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04-13-2012 , 06:50 PM

#9576

amoeba

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Either get the pro or the new 9300 based co axial if you really want an automatic.

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04-13-2012 , 09:28 PM

#9577

pvn

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the 9300s are going for like 10k. Get a daytona IMO if you're spending that money.

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04-13-2012 , 10:35 PM

#9578

ShipItMehr

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Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 3,669

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Originally Posted by ShipItMehr

Coworker showed me his watch, has a Monteblanc. Was beautiful and I looked it up it's like 4k. Our boss said to please get back to work....although she said our convo was interesting

Was this one. Saw the mechanical gear action for the first time and I see why you peeps prefer automatics. Pretty cool stuff.

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04-13-2012 , 11:02 PM

#9579

trplthrt

old hand

Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,317

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Originally Posted by amoeba

pretty nice complications for the price

I am still kicking myself not snatching a Hublot King Power Zirconium Foudroyante for half price of retail totally mint not too long ago (I think I posted a picture earlier in this forum). For some reason that complication just mesmerizes me.

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04-13-2012 , 11:09 PM

#9580

jorgejuan

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Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 272

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Originally Posted by amoeba

pretty nice complications for the price

What do we think of Girard-Perregaux? I love this chap:

It's a discontinued 'vintage 1960' love the case and rattrapante but the manufacture and automatic text puts me a little off. Going to see one irl next week hopefully, seems a lot of watch for the money

ot a pretty cool blog post about old jlc divers:

ot a pretty cool blog post about old jlc divers:

http://jlc.watchprosite.com/?show=nblog.post&ti=484976

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04-14-2012 , 12:25 PM

#9581

MrGrumpy

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Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 556

http://qlocktwo.com/info_w.php?lang=en

All yours for only €550/£450/$700 (apprx). What do people think? Generally speaking that is (I'm not going to buy one).

I think it's quite cool, but this doesn't strike me as a watch for people that like watches perhaps. Seems weirdly small at only 35mm?

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04-14-2012 , 12:39 PM

#9582

amoeba

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well, its square and all dial so I can understand the 35mm size.

I think its pretty cool. Would consider buying if it was like $500.

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04-14-2012 , 12:47 PM

#9583

Onitsuka

adept

Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 742

haha i like that, bet it would get more attention than any watch I've owned.

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04-14-2012 , 02:03 PM

#9584

MrGrumpy

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Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 556

Glad you agree! I think I prefer it in black to stainless steel though.

@Onitsuka: haha, yep definitely a conversation starter

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04-14-2012 , 02:06 PM

#9585

Dominic

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04-14-2012 , 10:50 PM

#9586

pvn

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I am seriously considering selling a few things and popping my rolex cherry.

Also considering GMT Master 1675, obv. but I'm not sure I really want to get something that old as my first rolex. Maybe a pepsi 16710 (having the independently-settable hour hand would be a huge plus as well) with the lug holes on a jubilee?

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04-14-2012 , 11:03 PM

#9587

pokerplease

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Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,163

IMO nobody under 45 should wear a jubilee..

your first rolex should be a leopard daytona, ldo.

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04-14-2012 , 11:07 PM

#9588

pvn

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Originally Posted by pokerplease

IMO nobody under 45 should wear a jubilee..

For some reason the jub feels right on the gmt. Also I hate hate HATE the stamped-pattern oyster dive clasp.

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your first rolex should be a leopard daytona, ldo.

nah, rainbow Daytona > leopard Daytona. But if I hit the powerball I promise I'll get one of those.

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04-14-2012 , 11:14 PM

#9589

pokerplease

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Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,163

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Originally Posted by pvn

nah, rainbow Daytona > leopard Daytona. But if I hit the powerball I promise I'll get one of those.

i had a chance to see a leopard daytona at my AD but the owner came and picked it up too quickly.. seriously, they sold one..

the rainbow seems a lot less risque, i bet there will be a few in the cases of various LV strip boutiques in the near future..

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04-15-2012 , 03:29 AM

#9590

econophile

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vintage watches in grand central terminal:
http://www.centralwatch.com/vintage_watches.php

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04-15-2012 , 07:45 AM

#9591

Onitsuka

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Hate Jubilee's, the oyster on the old GMTs isnt great but the exp one is better imo.

I know you'll do your homework and make sure you get everything ok but its such a minefield with vintage rolex, just have a checklist and make sure everything lines up as it should. A small replacement at a service can turn collectors off the watch instantly even if its something as simple as a newer bracelet never mind hands/dial whatever.

Trying to decide which I'd pick if I had to buy one of them again, having owned both (16700 not 16710), prob the explorer is more versatile and it should be about 10% cheaper, but the right GMT is lovely too.

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04-15-2012 , 09:20 AM

#9592

dibbs

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Do it do it do it do it.

Also if you're comfortable with it Onitsuka you should do a timeline TR of all your stuff I feel like you quietly have had one of the best collections on here.

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04-15-2012 , 11:21 AM

#9593

pvn

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I'll probably puss out and start off with like a Tudor date thing.

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04-15-2012 , 11:22 AM

#9594

pvn

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Originally Posted by Onitsuka

Hate Jubilee's, the oyster on the old GMTs isnt great but the exp one is better imo.

Yeah, this is something I need to research more. The differences in the bracelets are really confusing and it seems there are as many different versions as their are datejust dials.

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04-15-2012 , 12:13 PM

#9595

MrGrumpy

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http://app.thewatchmagazine.com/

Came across this interactive online magazine by watchfinder.co.uk - not sure how recent the first issue is (presumably a couple of months old because it talks about Baselworld to come), but it might be of interest to you guys if you weren't aware, it being a UK site and all.

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04-15-2012 , 04:11 PM

#9596

Dominic

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Originally Posted by MrGrumpy

this magazine is like watch porn

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04-15-2012 , 07:59 PM

#9597

CCuster_911

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http://www.gemnation.com/watches/Vac...145-22879.html

LOl at retail price and their price....such a good deal they are offering.

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04-15-2012 , 09:37 PM

#9598

Brown Keeper

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Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 4,542

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Originally Posted by CCuster_911

http://www.gemnation.com/watches/Vac...145-22879.html

LOl at retail price and their price....such a good deal they are offering.

Bargain, only 2.5MM more

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04-15-2012 , 10:07 PM

#9599

KPowers

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Originally Posted by pvn

Yeah, this is something I need to research more. The differences in the bracelets are really confusing and it seems there are as many different versions as their are datejust dials.

What do you mean? I thought it was just Pres which came in FG/950, Oyster which now has sweet ass glidelock(or half link like Milgauss) and Jubilee.

and all those bracelet features came out way after that version of the Exp ii or GMT were in production

What other ones are there?

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04-15-2012 , 11:05 PM

#9600

zzthe3rd

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$45,000 off right now:
http://www.amazon.com/Zenith-96-0529...pr_product_top

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I decided to splurge on myself, at christmas. Noticing that the price had dropped on this watch, I figured it was time to purchase...time.

Man, this watch is awesome, does everything it's supposed to do, is dead on accurate, attractive etc.

Really, for the watch itself - 5 stars.

But it's imperfect, in it's perfection.

It's TOO accurate.

So now my phone rings, like... everyday.

Some dude from the International Meridian Conference, in Greenwich, UK.

"What time do YOU have?"

Every freakin' day.

And really early in the morning, too.

I was all "Geezus, do you KNOW what time it is?" the first couple of times they woke me up, until I realized that... they didn't.

"GMT is an absolute time reference" my *ss.

My wrist is apparently the "absolute time reference" now.

Which is a lot of power for one person to wield.
And I AM only human, even when I'm wearing the watch.

I was feeling lazy the other morning, and didn't feel like rushing out of the house, and I confess I abused the power.

So when they called, I told them it was actually 17 minutes, 28 seconds EARLIER than it really was.

Messed things up, but good, for the rest of the planet (sorry!), but i got to finish the paper and have a second cup of coffee, and didn't get docked for being late when I got to the office.

So - totally worth it.

No worries, though. I have a plan. I'll gradually put those 17 minutes and 28 seconds BACK, over a 2 week span of phone calls.

Because my watch says that I CAN.

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