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Traded away a watch I loved for one I’ve been wanting for a very long time.

Over the past couple of years my interests have moved away from sports watches and more towards high-end dress pieces that I can dress down to amazing casual pieces.

This focus toward high end was first fueled by the purchase of a Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda PF chrono. That watch really piqued my interest in high horology.



As I started to drift from sports watches towards more elegant dress pieces, I decided to trade the PF for a Brequet Tradition 7097. Playing around with casual straps on that watch got me really intrigued by the possibilities of “dress” watches that can be made casual and that were strap monsters.




Then I stumbled across an amazing opportunity to trade my UN Freak X (plus some$) towards one of my all time dream watches, the PP 5170g. To say that I’ve been enamored by that watch is a gross understatement. It is the classiest hunk of beautiful mechanical engineering I’ve ever strapped to my wrist. I absolutely love it. By far, my all time favorite.




Between the 5170g and the 7097, my other watches have been neglected. Over my holiday vacation I chose to wear my BP FF Hodinkee MilSpec for the week while on our trip. This is a watch that has been one of my favorites in the collection. However, that week on the wrist I only longed to put on the 5170g or 7097. So I came to the decision I would part ways with the FF and get something new.



That brings me to this mornings delivery. My obsession with manual wound chronographs has been taking focus of late and I’ve been wanting an 1815 chronograph. I was finally able to try one of those on recently, and while I was blown away by it, I realized my 5170g is my true love with chronos. So when I decided to look for a replacement of the FF I figured I’d get a beautiful time only piece. The 1815 up/down immediately popped to mind. I have long lusted after the ALS 1815 Up/Down. It is a watch I find to be striking in pictures, but have never seen in person. As you all may know, good secondhand examples don’t often show up, and getting new from ALS requires too much ass kissing for my liking. Fortunately for me, Lady Luck decided to step in. One of the resellers I trust got a LNIB 1815 up/down just a few days ago. We made a deal for trade on the FF and this magnificent piece showed up this morning. Of course I immediately swapped the strap for a more casual Delugs sailcloth, and will continue trying new straps out. I don’t have one bit of regret on this trade. Thanks for reading along and say hi to my new (to me) 1815 Up/Down!





This message has been edited by India Whiskey Charlie on 2024-12-07 21:00:21

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