Baron - Mr Red
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My top 3 for 2011.....and yours?
Dec 23, 2011,10:15 AM
For the watches i bought in 2011, my top 3 would be quite easy to define. In third place, and somewhat surprisingly for me I place the Pam 195. I own only one other Panerai and tend to enjoy my PAM days, but putting all that pressure on the 36 seems unfair. The 195 is so different to anything else in my collection and carries a certain Panerai gravitas...it takes bronze for me.
In silver spot comes another surprise. The Patek Aquanaut. This has to be one of the easiest watches to wear in the world. It is so low-key it can be worn casually without 99% of the population knowing it was anything that special at all. Over the course of the year, I think this watch got more wrist-time than virtually any other. So easy to wear. So comfortable. Can even go swimming in it. Yep.... really enjoyed this watch this year. I vowed not to buy another Patek, but having got so much pleasure from this one this year, I can feel another target being sized up for 2012....
But in gold spot came something I really wasn't expecting. I have owned a basic Reverso in the past but never really got much joy from it. My good friend Nicolas suggested I look at the Retrograde, but warned it was not an easy watch to find. Luck was with me, however, and I found a perfect version with original box and papers. I was totally delighted with it. I cannot say how much joy it brings to wear.
And the verso is just beyond belief....
So, for 2011 it was this JLC Retrograde that took top spot for me. It has been fun targeting such watches and hunting them down. Some tougher than others, but the pleasure has been fantastic. Here is to 2012....may you all enjoy the hunt and the pleasure each capture brings. If you wish to share your top watches for 2011, please feel free.