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Admirable choices
An almost impossible task to choose the Best 5 of 2013. I suspect if each Purist came up with their 5, no two list would be the same. That said, I applaud your choices. For the Cartier though I would have replaced the MC with the Heures Mysteriouses Rotonde de Cartier. For years I have always marvelled at the Mystery Clocks, yet they were always an unattainable dream in their rarity, and price. Cartier have succeeded in bringing that dream to a larger audience, at what might just be considered a not so out of this world price.
Happy New Year, and many thanks,
Dean
5 "BEST" WATCHES OF 2013 – a personal selection
As 2013 draws to a close, I was tasked with listing my 5 Best Watches of 2013. In the context of a guest commentator amongst a slew of erudite other watch ‘enthusiasts’, this was not an easy task. I have not seen and touched all the ‘novelties’ introduced...
You have great taste
Just the fact that you could make a selection among so many is to be commended. Not just a few cursory shots but the full boat of details. Thanks Best wishes for 2014 Bill
One point for the Gustafsson & Sjögren Winter Nights for PuristS !
What a Watch!!!! Best, Nicolas
In some ways, very PuristS watch
.....hand crafted case and movement plates. 'Simple' design but complex execution. Regards, MTF ...
Admirable choices
An almost impossible task to choose the Best 5 of 2013. I suspect if each Purist came up with their 5, no two list would be the same. That said, I applaud your choices. For the Cartier though I would have replaced the MC with the Heures Mysteriouses Roton...
I need some real world affordable watches
Spellbound, Of course, I would have chosen one of the Cartier Mysterious watches if it was a 2013 Fantasy List. ;) But then, I would have been shot down by the people who complaint that PuristS only buy expensive watches. In a money-no-object world and fo...
Great selection but ...
Some may require more than a "plain-coloured credit card" to acquire. Never paid attention to Cartier before your posts. Cartier recent line is very desirable. Now the Zenith "Academy Christophe Colomb Hurricane Grand Voyager", despite the size that's way...
I confess that particular Zenith watch is outside
...my credit card limit ! :-) It was so pretty and a zenith (sic) of watchmaking that I had to feature it. In the real world, I quite like the following minor complication watch... For everyday use, I would like a steel version. Such a steel model will al...
Not a problem ...
Here where I live every luxury brand do magic tricks to sell. I hear that, as an example, this is the only place in earth where Montblanc sells in ten installments. Of course that Zenith Academy Christophe Colomb Hurricane Grand Voyager (what a name!) wil...
Wonderfully taste and choices...
Some are so under appreciated, and I am glad you brought them under the spot light again! Happy new year! Ken
Good choices. Thoughtful choices!
The Chopard is particularly interesting of a choice. Truly a superb concept. My personal favorite choice of the year was something a bit more affordable, but still more than an indulging. Available only in platinum, the Master Ultra Thin Jubilee by Jaeger...
Nice JLC but alas the new Emperor Piaget ascends soon...
Piaget Altiplano with new 900P world record ultra-thinnest mechanical watch....only a month to go. Regards, MTF ...
I can illustrate the post...
with pictures of some watches of the selection: Chopard: Montblanc: Cartier: Piaget: GoS: Nice selection Melvyn! Fx ...
Nice illustration!
Such very consistent photographs. Thank you for being our wrist model!
You can see thanks to my shirt...
that the first 3 pics were taken the same day! :) Fx
Melvyn, is it a coincidence?
All 3 big jewellery brands are in your list. Regards Ling