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

[Riva]

WFH (work from home) that is it.

When my new company runs which is next to my new homebase then things are awesome.

 

[justridiculous]

Thinking about this as my first foray into high-end watches:

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/r...X2-VWPbcjFCHub9vHsSG6Ye5eTYg2RASxiFSYS_T_gJ1s

 

[Riva]

Thinking about this as my first foray into high-end watches:

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/r...X2-VWPbcjFCHub9vHsSG6Ye5eTYg2RASxiFSYS_T_gJ1s

I'm pretty sure RM was copying one of the Luminoxes.

 

[bigbadbuff]

^ words don't exist to describe how terrible that is.

 

[LA Guy]

Thinking about this as my first foray into high-end watches:

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/r...X2-VWPbcjFCHub9vHsSG6Ye5eTYg2RASxiFSYS_T_gJ1s

So he built a mechanical G-Shock. I'm all for it.

 

[Purplelabel]

So he built a mechanical G-Shock. I'm all for it.

With a spirit level to boot.

 

[Medwed]

RM is truly the best thing that happened to watches from the design stand point. That watch is amazing.

 

[am55]

I'm pretty sure RM was copying one of the Luminoxes.

I think that RM beats even the Moser trolls.

 

[Ambulance Chaser]

That watch's major sin is not that it's ugly; it's that it's not immediately recognizable as an RM. Dropping that much coin on a watch is like buying a piece of contemporary art. If you own a Hirst or a Koons, you want everybody to know you own a Hirst or a Koons.

 

[bdavro23]

That watch's major sin is not that it's ugly; it's that it's not immediately recognizable as an RM. Dropping that much coin on a watch is like buying a piece of contemporary art. If you own a Hirst or a Koons, you want everybody to know you own a Hirst or a Koons.

That watch conveniently comes with an Ed Hardy T-shirt that says "Richard Mille" with a giant red arrow point to the left wrist. Right wrist variant not available...

 

[Journeyman]

RM is truly the best thing that happened to watches from the design stand point. That watch is amazing.

I don't know - apart from the spirit level and the puritabs, it looks an awful lot like the watches that were advertised in Soldier of Fortune magazine or sold at my local army disposals store a quarter of a century ago...

 

[Medwed]

I don't know - apart from the spirit level and the puritabs, it looks an awful lot like the watches that were advertised in Soldier of Fortune magazine or sold at my local army disposals store a quarter of a century ago...

What most people don't get about RM is the fact that his watches intent to shock and anger the masses that can never afford them. To make a G-shock on steroids , purely mechanical watch with amazing details finish and innovative mechanical features is a biggest artistic statement and general **** YOU to the stale sad industry populated by likes of Rolexes, Omegas and Pateks who competely lack imagination.

 

[Riva]

What most people don't get about RM is the fact that his watches intent to shock and anger the masses that can never afford them. To make a G-shock on steroids , purely mechanical watch with amazing details finish and innovative mechanical features is a biggest artistic statement and general **** YOU to the stale sad industry populated by likes of Rolexes, Omegas and Pateks who competely lack imagination.

If it's unaffordable it must be ugly.

"John finds himself wanting to buy a Rolex and bespoke suit after the latest promotion and have stopped praising his SARB065 in the forums."

 

[Omega Male]

Are you two seriously arguing that the actual purchasers of this Mille middle finger will do so out of some sort of elevated sensibility?

 

[Dino944]

What most people don't get about RM is the fact that his watches intent to shock and anger the masses that can never afford them.

I think the bolts in his watches are a cool design. I don't care for the appearance of his watches, but I'm not shocked or angered by them. If they make someone else happy great. I'd just rather own something else at that kind of price point.