This would be my dream choice for the 10k or below:
Credor Kuon! It is roughly at 8k CHF,EUR, USD... Back side is even more impressive. It comes super close to the Eichi II, for a 4th of the price!
Fantastic
As for the higher budget options I think chronos and/or splits from Montblanc-Minerva are hard to beat. But I would try to seriously redesign the dial and hands, the standard ones are not for everyone.
Another cool option would be
simple Reverso with a special enamel/engraving on the back.
I would love if we did a project with Tudor Watch
I think they offer great bang for the buck in terms of quality and design. work with a FXD or Black Bay. Use their chronometre movement MT 5602 to stick to the chronometer family. The design should be ultra reduced in terms of writing and colors. just ver...
I would love a tudor, especially an fxd or the new black bay 41mm with the jubilee...
Not an easy one i guess, although tudor is actually famous for collaborations or special editions: Just to name a few: STATE OF QATAR, GOOGLE, ROWING BLAZERS, MARINE NATIONALE, ROYALTY PROTECTION, COMMANDEMENT DES OPERATION SPECIALES (COS), WATCHES OF SWI...
Knowing ROLEX/TUDOR: I wouldnt spend too much time with them....
They might even put you on a "waiting list" for the project.
More realistic if we actually did have a Tudor Forum to begin with…
I don’t think it’s impossible since they have made plenty of small runs. Of course there are many easier brands to ask. Tudor would be easier to sell than most other brands as the price / quality factor is one of the most attractive in the industry.
This is an important point; for a Tudor one could likely have a 50 piece edition and it be oversubscribed.
But, and it’s a big one, didn’t we (Nicolas) try this already with Tudor and it was a no go? It amazes me that they would turn down a community like this when they’ve done numerous other projects.
There's one obvious choice. A Speedmaster Professional . . .
. . . with W P S printed under 'Professional' . . . . . . to make only the second Speedmaster ever created for a private group. ;-) ...
I was toying with the idea of something similar but with an IWC pilot type XX preferably white dial and has to be no date..
But instead of the marking “type xx”, it would read “wps xxv”. Admittedly not as inside baseball as your speedy reco. Gotta love how rail guys think
I'd pass because there were no color variations for the original CK859. There are many . . .
. . . Omega references with black dials that would be more appropriate for homage. For example, the Dirty Dozen. [watch credit: Roger G / photo credit: Dr No] There's even a grey dial reference that would be consummately compelling. [photo and(?) watch cr...
Good point. In that case, the speedy with the WPS would still interest me..
If i were a current owner of the regular speedy, I’d ditch it in an instant for this one ;-)
My sense is if Omega agreed to make a special dial for us . . .
. . . they'd insist on a production cal 3861 movement. They have a hard time making enough cal 321 movements as it is.
That would be insanely nice.
I have a good connection to OMEGA. I will talk to them, if there's serious interest!
Dear Nico, please count me in
for both versions (30k + 10k), to the extent people will be allowed to sign up for both. If need to pick only one - 30k please. Thank you!
Chopard might be difficult…
I believe they changed their policy and the minimum quantity for custom versions have been increased significantly 🤷🏻♂️
Merci à toi :)))
If ever the Omega CK859 is truly considered, I would be very interested btw
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