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Agree
Agree, especially with
Breitling Navitimer
Seiko Quartz
HEUER Steve McQueen Monte Carlo (had it on 10.)
IWC Porsche Titan is a little too niche IMO to make it. For me a criteria of iconic is that non-watch geeks or collectors also recognise the watch. I doubt they do with a IWC Porsche Titanium. Same for some of the others. That is the distinction between iconic and important niche watches (such as JLC Geophysic etc) known to few collectors.
Available on the marketplace
The 10 Iconic Watches of the 20th century
I set out a couple of years back with the (with hindsight extremely) unrealistic ambition to putting a collection together that includes all somewhat affordable iconic watches of the 20th century. Again, this is obvioulsy naiv and alone the fact that some...
My thoughts
First, your list is hard to dispute and easy to agree with as it is well thought out. I may also add: IWC Ocean 2000- first real titanium watch. This may be replaced by the Omega PloProf- true professional diver. Seiko Astron Quartz- yeah I know, but you ...
Agree
Agree, especially with Breitling Navitimer Seiko Quartz HEUER Steve McQueen Monte Carlo (had it on 10.) IWC Porsche Titan is a little too niche IMO to make it. For me a criteria of iconic is that non-watch geeks or collectors also recognise the watch. I d...
hamilton ventura
absolutely. i would have a hard time taking any list of iconic 20th century watches seriously if it didn't contain an example of the world's first electric watch in one of the most fantastically demonstrative examples of mid-20th century space-age design....
Thank you.
The Hamilton electrics, primarily the Ventura for the incredible aesthetics, cannot be left out.
Icons
Thanks for this great thread, RDL. I find the whole idea of iconic watches and how we come to them very interesting. There are several core watches that seem to appear on most peoples lists. But sometimes how you define "icon" and whether you limit yourse...
I think the G-Shock earns a firm place in the list ....
... since it is the most famous and influential multi-functional wristwatch series, and massively influenced the market and the history of timepieces. Regards, Marcus
They are ubiquitous and ...
... still cool, as many young teenagers still want one. With all the electronic time telling available on mobile devices it is a win just to get them to want to wear a wrist watch! Thanks for the suggestion, Marcus. Andrew
Yes...and more thoughts on 'iconic'
Again, agree re the G-Shock! Andrew, you are asking very good questions: I had not thought that deeply about 'iconic', it's more like something 'you know iconic when you see it' without being able to explain why. But an Omega Speedmaster, Rolex Submariner...
Iconic - a Wikipedia definition
An icon (from Greek εἰκών eikōn "image") is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, from Eastern Christianity and in certain Eastern Catholic churches. More broadly the term is used in a wide number of contexts for an image, picture, or represe...
or...speaking of Icons ...this
:) :) Love that Sub picture...love it!!!! Best dear Mike Damjan ...
It's from a Rolex advert circa 1965
Referring to Bond. James Bond. Perhaps pre-Omega? Cazalea ...
At least not correct glass ;)
more Single malt glass another foresight of Rolex PR :) In that days Single malt didn't have allure or popularity as today maybe all that Single Malt trend started with Rolex :) :) Sincerely Damjan