Horological Meandering

My watch collection is like Swiss cheese....full of holes. I sit here contemplating what watches are on my wish-list and why some watches seem to stay on my wish-list for so long. It is a bit like being awarded "most promising actor" year after year after... 

and thus I'm very modest: 1. Patek 5131G 2. For my wife a new Patek for her 26th birthday. This watch I have reserved already 3. Perhaps something introduced in SIHH 2013 4. Perhaps something introduced in Baselworld 2013 5. The new 40th Anniversary Royal... 

....i did say "wish" list rather than firm decision! So you can put 5 without guilt!!

what is the difference between WISH and DREAM. My list was wish with a lot of realism. Numbers 3, 4 and 5 represented wishes while #1 and #2 are taking all the cash I can place for watches. Probly even a bit more. Best, Kari

1/ Polaris II Red Dial because it is not the most beautiful watch on Earth, but it is the only one I miss to close my Vintage JLC Diving Watches collection. 2/ One of the 4 or 5 Vintage Fifty Fathoms I still hunt, for the same reason than for the Polaris ... 

Let's hope 2013 would be a good patek year. I would love an antimagnetic patek. Regard Tyler

You " WOULD " love an amagneitc Patek??? ;) Best, Nicolas

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AP Royal Oak series A, B or C Rolex 5512 gilt dial...probably 2-line (that base is covered and I will keep an eye out for you) From modern AP Royal Oak tribute.

But I was more thnking about a 1675 SYL.... ;) Best, Nicolas

for so long, the AP Royal Oak has been relegated to second or worst! to the PP Nautilus? And now there is so much interest in the RO "A, B or C" ? So many people, now, seem to really like the original AP RO, how come? Do you think that if the original RO ... 

The AP RO (a,b or c) is thin, graceful while still being masculine. It just seems like it is a watch that could find itself in rotation. Watches as investments .... watches you can enjoy yes.... Love to see some pictures. Best Bill

Kind regards. Francois

From your car, Bill, with your town as a background... Best, Vlad. ...  

i am on a RO trip lately.....obsessed. which way to go though?5402,jubilee,new anniversary?All of them? mo

But greediness is our speciality, not to say virtue, so why not all of these 3? ;) Best, Nicolas.

5402 is such a delicate territory....need a lot of luck and to watch out for them sellers...plus all the bracelet parts are finished at AP and really need to find a very good condition days they can go for $100,000!!!!:) Mo

but from your post I think you meant 'achievable"watches,not just the ultimate wish list if money wasn t an issue...... Therefore without taking into account the novelties of SIHH and Basel: 1)Ro jubilee(salmon preferably) 2)A Reverso(Red,Septantieme,chro... 

I liked the way you defined it. That Red Reverso is creeping into a few wish lists.

it will be aroll call in 2013 I suspect! Mo

If I had a RO it would be the jubilee Salmon or,,, the skeleton perpetual calendar ! Luckily the Zeitwerk is too big for me, but I remember trying the platinum version, something special, I never had the chance to see the phantom but I think it is one of ... 

very nice of you....I agree on the ZW luminous but 2 cons;unfindable,too expensive(for what it is and for its collect ability). But could it be worth the extra effort?depends on the live experience which sadly......I havent proved yet. Cheers Mo

and maybe luckily you will find it awful... but I doubt it :D A propos hardy affordable watch, there is one in my list I would like to read your opinion about. Did you had the chance to try the Patek 5039 (perpetual calendar with clous de Paris)? I never ... 

Other then that....ALS DoubleSplit. ALS Zeitwerk Handwerkskunst, ALS PLM Tourbillion, PAM Mare Nostrum Pre-V,, Cartier Crash, MBF HM5, any Roger Smith, Grubel Forsey IP3, Patek 5074, Patek 3970, Breguet La Trad Tourbillon, any JLC Gyrotourbillon....the li... 

Starting with the Mighty Dee-Ess, of course! Happily for me, the time is long past when I would sell mine -- it has taken up a very prominent spot in my heart. Hard for me to argue with just about anything on your list! I'd take either Handwerkskunst, to ... 

28 Dec...and the other 30 Dec...D Day...as in Delivery Day...:)- It is my honor to share same(almost) grail list as you. We all know the genius and/or fool theory, and its all but a thin line, really!! Best, Horo

...but many congratulations nonetheless! Can't wait to hear and see which two of these great pieces are about to make their way into your spectacular collection... Best, as always, Gary

But the 'highlights' would be... Not necessarily in this order... 1. Anything Unique and Orange 2. Zeitwerk Striking Time 3. Breguet Reveil 4. Gronefeld One Hertz 5. Anything Orange and Unique 6. De Bethune... Several models 7. Panerai Scienziato 8. Kari ... 

So many things on the list...although given current personal economics, it could be 2014 before I pick up the pace again. Having "cleaned out" my collection a couple of years ago, there really aren't many (if any) pieces in my current assortment that I re... 

. . . my favorite watch that could've been the inspiration . . . . . . for a bumper sticker ;-) . . . ...  

Lots of potential "Hertz" jokes out there, Art... Best, Gary

. . . would be a vintage Omega of interest; a military specimen would be nice. Not so realistic, but still highly desired, and done deal if at all possible: G O 1845 Karree, GS SBGW035, Omega 1894 Homage. Unrealistic, yet maddeningly tantalizing: Dornblüt... 

for my kids to be healthy & my wife to be happy :) and I'll be satisfied with only 1 piece of following in alphabetical order: AHCI - DeBethune. Period. Every ...any....with stars preferably... A L & S - Langematik Anniv AP - ROO EOD Blancpain - 1... 

the Kangaroo sack I'll see what I can do!:) Cheers, Francois

I need sack(s) :) Cheers D

only one watch on my wish list, the Vacheron Constantin 30010/000P. I would really be very happy with just this little jewel. Cheers, Francois

I'm trying to stay on my budget, no particular order: 1) Habring Doppel 2.0, grey dial please; 2) Zenith Pilot big date 42mm SS 3) Omega Speedmaster "First Omega in Space" 4) Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Compressor GMT 5) Zenith El Primero Striking 10th 6) GP ... 

but reducing it to what I could wear: -a vintage Patek, problem is which one, so many possibilities, maybe a 1578 which is not the most iconic, but I like its special design. But so many others are tempting. -a vintage Vacheron: a Chronomètre Royal with h... 

... mine looks like a big chunk of good Emmental cheese! But I feel that there is no collection, complete as it looks to be, that has no holes on it. Collecting means we are always looking after filling holes: the pieces that we feel are missing in our co... 

1. AP RO anniversary 2. 1 from Rolex either blackbay or yachtmaster blue dial 3. Lange datograph old version 4. De bethune DB28 5. a nice 1655 lets hope next year treat me well best, Ed

Due to Horo's influence, will be looking to buy my first Lange. Looking at Saxonia Annual Calender or 1815 Chronograph. That will be a priority. And if I don't lose my job, perhaps a Independent that is reasonable price like Habring, which many people her... 

No idea what 2013 will bring, since I only go into a year knowing that it's always more fun when something takes me down a path I've never been or ever considered and then have something magically happen. I speak for my life as I do for how I seem to get ... 

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And that list is HUGE! But if you need actual specifics, a FP Journe Centigraphe would be nice as well as the Richard Mille RM028 diving watch in brown PVD. Cheers, Anthony ...  

1. Ludovic Ballouard Half Time 2. Kari Voutilainen 3. Sarpaneva 4. A special AP RO I would settle for one. JerryW

I've always been a big dive watch fan but lately I've been eyeballing this out of production Casio MR-G Titanium frogman. Here's a pic not mines. ...  

1. DRSD, thin case. Tropical dial will be icing on the cake. 2. ALS Datograph Pt. (previous version pls) 3. PAM 399 san seconds hand 4. Patek 3417 with 27-AM400 movement 5. A tasteful yellow gold watch (harder than I imagine) I'll take a rose gold Geomati... 

if money is no issue: 1) IWC Da Vinci (vintage 1969) with Beta 21 2) Heritage Watch Manufactory - Firmamentum (or Tensus) 3) JLC Deep Sea (vintage) European version 4) JLC Geophysic pink gold 5) Movado M90/95 chronograph with screw-back case, 35mm

Very nice list, my friend! I hope you will get at least some of them next year! Well, as you know I am a simple man with simple wishes... 1. Highest on my list would be the icon of both Jaeger-LeCoultre and the Memovox - JLC Polaris 68 - the original of c...  

The 2 Zeniths, the Damn JLC Memo WT Ref 3160, another Geophysic, but the cross hair dial in my case, and a nice Omega Speedie... 2998 if I can't grab a 2915... As for the modern list, wait to see what JLC will unveil, I think there is something for you...... 

Blomman, great list! BTW: I would actually forego the 5 from my list for an original Blancpain Air-Command (so elusive that I forgot about it)

to change your mind! ;) But I can see we have some common targets next year. I hope you will at least some from your list! Best Blomman

This can't come as a big surprise...! ;) And knowing you - you will show at least some of them for me next time we meet! As for the modern - I hope you are right! :) Best, my friend Blomman

Let's say that I think I will be able to lock 3 or 4 targets in the 4 next months... Nothing in common, though... But who knows, if things go well, maybe one or two common projects may ell see the light? Best, Nicolas

Especially considering those I already have found... Hope you will make your targets! :) Best Blomman

moving on to the 30ch now, especially the early types with lozenge markers and dauphine hands.... Also eying Angelus Chronodatos and other less known 37-38mm case chronographs. Not yet 2013 but I'm already smelling blood... Z'