Horological Meandering

If you would get a chance I select your best 5 timepieces to own ; what will they be? For me : Patek 5070p platinum blue dial chronograph A Lange Zeitwerk Luminous in platinum Patek 5960p anthracite grey dial A Lange Timezone in platinum Audemars Piguet R... 

These kind of lists are not easy... and I can't put those into a specific order: - Patek 5078P - The new ALS Perpetual in platinum - Patek 5140P - AP's new RO in steel - An unique limited edition 1/1 Patek I have applied. Let's see; I should know in a mon... 

1/ Longines Chronometre. Cal 27 or 30. 2/ JLC Duometre à Chronographe. 3/ Langematik Anniversary. 4/ Rolex 1675 UAE. 5/ Longines 13 ZN mushroom pushers. Nothing more. Thanks. Best, Nicolas

i agree the ap ro skeletonized perp in steel. vc mercator jlc memovox go golden dragon for my wife duometer? zeitwerk? urwerk? too hard to choose chris

. . . to one . . . . . . with no trouble at all ;-) . . . ...  

. . . when they ask for the best? :-)

that is our dear Art ;) Best my dear friend Damjan P.S. Just made another victiory yesterday evening with your marvelous gift and I didn't even had to break sweat :)

. . . purpleheart, with its 'sweet' resonance that lets you dial in your shots with precision. I'll bet your cut shots are noticeably better, as well as combinations and those made with English or bottom spin. ...  

they call me these days ;) Best Damjan

. . . if it ain't got that spin." :-)

1. DeBethune DB25T 2. Panerai 202A 3. VC Platinum Skeleton Minutes Repeater 4. GP 99800 5. Richard Lange Pour Le Mérite oh! you mean realistic choice ... ok then is this list 1. Datograph Platinum 2. JLC Platinum Reverso No. 2 3. Panerai PAM 399 san secon... 

1. Roger Smith Series 2 open dial 2. Patek5270g 3. Patek 5131g 4. Ap Ro perpetual 5. A Lange datogrsph up/down (still saving!) Dream top 5 1. Patek 5207p 2. Patek 5950a 3. Roger Smih open dial series 2 4. ALS new perpetual calendar tourbillon 5. Open cuz ... 

The perpetual: PP3940 The chronograph: ALS Datograph The striker: PP3939 The horologically significant: FPJ Resonance The beautifully finished: Dufour Simplicity or KV Observatoire

The first three in the list are in no particular order, but the last two are in case the Trilogy counts as one watch set;) 1. Roger Smith Daniels 35 Anniversary Watch 2. Jaeger-LeCoultre Hybris Mechanica (Grand Sonnerie) 3. Ulysse Nardin Trilogy of Time Y... 

Watch wish list (quite different from those other ones): Daniels Anniversary Smith Series 2 McGonigle Tourbillon and Tuscar Prescher Double Axis Voutilainen Vingt 8 Stretch: UN Trilogy. Cheers Mitch

I need to divide them in several different lists 1/ wishlist that is possible - Zenith Cairelli - Zenith Type 20 - Longines 13ZN or 30 CH IF I could find it ina 40mm case - Longines Weems 2/ in the category 'only possible if you sell a big part of your ot... 

Certainly bad news for the savings ;-) That's why they call it a wishlist, no ? I wish these things but you can't afford everything you want LOL

You won't ruin yourself... Best, Nicolas

from top of head and depth of heart here it goes 1. GP Jackpot Tourbillon 2. UN Trilogy set (and I'll not count that as three watches because I think of it as one great piece of art :) 3. Blancpain 1735 (you didn't see that one coming :) ) 4. PP 5078P 5. ... 

My list, ALS Langematik Anniversary Old Datograph Richard Lange PLM JLC Gyro 1 JLC blue enamel reverso skeleton I only hope I don't get nightmares after having too many of these dreams. Gavin

1)Gp 3golden bridges Laureato or white gold 2)De Bethune DB28 tourbillon dead seconds 3)JLC reverso Pt skeleton 4)JLC MMR ti or Tivan 5)Lange Zeiwerk Phantom I could be happy for a while Mo

JLC Hybris Mechanica set. :) Come with a nice winder box too. cheers PAt ...  

Imagine the opportunity of hand-tuning them to perfection simply by turning each element of the gyro-max like inertria screws to the exact phase, angle, frequency ;- not to mention the timing (!!) the tonality - and of course the balance! But who needs mu... 

but we gotta have dreams for they are what makes MAN great! cheers PAt

I would not mind adding the Opus V and a simple 3 hander, maybe a dufour simplicity? cheers PAt

1. F.P Journe Tourbillon Souverain Pt 2. GP Laureato Tourbillon 3. AP Royal Oak 15202 SS 4. Lange 1 Tourbillon Pt 5. RM 027 In this was real, I guess a nice 36mm Rolex Explorer would be my beater. Vte PS: let's wait for tomorrow's choices. :) ...  

Piaget.

[photo: watching horology] [photo: ei8htohms] [photo: garyG] [photo: chronomania] Cheers, pplater. ...  

You and Art have much more in common than I thought ;) Cheers D

Work in progress: JLC WG Duometre Chronograph AP EOT RO (hopefully with a scratch resistant bezel - one day) RM Nadal Chronoflex In my sweet dreams: JLC hybris Mechanica G. Sonnerie JLC Gyro 1 Platinum Best Regards, Palmasea

In no particular order... 1. Hublot King Power Unico Ti 2. Vacheron Constantin perpetual calendar skeleton 3. Vacheron Constantin Sputnik 4. Lange Datograph RG w/ black dial 5. Hublot KP mono pusher chronograph with tourbillon Ultimate :-)

(accidental posting)

New here, but I couldn't resist posting my list. Like many of you, I've chosen categories based on my own lifestyle, which involves an academic career mixed a good deal of world travel. The (Somewhat Reasonable) Dream List: The Daily Wearer: Glashütte Ori... 

I think a much more interesting exercise would be to construct a "Top 5" list with an upper limit of, say, $20,000. This would be, arguably, a more practical and useful way to explore our horological options (for most of us, anyway). Here's mine (prices c...