My First Watch
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tomscott said:Ye a watch is a pretty important item of clothing in my mind. Would love to buy one just can't afford it atm.
Have my eye on a Tag Carrera
I've the Calibre 16 with metal strap for daily use and I think they still look great
i fancy one of these as the moment, Ive always liked Omega seamaster and Speedmaster i have a 300m Seamaster at the moment but this De Ville has a fantastic face and is quite different to my Seamaster.
http://www.omegawatches.com/collection/de-ville/hour-vision/presentation/de-ville-hour-vision-orbis
its a lot of Money so it isn't happening anytime soon
http://www.omegawatches.com/collection/de-ville/hour-vision/presentation/de-ville-hour-vision-orbis
its a lot of Money so it isn't happening anytime soon
Every man, should have a good watch. That said, you can tell a lot about a man by the shoe's he wears....so these are equally important imo :wink:
I've a Hamilton Jazzmaster Open Heart watch for my daily beater and have my eye on a Tag Monaco as a treat.
Love the B&R, lovely looking watch.
I've a Hamilton Jazzmaster Open Heart watch for my daily beater and have my eye on a Tag Monaco as a treat.
Love the B&R, lovely looking watch.
tomscott said:Ye a watch is a pretty important item of clothing in my mind. Would love to buy one just can't afford it atm.
Have my eye on a Tag Carrera
Bought mine last month from a Jewellers in Blackburn for 2990, cheapest I could find from a reputable watch specialist but prices vary. I never wore the Monaco Steve McQueen that I sold to buy this watch which I wear every day now. Great watch
Tim.
Maniac said:lol I wasn't asking 'why/why not' wow overreacting
I was asking what makes it 3 grands worth (or more)?
Forum discussions about the value of frivolous purchases always seem to open a can of worms. I suppose the B&R or any watch for that matter is worth the price simply because that is what folks are willing to pay for them. There's no rhyme nor reason to watch values. Although, The more racing events a watchmaker sponsors the higher the price goes.
The movement in my $800 Stowa is a $118 ETA-2801, The $4000 B&R has a $289 ETA-2896. Go figure. The worst of all is TAG's quartz line. My old TAG professional sold for $2000 with a $50 ETA quartz movement. I was lucky, I bought it off a friend for $400 and sold it years later for $500. The TAG did keep brilliant time though.
Yep- most girls spend a bomb on rings, bracelets, necklaces etc- most of us guys only really wear the one accessory- a watch, so why not make it a good un!
That's said you don't have to spend a bomb for a good one. Anyone looking to test the water with an automatic should check out the Seiko SKX007 on a super oyster bracelet, a classic style dive watch. The movement (7s26) is renown for being a workhorse. Some are not amazingly accurate from new (+/-20 s per day is not uncommon) but can be easily regulated & run for years without maintenance. I love expensive watches, would love a Tudor Pelagos/ Heritage chrono, classic speedmaster & AP diver- but when you look at the price of these compared to the Seiko diver which can be had for less than £200- you realise its a real gem..
That's said you don't have to spend a bomb for a good one. Anyone looking to test the water with an automatic should check out the Seiko SKX007 on a super oyster bracelet, a classic style dive watch. The movement (7s26) is renown for being a workhorse. Some are not amazingly accurate from new (+/-20 s per day is not uncommon) but can be easily regulated & run for years without maintenance. I love expensive watches, would love a Tudor Pelagos/ Heritage chrono, classic speedmaster & AP diver- but when you look at the price of these compared to the Seiko diver which can be had for less than £200- you realise its a real gem..
Nice watch bigdog
Lol
I say that about nearly everything I buy, what makes that x amount ... I aint paying that lol
But a real watches quality can really be seen and felt
Its a bit like asking why does a bmw cost more than a Ford ...
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Maniac said:lol I wasn't asking 'why/why not' wow overreacting
I was asking what makes it 3 grands worth (or more)?
Lol
I say that about nearly everything I buy, what makes that x amount ... I aint paying that lol
But a real watches quality can really be seen and felt
Its a bit like asking why does a bmw cost more than a Ford ...
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bigdog said:
hit the nail on the head why I don't like B&R, Rolex, Tag, Bretling etc etc... they all use the same Swatch ETA movements...
they can't justify the prices IMO by adding a bit of weight and bling...it's a bit smoke and mirrors and not really fair.
the watch world has been turned on its head by the decision from Swatch not to supply these movements now, so it will be interesting to see what happens...
I believe Hublot has already changed it's advert to state 'Swiss made all in house' (or something like that)... and being that they are owned by LVMH, I'll bet that they will be Zenith movements, as the new TAGs will surely be...
all good though as the Zenith El Primero is one of the finest movements ever made...
Rolex too , i thought they had their own movements oI knew Tag, Omega, B&R all shared the same movements but Rolex was new on me.
Here is my latest quandary - i love the look of the new C7 Bluebird Special Edition by Christopher Ward - http://vimeo.com/64130461
but its only quartz movement - i really fancied one but 500 quid is a lot for a quartz movement watch . so do i buy it or save the 500 towards a future purchase . goes against everything i know about buying watches to buy a quartz movement but i like the idea of it as a driving watch.
although then i come across this http://www.lewandhuey.com/riccardo-rally-inspired-automatic-chronograph-in-blue-and-red/ which makes the C7 look like a style of substance .. :-|
Here is my latest quandary - i love the look of the new C7 Bluebird Special Edition by Christopher Ward - http://vimeo.com/64130461
but its only quartz movement - i really fancied one but 500 quid is a lot for a quartz movement watch . so do i buy it or save the 500 towards a future purchase . goes against everything i know about buying watches to buy a quartz movement but i like the idea of it as a driving watch.
although then i come across this http://www.lewandhuey.com/riccardo-rally-inspired-automatic-chronograph-in-blue-and-red/ which makes the C7 look like a style of substance .. :-|
they now have in house movements (Rolex), but they used to have eta/zenith movements I believe (same as Tudor being the same brand as Rolex)
I do like the C Ward watches, they look very nice...
I do like the C Ward watches, they look very nice...
the cueball said:
To be honest cueball, One can't blame Swatch/ETA for not supplying their product to competitors. What I don't like was HOW Swatch did it. I think that when Swatch bought out ETA, And many other watch companies many years ago. Swatch knew from the beginning that they where going to eventually cut the supply. They where just stringing everyone along until it would hurt the competition and help themselves the most. The most difficult part will be the loss of the nivarox spring. Swatch has blathered on about how watch makers must invest in their own movements. But if you take a company like Stowa that sell a few thousand watches a year. It's nearly impossible to do this. The average capital investment for machinery to make an in house movement is in the range of 200,000,000 Euro. Soprod & Sellita are the future for the small watchmakers that the Borg (Swatch) wasn't able to assimilate into their collective. The other alternative is for the small manufactures to form a consortium and make movements. Thus buying some time until things settle down. But, The small watchmakers are not blameless either. They have known for ten years that this was coming. Yet they refused to talk amongst themselves as how to fix the Swatch problem. Personally I will never own a Swatch group product based on the tactics they have used. The Swiss government is culpable as well for letting Swatch freely form a cabal. In fact I would say that the Swiss government bares most of the blame. We will most likely never know how much money passed from Swatch's bank account to that of the Swiss politicians that OK'd Swatch's cabal formation.
Yeah, can't disagree with you there... I think they are actually going back to how is used to be 'back in the day' though, with smaller houses making certain bits of movements and then assembled by brand...
I hope, really hope that there isn't too much disruption and that it could actually drive quality in the market...
Mind you... ETA movements (bling'd or not) are pretty bullet proof so it may be a trial period for a few...
I hope, really hope that there isn't too much disruption and that it could actually drive quality in the market...
Mind you... ETA movements (bling'd or not) are pretty bullet proof so it may be a trial period for a few...
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