Notable other factors

Jan 24, 2022,07:13 AM
 

Regarding the four watches I compared, here are a few other noteworthy points I noticed.

First, regarding the Rolex, the bezel is by far the best I have ever seen. The color, depth, clarity is only made better by the luxurious touch of including platinum. Superb bezel!

The Rolex also has the highest quality dial, the deep deep black looks perfect, not too shiny and not too dull, just perfect. These two points counteract the crappy cola can case finishing.

Other factors such as the worlds most reliable movement, superior stainless steel, and iconic design make for an iconic watch.















The Breitling has what I believe to be the best bracelet in the sub 80k world, just marvelous design comfort and finishing









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Comparing the finish on 4 different mid tier watches

 
 By: afaleh : January 23rd, 2022-19:10
A quick exercise I did for fun and to share on a WhatsApp group, sharing here just for the sake of it So the compared watches: Grand Seiko GMT Omega Seamster Planet Ocean Breitling Premier Rolex Pepsi. The objective is to identify which watch had the best...  

Trying again

 
 By: afaleh : January 23rd, 2022-20:42
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Ok so pics loaded

 
 By: afaleh : January 23rd, 2022-20:43
But not in correct order. You will have to figure it out

I'm sorry,

 
 By: Mary Anny : January 23rd, 2022-21:13
I'm completely missing your point here. What am I supposed to look at please?

I see, a very odd side polishing in the GMT.

 
 By: Mary Anny : January 24th, 2022-07:10
Thanks for sharing!

So I posted individual replies for each watch

 
 By: afaleh : January 24th, 2022-07:15
So you can try and see my thumbs up and pen reflection for each watch, this is to judge the quality of the polished portions. I have also included the brushed strokes macros for the two watches that have brushed portions

It's quite surprising.

 
 By: Mary Anny : January 24th, 2022-07:52
My Tudor Black Bay's sides are (well, they were!) like perfect mirrors!!!

Really?

 
 By: afaleh : January 24th, 2022-14:01
That’s odd that Rolex would do better finishing on a Tudor than the Pepsi.

Yeah, really odd!

 
 By: Mary Anny : January 24th, 2022-14:25
Are you sure there's no protective film on those sides yet?

I agree; I have never thought much of Rolex case finishing:

 
 By: Poky : January 23rd, 2022-23:32
the rotating bezel is way too sharp on the edges. Omega does it well.

Grand Seiko

 
 By: afaleh : January 24th, 2022-07:03
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Omega PO

 
 By: afaleh : January 24th, 2022-07:04
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Breitling Premier

 
 By: afaleh : January 24th, 2022-07:05
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Rolex Pepsi

 
 By: afaleh : January 24th, 2022-07:05
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Can a mod move my individual replies to the top to clarify

 
 By: afaleh : January 24th, 2022-07:07
I have posted each set of pictures for each watch individually. The purpose here was to compare the quality of case finishing on 4 mid tier watches. There are other elements to consider, I will include those in an individual reply

Notable other factors

 
 By: afaleh : January 24th, 2022-07:13
Regarding the four watches I compared, here are a few other noteworthy points I noticed. First, regarding the Rolex, the bezel is by far the best I have ever seen. The color, depth, clarity is only made better by the luxurious touch of including platinum....