though he is friends with the guy who made it. Gotta price in that depreciation. I think he should change his name to Arbitragedaddy. Never change, Ebitdaddy.

 

[9thsymph]

This is quintessential Ebitdaddy. Such a tightwad he buys a watch used even though he is friends with the guy who made it. Gotta price in that depreciation. I think he should change his name to Arbitragedaddy. Never change, Ebitdaddy.

Exhibit A: “I think he should change his name…”

Exhibit B: “Never change…”

Schizophrenia much?

 

[chocomallo]

Exhibit A: “I think he should change his name…”

Exhibit B: “Never change…”

Schizophrenia much?

 

[9thsymph]

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We know…we know

 

[Ebitdaddy]

This is quintessential Ebitdaddy. Such a tightwad he buys a watch used even though he is friends with the guy who made it. Gotta price in that depreciation. I think he should change his name to Arbitragedaddy. Never change, Ebitdaddy.

It sold out before I met him lol

 

[chocomallo]

It sold out before I met him lol

Fair enough. I retract my former comment. He won’t do you a solid and make an extra one for you?