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Re: Watch thread
« Reply #30 on: February 09, 2015, 04:08:33 PM »

Nice watches, guys.

So, gelocks, which Omega are you looking at for the future?
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Re: Watch thread
« Reply #31 on: February 10, 2015, 04:14:10 PM »

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Re: Watch thread
« Reply #32 on: February 11, 2015, 06:05:28 AM »

The Omega Aqua Terra white dial is very nice. The one with blue hands is great, too! Maybe more contemporary?
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Re: Watch thread
« Reply #33 on: February 11, 2015, 08:49:17 AM »

I want to get the anti-magnetic Aqua Terra 8508... I am actually around strong magnetic fields every so often.
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Re: Watch thread
« Reply #34 on: February 11, 2015, 04:26:18 PM »

I want to get the anti-magnetic Aqua Terra 8508... I am actually around strong magnetic fields every so often.

I noticed that! It's cool that it's resistant to fairly high amounts of gauss.
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Re: Watch thread
« Reply #35 on: March 03, 2015, 11:13:36 PM »

I like my watch so much, I'm already planning for a future purchase and I need some Real Talk from pyrates, please.

If I'm looking for something classy and not too gaudy, is a window on an automatic's watchface cool?



Also, two toned watch bands?

I'm thinking it might be too much, what say you?
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Re: Watch thread
« Reply #36 on: March 03, 2015, 11:32:47 PM »

I love windows, tourbillons and skeletons myself. If you aren't into engineering and fine craftsmanship as art, why even bother with watches at all? I don't wear watches anymore except as fashion on a special occasion but I love 'em.

Don't like silver and gold two tone myself, but I am a fascist after all. ;) I also don't like anything remotely similar to that classic Rolex look.
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Re: Watch thread
« Reply #37 on: March 03, 2015, 11:53:44 PM »

I like my watch so much, I'm already planning for a future purchase and I need some Real Talk from pyrates, please.

If I'm looking for something classy and not too gaudy, is a window on an automatic's watchface cool?

Also, two toned watch bands?

I'm thinking it might be too much, what say you?

I think windows are fine, provided they are done nicely, like on many of Zenith's designs. Some of the cheaper watches have cheesy looking windows. I'm not really a fan of the two tone look. I don't really like metal bands in general, but if you're going that way, I think it's best to stay with one color. I definitely prefer black leather to any metal though.


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Re: Watch thread
« Reply #38 on: March 04, 2015, 12:16:33 AM »

Anax, I totally agree on avoiding the Rolex look. That's actually what I was thinking of when I said I wanted to avoid gaudy. I like a hint of two tone on the face with a single tone band.

Thanks for another vote confirming that windows are okay, Dave. (More opinions are welcome, though pyrates!)

The last time I stopped by Macy's, the guy who helped me was super nice. While I like the watch pictured on top (of my last post), his darker skin tone actually went outstandingly with the two-toned bottom pic. We basically figured out the perfect watch for him  :)p13
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Re: Watch thread
« Reply #39 on: March 15, 2015, 04:26:14 PM »

Welp, I did a foolish thing and started learning more about watches. The Raymond Weil watch I bought is like a gateway drug...

So, when quartz watches came out for cheap, the Swiss watch industry crashed. The Japanese were like, "sell us your watch companies for pocketchange!" and a Swiss guy decided to save the industry by buying them himself and selling cheap fashion watches. The Swatch group he built became huge and a bit of a vertical monopoly. The company that makes the internal movements for watches, ETA, is actually the source for many, many watches, even from companies not part of the Swatch group. Raymond Weil, for example, while independent, is spared the high cost of developing its own movements by buying from ETA. That will change after 5 years when ETA stops selling to outside companies and companies now often do a bit of in-house finishing on ETA movements (which are well-made), but it's interesting. Rolex and a few others make their own movements. Companies in-group often have some special in-house designs adding things to higher end ETA movements like Omega's 8500 caliber.

Anyway, I thought I'd cap my little collection with a step-up and get an omega, since rolex are not what I'm looking for:
I like the Omega DeVille line:

Sorta like what I have, but moreso...
Hmm.

But then, I met someone who works for a big Swiss watch company who said, "Your style is more Vacheron Constatin's quai de l'ile, or an A. Lange Sohne or an Jaeger LeCoultre"... I, uh, had to look those up (still learning). The quai de l'ile is a $40,000 watch, it turns out!


Hmm, I can't afford my style (and I'm not entirely sold on it), well a complement is a complement, right? I'll take what I can get at this point in my life.  :)p5

But, Jaeger LeCoultre makes a wide range of watches, from something I can afford all the way up to whatever you paid for your house. And it makes its own movements and does an exhaustive test on watches before they're sold, which is cool. In their history, they've even supplied movements to Patek Phillipe. So, I thought I'd look at their watches.

I like their JLC Master Control in stainless steel:




Also, their Master Control Ultra Thin Date in stainless:



I like this too:




An alligator strap is nice, but I'd like something sturdier and not likely to clash with shoes, etc. Or smell over time... Hmm, I'll find a way to get a nice bracelet on one of these.

What say you folks?
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