Rob
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Perhaps time to do another poll for...
top 5 AHCI and top 5 mainstream watches preferred by AHCI enthusiasts?
Originally done by CL back in June of 2007, it was an interesting and very well-subscribed thread. As suggested by Dr No and a few others, perhaps an annual survey of this type could be done as it was interesting to see what currently preoccupies the minds and wishes of WIS in this neck of the woods. 8 months have passed since that survey was done, admittedly an eternity in today's breakneck pace of things. Thought it would be curious to see if your choices had changed...
Mine are :
AHCI
1. Kari V Decimal Repeater #6
2. P Dufour Simplicity
3. Roger Smith 2
4. Journe Grand Sonnerie
5. Gruebel Forsey Invention #1
Mainstream are:
1. JLC Gyro Tourbillon
2. Lange Datograph Pisa Edition
3. RM 009
4. AP Concept Watch 1
5. Patek 5016
Big changes on my choices as I seem to have retained only one chronograph from my prior post wherein I was overweight on those. 
added to Editor's Pick
This message has been edited by AnthonyTsai on 2008-02-04 10:45:08
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Perhaps time to do another poll for...
top 5 AHCI and top 5 mainstream watches preferred by AHCI enthusiasts? Originally done by CL back in June of 2007, it was an interesting and very well-subscribed thread. As suggested by Dr No and a few others, perhaps an annual survey of this type could b...
Indeed, the interest of the poll is to see
How we changed about our perception of the top 5, or 10 ( maybe 10 is easier, no?). Can we mix Independants with the others? A mix should maybe have more sense, to give an exact value about our appreciation of the independants., IMHO.. Let me think about ...
Ok, here's my take
Not neccessary in this order... 1/ UN Freak, for its innovation, the mother of all the concept watches, and the First to introduce the Silicium and the new technology it represents in the Horology world. 2/ Patek Celestial 5102: Noit an useful complicatio...
Thanks very much for reviving a favorite theme, Rob . . .
. . . I'll add a caveat - my list of 'independents' includes independent watchmakers, but not necessarily AHCI . . . first, the independents: 1. Vyskocil 30/45 01-A (*) 2. Parmigiani Kalpa QF 3. Dornblüth 99.2 (**) 4. RGM 222 [incoming, cal 921 version] 5...
Prying, but interested...
Art, no GO PanoRetroGraph on the list? Been there, done that? Something about it offends? Would be fascinated to know the views of "Dr GO"... Cheers, pplater.
These matters are always difficult to put into words, pplater, but . . .
. . . I'll give it my best shot. Essentially, I lose interest in a movement when it's endowed with multiple complications . . . my tastes have always run to the simple, or the simple enhanced with a single complication. The grand comps that fascinate so m...
Thanks for a 'must read' post...
Thank you, Art, for dignifying the somewhat impertinent enquiry with those comments and for the generosity of spirit evident in your thoughtful (and thought-provoking) reply. In just those paragraphs you have provided a more detailed and revealing insight...
A single "Forced Choice" has more meaning
The choice should be just one in each category to be meaningful with our small sample size. Psychologists tell us that by "giving up" others on our (cop-out) long list, a true selection is made...a bit like the old question: You can only save one person f...
Very sensible and much easier
This also makes me think and helps me realize what I truly like the most. AHCI: Vianney Halter Goldpfeil Mainstream: Anniversary Langematik
After much deliberation with the new tangent of "forced choice"...
would have to narrow down to perhaps P Dufour Simplicity/Kari Decimal Repeater #6 and Lange Datograph Pisa Edition/RM009. Each of the choices I have made at this time signify a pleasant memory associated with dreaming/deliberating/pursuing/acquiring? the ...
List
Mainstream: 1. GP Jackpot Tourbillon 2. UN Trilogy Set 3. DeBethune DBS (not quite sure if it fit this category) 4. PAM 268 5. Breguet Tradition AHCI 1. Vianney Halter Antiqua perpetual 2. Svend Andersen 1884 Worldtime 3. Beat Haldimann H1 Flying 4. Chris...
My choices...
Only Independents: 1. Kari V. - "Observatoire" 2. P. Dufour - "Duality" 3. Dornbluth - "cal. 04.0" (the one I have!!!) 4. Beat Haldimann - "Central Tourbillon H1" 5. Greubel Forsey - "24 sec. Tourbillon" 6. Vincent Calabrese - "Spatiales Tourbillon" 7. R....
. . . and where, staiku, are the photos of the Dornblüth 04.0 . . .
. . . that I'm sure we'd all like to see ;-) . . . I was torn over having to make a choice in early 2006 between the 04.0 and a G O Karree perpetual, and it was a truly difficult decision . . . cordially, Art
I remember your difficult decision from the GO forum...
...but I ended gave up a G.O. Senator Panorama Date for purchasing the 04.0 ...and you are the one ( 'to blame'... )who opened my eyes into the Independents and especially Dorn...For the moment my watch is still in Dornbluth's atelier but as soon as it wi...
I plead guilty to all the charges, Staiku! Congratulations on acquiring . . .
. . . one of my dream watches, and perhaps I'll be in the Dornblüth club with you and Jack, Scott, Roger, Carl, and many other Purists in the not-too-distant future. I won't be at Basel this year, sadly, but I like to think of The Purists as a neighborhoo...
