canonken
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Help! Master Control Automatic vs. Master Hometime
Hello,
Been in the San Francisco Bay Area for the last few days watch shopping and enjoying myself. In Carmel, found a JLC dealer I liked (pretty obvious which one...as there is only one...and there is only one main man there!) and looked at the base Master Control and the Master Hometime.
I liked both, but he told me that the Master Hometime had a slightly better movement (but the other one certainly was not 'bad') which I guess is true.
Trying to decide which one to go with. Few things:
-I liked both
-I would never use the 24-hour/dual time zone (I rarely travel, and I would not take the watch overseas).
-I will add a nice sport watch in a year or two (this will probably end up being more of my dress watch at that time).
-The cost difference (about $1500) is definitely a concern - even the less-expensive one was pushing what I wanted to spend at this point. Thats a lot of money for a college kid with a part time job!
-While I plan on keeping this watch for a long time, it will definitely not be my last watch.
-FWIW, he is making me a good deal (send me a message if you want to know about that, I'd love to compare notes!), so if I decide to upgrade down the road, I will not take a huge bath.
I have see the Master Control Automatic is a very popular watch here and on some other watch forums, so its definitely popular!
Any advice would be appreciated, and if you have any advice you would rather give via e-mail, I would enjoy that as well.
Thanks!!!
Ken H.
Reno, NV
Help! Master Control Automatic vs. Master Hometime
