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Advice need for a versatile perpetual calender
Hello-
I need your advices and your views to help me pick my next piece. I've never had a perpetual calender and would like to start with something easy to wear with shirt and casual. I have a FPJ & a PP annual calender that sit in the box most of the day but some how my Pam351 and 317 always find their way to my wrist. That pretty much sum up my current position. More specifically, I'm looking at the GO Navigator Perpetual and IWC Portuguese Perpetual Calendar II, or did I miss out on any candidate at the 20K price range?
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Advice need for a versatile perpetual calender
Hello- I need your advices and your views to help me pick my next piece. I've never had a perpetual calender and would like to start with something easy to wear with shirt and casual. I have a FPJ & a PP annual calender that sit in the box most of the day...
Since you like Pams etc, I think the
GO nav percal ceramic would probably be best for you?
GO ceramic...hmmm
it's a yummy choice and I have been comtemplating with a pre-owned offer lately! However, having tried it on wrist at my AD, it just doesn't sing to me like it didn't with Panerai's ceramic! Don't get me wrong, it looks and feels better in fresh than and ...
Usd20k...you prefer brand new or pre-loved?
If you are flexible...you have already named the top 2 choices. The only decision is just which versions to buy. If you want to expand your horizon, and you don't mind smaller 36mms, JLC and AP QPs are around that range, actually lower,precious metal, but...
i am flexible with preowned and in any condition...
36mm would be too small for me...thought about JLC but somehow,the overall package or may be the design just miss something "wow"
I think it's gotta be one of the two mate
I own a iwc port QP....love the watch....but display is small and very "digital" versus the GO. I have that watch for 5 years now, and its still part of my weekly or fortnightly watch. If you rotate your watches, the IWC is perfect with 7 day power reserv...
you are probably rite...
Most of my friends would pick the IWC anyday bços it has the "look"of a perpetual...but I just can't get the GO Navigator out of my head especialy it oversized crown guard which make winding it a joy. Have not seen any CM for this piece and may be i can a...
howdy...i will do a short write up for the IWC Port QP soon
in the mean time.... Best, Horo...
I'm waiting for the new JLC...
Master Perpetual...apparently seen at SIHH this year but no pics of it yet and the price in SS is well within your price range. If you want a more sporty look then the GO looks great. Yours, Andy.
second the JLC...
Just left my AD and he couldn't say enough about the new Stainless Perpetual from JLC. From what he said it will be approx $17-18,000. Can't wait to see it.
I'm biased, but I would suggest the GO
I really like the look and overall design of the Navigator Perpetual. It provides all of the information associated with a perpetual without compromising the classic navigator design. For me, though, I find the watch too casual for daily work wear, so it'...
how inflexiblle the movement setting is relative to the GO?
thanks for your owner's opinion...would you mind to elaborate on how inflexiblle the movement setting is relative to the GO? In fact I'm not fully aware of GO's cal.100-7's characteristics...apart from what AD told me that it's the only PC that allows use...
The GO is easy
With the GO, you can adjust the individual complications, such as the date, without impacting the others. I believe the IWC works differently with the complications being synched together. It can be a nuisance if you make a mistake, such as advancing it t...
i think a Ulysse Nardin would be an excellent choice
i cant say anymore for fear of shilling. best Graham
Whether you choose new . . .
. . . or used, cal 100 or cal 39, formal or casual, Senator or Karree . . . . . . steel, gold, or ceramic, there's no getting around the inherent value of Glashütte Original's perpetual calendars. Simplicity, clarity, and elegance, both aesthetically...
JLC and U.N are good alternatives for a PC.
You'll set the PC datas with the pusher on the JLC, while you'll set them with the crown on the U.N. The U.N is the only one PC to be set forward AND backward, as far as I know, with, maybe, the Moser. The JLC offers something very interesting, in case yo...
The classical 876.
A Manual winding 37 jewels beating at 28 800 alternances per hour. The same then on the 8 Days Skeleton, and than on the previous 41, 5 mm 8 Days. Reliable, and accurate. A good one. Best, Nicolas.
help! i could find it in the JLC website...
I just found the skeleton in platinum which I assume is way beyond my budget even for pre-owned! Is this new this year in steel?
Yes, in SS and in Gold.
Here are two pics to be credited to my friend Patrice, to give you an idea: Best, Nicolas....
new JLC 8-day PC....
...the dial looks superb stunning to me... any more spec of this piece to share with us here? stefan
JLC QP SS or RG Specs.
The case is 40 mm big and 12, 84 mm high. The movement is the Cal 876, well known as already seen in the A.Lecoultre and Rose Gld PC 8 Days, as well as in RG or platinum skeleted versions. The distance between the lugs is 21 mm, and 18 at the buckle. The ...
Thanks Nico...been looking forward to this...
not so sure on the Moon phase dial but if the face was all black it may look better....don't suppose the SS has a black face does it..? Look forward to a report from you in due course, but thanks again for the pic preview. Yours, Andy.
No, the dial is not black, just silver.
But we may have, in the future, a black dial...Just a guess ( wish? ) Best, Nicolas.
Quick reply..!!
Cheers for the info. Hope your feeling better after what happened my friend...anything I can do just ask. Yours, Andy.
thanks for your alternatives, I've yet to see any pic of the new JLC 8days
but I can't warm up to UN's asymetrical dial, thought the innovation and the functionality are very notable among other contenders.
If your wrist can live under the size and heft
of the IWC.... GET IT NOW, NOW, do you hear me???? NOW!!!! I loooove that watch, BUT the size and heft are impossible for my wrist. Did I say I love it yet?
wow...i can feel your love for IWC QP from afar!
The perpetual calender II in white gold in 42mm would be my choice shall i go with IWC!
I like this one for casual wear.
UN Aqua Marine Perpetual. Check out pictures from a prior post by Anthony here . Cheers, Daos
I second the UN Perpetual Ludwig GMT
nice piece that you can get at this price preowned. Best Andreas
UN has several that are worth a look
For me, the easy to read displays of the GO and UN perpetuals are great. The perpetuals with multiple tiny subdials are just too hard to read and the dials look too cluttered. UN makes perhaps the easiest to use perpetual there is. Simple to set, forward ...