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

[ebayhtl]

For any of you who live in Sydney - given the AUD being relatively low against the USD, are there any watch bargains I should look out for while here? Just wanted to be a watch pricing geek while here.
I know I am never going to get a Daytona around here...

 

[mimo]

I meant Audemars Piguet (of what my friend recommended)

The Royal Oak is a beautiful watch, and you can find it in stock today. There are a couple of considerations, though: first, the current model is a lot bigger than the Daytona. They're both recognisable, but the RO is a real statement. In this size, it realy isn't subtle at all. Second, every watch will get scratched and dinged, even if they cost 12-15 grand. The RO will show it a lot more, and it's harder to put right.

Get the one you love. I would find it hard to choose between them, maybe the RO because I already have more subtle watches that I like, so I'd go for the bigger dick-wave just for the hell of it. But if you want one watch to rule them all, from the supermarket to the boardroom, I think the Daytona might bear up to the job a little better.

 

[apropos]



For any of you who live in Sydney - given the AUD being relatively low against the USD, are there any watch bargains I should look out for while here? Just wanted to be a watch pricing geek while here.
I know I am never going to get a Daytona around here...

No.

Australia is where luxury goods go to die.

 

[mildundklar]

Sweet Jesus.

 

[egluck3]



excellent mate @Clouseau

I went this way today

I was never really into Panerai that much, but a classic Radiomir dial is pretty hard to beat. Such a gorgeous conservative watch. Beautiful combo in your pictures.

 

[dcg]

Perhaps blasphemy to admit around these parts, but (barring a few exceptions) I've never been a huge Daytona guy. Or much of a gold watch guy. The ceramic Daytona has made me do a complete 180. An acquaintance recently picked one up in rose gold. It is absolutely stunning.

Not his pic, but this model:

 

[IGotId]

I like the way the syringe hands don't overlap the hour markers. For some reason, which I would struggle to elucidate, I find it clumsy when the sword hands do that. But no doubt they are both beautiful watches. I was very disappointed to miss out on a mint US version in a recent auction.

I'm curious to know what the Reverso sold for?

 

[k4lnamja]



Perhaps blasphemy to admit around these parts, but (barring a few exceptions) I've never been a huge Daytona guy. Or much of a gold watch guy. The ceramic Daytona has made me do a complete 180. An acquaintance recently picked one up in rose gold. It is absolutely stunning.

Not his pic, but this model:

Not a gold fan either but when I saw this exact watch that made me turn into a fan

The Royal Oak is a beautiful watch, and you can find it in stock today.  There are a couple of considerations, though: first, the current model is a lot bigger than the Daytona.  They're both recognisable, but the RO is a real statement.  In this size, it realy isn't subtle at all.  Second, every watch will get scratched and dinged, even if they cost 12-15 grand.  The RO will show it a lot more, and it's harder to put right.  

Get the one you love.  I would find it hard to choose between them, maybe the RO because I already have more subtle watches that I like, so I'd go for the bigger dick-wave just for the hell of it.  But if you want one watch to rule them all, from the supermarket to the boardroom, I think the Daytona might bear up to the job a little better.

LOL @ the dick-wave comment. I looked at the RO and it's definitely in consideration. It was definitely bigger than the 40mm Daytona so we'll see how it goes. Thanks for the input

Good luck on the Daytona. Not to be a downer but it might be a few months before you get it.

Months is fine. Year is not. Haha

 

[atia2]



I'm curious to know what the Reverso sold for?

Sure, it went for GBP 5k and I would have had to pay 20% sales tax to get it into the UK. Not crazy, but I hadn't inspected the piece physically so I wanted a little more headroom on the deal. Regret it a little now, but I got a lovely Shadow GT for half the money instead.

 

[Dino944]

Just curious to know if AP sells the 15300 blue dial? (I do prefer the white but would like to have the option to swap to blue at service).

I believe the answer is no. A lot of companies don't like extra parts out there for the public to potentially sell on ebay (counterfeiters love to buy them and use a few real parts to make fakes look more authentic).

 

[bigbadbuff]

To each their own, as much as I love the RO (recent convert) being discussed here, I think it's too 'delicate' as a do-it-all. Not in size/looks but in being scratch prone and just flat out too nice of a watch to wear but so casually. PCLs and all I think the ceramic Daytona is a much better 1-watch collection piece than a RO.

This is why you will soon see that you can't stop at 1. If I were you I'd leave while you can or you can kiss a lot of future $$$$ goodbye as I have

 

[bdavro23]

Not sure if anyone else noticed, but Roger Federer had what looked to be a Batman GMT on his wrist for the post Austrailian Open presser. While I would actually prefer the original GMT myself, it occurred to me that his watch case must be truly and offensively obscene...

 

[Deo Veritas]

^^ That was a great match! Nadal vs Federer is always epic.

 

[Texasmade]

Hodinkee had a couple of articles about which watches the players were wearing. Roger had the batman GMT, Nadal had a Richard Mille, and Serena had on an AP.

I think Nadal and Serena actually wore their watches while playing. Roger put his on after winning.

 

[bigbadbuff]



Not sure if anyone else noticed, but Roger Federer had what looked to be a Batman GMT on his wrist for the post Austrailian Open presser. While I would actually prefer the original GMT myself, it occurred to me that his watch case must be truly and offensively obscene...

Rolex has been lighting up social media with GMT references, lends some credence to the rumor of a SS Coke model coming at Baselworld.