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What is your take between ploprof and mission earth in terms of motor and value for money?
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What is your take between ploprof and mission earth in terms of motor and value for money?
Both compared on my wrist:
Regarding movements: sorry, but I have no experience and less knowledge when it comes to IWC, so nothing meaningful to say comparatively. I do have some some experience with the basic movement in the Ploprof, and I am deeply impressed, to the point that m...
Art pretty much covered it all. But between these two watches...
... I would care much about the movement inside. It's the external styling that would decide it for me. And about value, that is up to you and you alone as you are the one paying. Maybe if you can elaborate on the use you have planned for the watch or how...
Benzz didn't ask me to elaborate . . .
. . . but my sense is that since the Ploprof is a modern rendition of a veritable classic, it has greater potential to retain it's residual value than the IWC, which shares a nameplate but little else with it's precedents . . . cordially, Art
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Actually I am considering between a ploprof and an iwc ingy as a 9 to 5 working watch. However, it has to be seen and functioned also as a rugged one as well, I am sure you know what I mean.............
I think I understand, benzz . . .
. . . the watch has to blend in with your attire at work, which would tend to put the Ploprof at a disadvantage owing to its unconventional appearance. All the more reason, I think, to go for the Ploprof . . . it'll come across as a mark of distinction in...