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Apr 03, 2015,00:20 AM
looking at Vacheron and Patek since sometimes now, forgot about toolwatches... and then this all in a sudden
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"Watches that have surprised you" Wristscan starts now (2nd April)
By: Baron - Mr Red : April 2nd, 2015-08:55
This week's Wristscan is all about watches that have surprised you. Ever bought a watch thinking that you liked it, but it turns out you love it? Ever bought a watch thinking that it was the best purchase ever, only to find you sold it because it failed t...
"Surprise . . .
By: Dr No : April 2nd, 2015-10:37
. . . surprise." Only one unpleasant surprise over the years; that would be the RGM 222 which I was so prepared to like . . . . . . but unable to bond with. Looking at it now, it still punches the right buttons; irl, underwhelming. The main attraction was...
Too bad....
By: blomman Mr Blue : April 2nd, 2015-10:59
Looks like it could have been the beginning of a love story! HAGWE Blomman
Life doesn't always . . .
By: Dr No : April 2nd, 2015-11:25
[final scene of The Third Man , 1949] . . . turn out the way we hope.
with wisdom comes age!
By: Baron - Mr Red : April 2nd, 2015-11:15
I have a few too many negative surprises...hopefully less as time goes on
Not one but two ...
By: nilomis : April 2nd, 2015-10:46
Watches fulfills your theme. First is this simple Speedmaster "Melbourne". Don't know why but I keep wearing it. Comfortable, reliable and accurate, despite several urban myths about the movement. Second is this JLC. Big, bold and I like it. I never imagi...
It's big ... For me ...
By: nilomis : April 2nd, 2015-15:03
The "XL" version is way too much for my wrist. Cheers, Nilo
Re: the JLC
By: old_school : April 3rd, 2015-19:19
As a keeper of its cousin, I completely understand. (Now, if someone could explain it to me ...)
Strong pair!
By: blomman Mr Blue : April 2nd, 2015-10:58
Yours? HAGWE Blomman
This one do surprise me...........
By: blomman Mr Blue : April 2nd, 2015-11:17
Each time I look at this "plain and simple" time only watch... I see something new - very surprising! :) Another surprising thing about this watch is that it made me change my wearing habits..... Normally one watch/one day maximum per week. This one have ...
Yes and no.....
By: blomman Mr Blue : April 2nd, 2015-23:42
It is always good to find a watch you want to wear more, bad you don't get to wear many watches each week.... HAGWE, my friend Blomman
Hi! If I may pick two,
By: Seeks : April 2nd, 2015-11:50
..these would be, for this week's theme: 1) The Grand Lange 1 Lumen : I noticed that I have been giving this more and more wrist time. Just goes so well with a suit IMHO Was on the way back from a meeting and couldn't resist to take this with this backgro...
Two amazing pictures Seeks
By: Ares501 - Mr Green : April 2nd, 2015-11:55
Love em both I would be very surprised if that Lumen shot is not WS of week Sincerely Damjan
The exquisite Lumen..
By: fernando : April 2nd, 2015-19:15
(phone) shot really captures the mood and the moment! Excellent entries. :) Happy Easter! fernando
Dear friends,
By: Seeks : April 3rd, 2015-09:23
Thanks so very much for the kind words and for looking ! :) happy easter -- Seeks
My MB&F LM 101 definitely
By: jrwong23 (aka watchthebin) : April 2nd, 2015-20:16
Surprised me a lot. I got it thinking it\'s cool, I like it and also becos I wanted to support my AD sales friend lol. Also thought it\'s cool to have a first Indie, something the ultra conservative (in character and taste!) resisted for a long time. I th...
I miss . . .
By: Dr No : April 4th, 2015-10:59
. . . your old avatar, Robin. It would've been the 'exclamation point' to this composition. :-)
My old drunken avatar lol!
By: jrwong23 (aka watchthebin) : April 4th, 2015-17:43
you remember! Thanks Art :) It was me when I was 22 years old ! I am a much older man now haha Cheers Robin
Clearly this one...
By: amanico : April 2nd, 2015-21:49
A small town in Sicily, a Breguet AD, I asked for the Reserve du Patron and he came out with this one... I just bought it, while I didn't plan to buy anything during this trip. Still with me, for almost 11 years, now. HAGWE. Nicolas ...
these multiple wrist shots
By: Seeks : April 3rd, 2015-09:23
..capture your love for the salmon dialed masterpiece beautifully! happy easter, -- Seeks
Absolutely gorgeous my friend! What a better surprise than to discover...
By: Subexplorer : April 4th, 2015-06:59
... a love in a watch like this one when you didn´t have plans for a new purchase? Such a beauty and a one of a kind timepiece! Just love it! Keep enjoying and loving my dear Nicolas!! Felices Pascuas mi amigo! para tà y tu querida Familia! Afectuosamente...
Your Breguet was expected . . .
By: Dr No : April 4th, 2015-11:16
. . . given the theme, Nicolas. Uncharacteristic choice of dial color, case design, and as blomman noted, a calendar complication on top of a chronograph. Funny about this particular watch: it's one of those I find unappealing when viewed online, but magn...
Superb one Nicolas!
By: jrwong23 (aka watchthebin) : April 4th, 2015-17:20
I had the pleasure to see it in the metal when we met in Paris! Thanks for letting me try it Cheers Robin ...
Out of the blue.. After long search, the unexpected.. :)
By: hs111 : April 2nd, 2015-23:28
.. Well, friends - in fact it has been a rather simple story about Happy - go lucky, and Lucky - go happy: Had been looking and hunting a Vintage Rolex Explorer I for almost 3 years; it should be one with gilt, and from the fifties. I had always enjoyed s...
That's a beauty, HS! :)
By: blomman Mr Blue : April 2nd, 2015-23:48
Good surprises you find when you least expects it! :) HAGWE, my friend Blomman
LOL! [nt]
By: amanico : April 3rd, 2015-04:16
The surprise was in the finding, then . . .
By: Dr No : April 4th, 2015-11:31
. . . and not in appreciation. (After all, who doesn't appreciate a vintage Explorer?!) There've been a few surprise findings in my experience, too, but the surprise surrounding this one . . . . . . was surreal. amp;fi=881&pi=5819958&ti=856463&...
Those of us who hail from . . .
By: Dr No : April 4th, 2015-11:49
. . . the Eastern churches mark the next Sunday as Easter, but as with Christmas, we tend to recognize both celebrations. That's fine for grown-ups, but as kids, we only got presents on one Christmas, and had to dress up for Easter twice in one week. :-)
surprise!?...
By: MattS : April 3rd, 2015-00:13
Well, my 2 last arrivals were some kind of a surprise, came accross these two and couldn't really decide so took both!... Mathey Tissot Type XX and Breitling AVI 765CP, two pilot chronos from the 50s... Have a great easter WE Matt ...
indeed
By: MattS : April 3rd, 2015-08:08
I think this is mine now!!! Matt
Somehow . . .
By: Dr No : April 4th, 2015-11:34
. . . I am not surprised. :-) Those pilots chronos are identifiably you , Matt. Art
unexpected
By: cisco : April 3rd, 2015-00:20
looking at Vacheron and Patek since sometimes now, forgot about toolwatches... and then this all in a sudden :) ...
:) who thought
By: cisco : April 4th, 2015-10:06
...you would have gone for a "simple" steel Patek some years ago ;) cheers François
Thank you my friend
By: cisco : April 4th, 2015-10:35
Review will come on HoMe but I need to translate and adapt all I have written. It will take some time, be patient my friend ;) I love Navitimers since a long time. But I am not a big fan of panda versions. On the contrary, all the first "all black AOPA" a...
you mean all black Navi?
By: cisco : April 4th, 2015-10:59
806 AOPA all black are terrific and not common, I have this photo of our common friend Noddia on my wrist, watch belonging to an italian collector. An uncommon early Valjoux version. ...
Yep! [nt]
By: amanico : April 4th, 2015-11:45
. . . and more in keeping . . .
By: Dr No : April 4th, 2015-11:53
. . . with the actual purpose of the watch, as a tool for pilots. You're not so mysterious after all ;-) . . .
Hey Fernando.....
By: Baron - Mr Red : April 3rd, 2015-01:13
.....yep...my PAM 36 surprises me in the same way. I tend to like watches at 40mm or less...ideally 38mm or so. My PAM 36 is much bigger....but it doesn't seem to matter
I'm surprised ...
By: Ares501 - Mr Green : April 3rd, 2015-05:14
by that as well :) Happy Easter pa Yours D :)
superb watches,
By: Seeks : April 3rd, 2015-09:19
dear fernando, two superb watches at the opposite end of the complexity spectrum, an elegant 3-hands watch vs the technical King DS! best -- Seeks
A "sizeable" surprise
By: crown comfort : April 3rd, 2015-03:19
I always admired the design and the lines of the GP Ferrari 375 MM monopusher chronograph watch. However, there were several reasons why I never seriously pursued it. For one there was the Ferrari connection, there was the price and there was my impressio...
To me this is a very ....
By: blomman Mr Blue : April 4th, 2015-02:43
Non-GP, GP! Both the case shape and the shape of the hands.... Need to see this one in real one day! Happy Easter, my friend Blomman
Message received ;)
By: crown comfort : April 4th, 2015-03:12
Happy Easter to you as well. I read somewhere that this model was personally designed by Luigi Macaluso.
lots going on - but still simple
By: jml_watches : April 3rd, 2015-05:26
Hi All This still surprises on two fronts first that despite its small size 35mm is wears a lot bigger than it is, also while there's a lot going on on the dial it still strikes me as a simple elegant watch. Cheers JML ...
Thanks
By: jml_watches : April 3rd, 2015-05:37
Hi Thanks, got it in the most unlikely of settings. A very early dealer for Nomos in the UK. When I went to Salon QP a couple of years back - was talking to the people on the Nomos stand & they could remember it. Unfortunately where I got is no longer...
If I may make an analogy . . .
By: Dr No : April 4th, 2015-12:13
. . . to team sports, like football or basketball: often, the presence of referees becomes apparent when they make a call. Otherwise, they tend to be invisible. Same with this NOMOS. The power reserve and calendar functions come into view only when you're...
Surprise 2
By: jml_watches : April 3rd, 2015-05:33
Hi Well the second surprise isn't here yet ( £@$@! customs!), but the surprise is that I've managed to make decision very quickly by my standards ( not the normal months or years) and that I even broke my rule about getting one from abroad - after a disas...
Sometimes tracking makes it worse
By: jml_watches : April 3rd, 2015-05:40
Hi The worst bit is, because of parcel tracking, I've know were its been sitting for the last few days & could have picked it up. I'm afraid I'm a bit I want it & I want it NOW!! Apols for the shouting :-) ! Cheers JML
A couple I acquired in the prevous 24 mths.....
By: S F : April 3rd, 2015-06:38
Still naught so far in 2015...... First off is the 1675. To find a nice vintage rolex in my country is tough. I have to rely on the internet very much and mostly from the US as I am not familiar with the Euro dealers. I saw this full B+P sample and and hi...
I'd say
By: ztirual : April 3rd, 2015-15:03
as you are asking about "watches that have surprised you" and I would add "and keep amazing me" 1930- 40's chronographs. The more one digs, explores and discovers, the greater the surprise. And when you think you know it all... Z' ...
I'll happily
By: ztirual : April 4th, 2015-08:43
show it to you, my friend. On Pspro I still recall posting a post with picture showing 2# 13ZN 3 tachhe. The day after the post had disappeared, relegated to the second page. Les oubliettes... Here it is often more based on who you know more than what you...
Doesn't come?
By: ztirual : April 5th, 2015-07:23
i can see all right. ... Best Z'
Surprising only in how often I ...
By: AndrewD : April 3rd, 2015-16:55
... actually strap on the Girard-Perregaux 1999 Chronograph. It seems to bridge the divide between functional chronograph and dress watch. On my wrist for the last few days. Andrew ...
My Rolex 5513 could easily have been ...
By: AndrewD : April 6th, 2015-15:09
... on my wrist this week too. It has seen quite a bit of wrist time over our summer. Thanks for the welcome and hope everything is good in the world of Rolex. Regards Andrew
Grinning . . .
By: Dr No : April 4th, 2015-12:38
. . . from ear to ear. :-) Welcome back, Andrew. With moist eyes, Art
Master Compressor Diving GMT
By: old_school : April 3rd, 2015-18:49
Never liked it in pictures ... didn't move me in the case ... but on the wrist, it all made sense. ...
Much better . . .
By: Dr No : April 4th, 2015-12:57
. . . than the other way around, o_s. As with my RGM 222, for example . . . a draw in virtual reality, not so much in the metal. Art
Oh that would be...
By: =RWK= : April 3rd, 2015-21:47
My Sinn 857 UTC TESTAF Baron. This piece is total fun! Happy Easter! & Happy Passover! -- Richard. ...
Surprised at its accuracy, for its age....
By: KIH : April 3rd, 2015-22:59
I got it, had it serviced and adjusted and it still runs at about +3 sec per week. Not bad for a more than 40 years old watch :-) HAGWE! Ken ...
Unexpected
By: Ares501 - Mr Green : April 4th, 2015-06:35
gift from a friend is most beautiful surprise x2 and wrist shots for good measure x2 Happy holidays D ...
You are the sharpest...
By: Ares501 - Mr Green : April 4th, 2015-23:05
eye west of Pecos dear Art ;) Indeed 500K Sincerely D
The craziest horse in my Rolex stable...
By: Subexplorer : April 4th, 2015-06:53
... will perfectly fit in this week end theme "Watches that have surprised me"! This is a watch I never thought I would ever see on my wrist but... ... a series of coincidences proved the contrary. It has been called "Rasta", "Glace Verte", etc. its stran...
I surprised her and she surprised me ... Win-Win...
By: Clueless_Collector : April 4th, 2015-16:39
I got her for a Ladies Datejust 31 for Valentines and didn't expect her to tell me "Get it, Tiger, it's your BD!" That was this Feb, she really surprised me with the consent of my GO. Last but not least, I was surprised to get a new Daytona for Xmas, whic...
Yes, she is...and it may not be till next Valentines....
By: Clueless_Collector : April 4th, 2015-19:02
we're planning for a trip to Dubai this November, who knows what will happen with all the temptations there :)) Thanks, Art for this great advice...Pavonina, one of the four pillars of GO, she'll be thrilled! Rgds Raymond
just because
By: Arie - Mr Orange : April 6th, 2015-03:25
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