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Fascinating. Rolex employees were just told this morning in Geneva that Dufour, ex-CEO of Zenith, is now the guy at the top. Wonder what this means for Rolex's future offerings.
That was the punchline!
Fascinating. Rolex employees were just told this morning in Geneva that Dufour, ex-CEO of Zenith, is now the guy at the top. Wonder what this means for Rolex's future offerings.
The hand-wound original is the one to have. I'm sure the co-axial version has better specs, but I think a case that thick would get tiresome, plus the date window detracts from the purity of the chronograph design.
I temporarily swapped one of my GMTs for an acrylic Speedmaster with a friend recently. The case is just genius. It's a fantastic watch, and I don't think it's possible to improve on the original. Omega seems to realize this, seeing as they keep it in production (still the coolest watch they make, IMHO). I would love to have a cal. 321 version sometime.
I think it's cool, and as someone who always likes blue dials, I think I like the black 57 actually.
Hi Academe,Thanks Dino. I often think it's a shame that I now work in a more casual work place because many of my watches pair better with tailored clothing.
When did they discontinue my RO? It's still up on the website. At least AP don't cycle through models as quickly as Patek! I'm always surprised at how readily the latter change their catalogue range, swapping out even relatively popular models.
Hi Academe,
I was at an AP Trunk show this past weekend, and I met AP's retail director, Jasmine Bapic. She is very lovely. They had several novelty pieces from SIHH, in addition to their current models. She informed me that now they were only producing the Jumbo, or Jumbo variations in 39 mm cases, and that the RO Dual Time and RO Day-Date were out of production. However, Jasmine said they still have some available in their stock, but once the stock is gone it is gone. They had a blue dial RO Dual Time in the boutique (price had gone up from what I recalled it was now $22K USD), and it was quite handsome. On some level she seemed to suggest AP wanted to move away from watches where they do not produce the movement themselves, as she said something to the effect that those watches used movements from outside AP (although that never bothered me). As you know the Dual Time and Day-Date both use JLC based movements. The ultra thin Cal 2120/2121 was developed by JLC, but AP owns the rights to it, and AP produces it itself in house. It made me wonder if they will change the 41mm ROC movement as that is still based on the F.Piguet 1185. I did try on the blue dial Dual Time and thought it was really handsome. Both its case and bracelet are thicker than that of the Jumbo, so it has a different feel, even though both are 39mm. I think if I traveled more I might give the Dual Time more serious consideration while there are new ones still available.
Interesting trend that they are moving towards only using in-house movements exclusively. I suppose VC and others have done the same, although quite honestly given that they used to own a large share in JLC and have such high levels of finishing on all their movements, this has never bothered me either. The blue-dialed Dualtime is very handsome. I was torn between the two. The austerity of the white-tailed version that I own eventually won the day, but I do catch myself second guessing myself the times that I've seen the blue-dialed Dualtime again.
I wonder if a shift to an in-house chrono replacement for the AP ROC will result in price hikes? Seems the norm when watchmakers are trying to recoup the R&D costs, though certainly AP have priced themselves very competitively vs Patek, VC and AL&S over the years...
112 is a awesome watch IMO.
Don't get me wrong, I really like the watch, I just haven't been wearing it very often because it's a little too big for suit wear and I've been rocking the hell out of my Big Pilot and 15400 on the evenings and weekends. I've been toying with the idea of putting the rubber strap back on, and that's when I sorta started itching for the diver. That AP bezel is really addictive. It's kind of a moot point, my 112 is dinged up enough that it's probably worth more to me than I would get on sale/trade.
Yes; I've seen press releases and Ms Bapic certainly is...charismatic; just what you need for a very public retail director.
Don't get me wrong, I really like the watch, I just haven't been wearing it very often because it's a little too big for suit wear and I've been rocking the hell out of my Big Pilot and 15400 on the evenings and weekends. I've been toying with the idea of putting the rubber strap back on, and that's when I sorta started itching for the diver. That AP bezel is really addictive. It's kind of a moot point, my 112 is dinged up enough that it's probably worth more to me than I would get on sale/trade.
The nice thing about the PAMs is that they look good with different pairs of shoes, so may be swapping back to rubber may give your 112 a new lease on life?
I fully understand the RO addiction. When they first released the diver and later variants (forged carbon, etc) I seriously considered acquiring one simply because I love my RO so much that I thought it would be great to have a sportier version for causal wear. Happily for my wallet, I've decided to stay the course and go for a 2 or 3 hand dress watch/ultra thin. But who knows what my futures holds?