... itโs heritage is unparalleled, the current FF is offering a plentiful of refined details, the risk of meeting someone with the same watch is by far lower. I think itโs fair to say that it is a different class than a Submariner, which is no doubt a nic...
Beauty, materials, movement, integrated concept (everything made for this watch), single watchmaker per watch, sapphire bezel, domed crystal, power reserve, history, etc.
Submariner ref. 5517 (aka "Milsub") vs. Fifty Fathoms "Barracuda" Winner: Submariner Submariner vs. Tornek Rayville TR-900 Winner: TR-900 It all depends on the specific watch for me.
For a night on the town the FF. The reason is that sapphire bezel insert on the FF would not survive long in a real world situation of hard knocks of diving or military operations. Everything else on the watch would probably perform great but that sapphir...
Sub Sub Sub specially a 5513 gilt or mat maxi dial, or a 1680 but... to be fair and honest I believe that the approach of reintitan is correct. In other words the answer is... it depends ๐๐๐คฃ
The Rolex Submariner is an Iconic watch that transcends fashion but is ultimately a tool watch. My heart is always with the vintage models but that extends all the way in the to the end of the 1980's early 1990's. A vintage Fifty Fathoms is in a different...
Since Rolex โhardlyโ delivers steel models anymore we could even stage that they are perhaps even more โexclusiveโ than a new Sub! (or at least easier to get)
..having owned 4 modern FFโs and multiple SDโs for the last 15 years, below are my modern Rolex vs Blancpain observations: - FF has been designed by a passionate diver (Mr Hayek himself) and it tells when you go diving with them. The bezel is so legible a...