Horological Meandering

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... 

GO nav percal ceramic would probably be best for you?

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 ... 

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... 

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 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... 

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... 

in the mean time.... Best, Horo...  

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.

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 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'...  

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... 

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 cant say anymore for fear of shilling. best Graham

. . . 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...  

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... 

Thks for info. Best, Horo

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I must buff my my knowledge of JLCs. U know which caliber is this? Best, Horo

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.

Will look into it. Best, Horo

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?

Here are two pics to be credited to my friend Patrice, to give you an idea: Best, Nicolas....  

...the dial looks superb stunning to me... any more spec of this piece to share with us here? stefan

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 ... 

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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.

But we may have, in the future, a black dial...Just a guess ( wish? ) Best, Nicolas.

Cheers for the info. Hope your feeling better after what happened my friend...anything I can do just ask. Yours, Andy.

but I can't warm up to UN's asymetrical dial, thought the innovation and the functionality are very notable among other contenders.

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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?

The perpetual calender II in white gold in 42mm would be my choice shall i go with IWC!

UN Aqua Marine Perpetual. Check out pictures from a prior post by Anthony here . Cheers, Daos

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nice piece that you can get at this price preowned. Best Andreas

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 ...  

too bad i have a thing for symmetrical dial.