Horological Meandering

you must love the Polaris... all are same edition?....
do you use any of them while diving?
cheers This message has been edited by PinkPanther on 2010-04-06 09:38:00

If I were a rich man, I would have five Polaris: the two dial versions of -68, Pt. -65 and Paris -65. Plus one just for diving...

But I'm not rich and I have just the Pt -65, Paris -65 and the "ordinary" -68. However, I am still discussing with myself about getting another -68 just for diving.

The -65 version is not the very best model for diving because on deep dives I would like to have a more readable dial. However, on ground this version is a real beauty. I love to wear the Pt. -65 with a business suit and Pt. cuff links. It's a great way of saying "I'm a Diver". The -68 model is not a perfect diving watch but very close to that... However, the Manufacturer has the Navy Seals Alarm... With the titanium bracelet this watch is very very close to an ideal, if not perfect, diving watch IMHO. When I'll get the time, I'll pick up mine from the retailer who just received the watch. This one is nearly my 4th Polaris so perhaps I need only one more Polaris...

I bought a short while ago two new camera (one for underwater photos) and in the future I will be posting more photos. One of the projects is to mail photos of different diving watches taken in depths between 30 and 40 meters. Then everybody can get an idea how the watches are performing in the "real world".

Regards,

Kari

I'm so happy to know such a big fan of the Polaris!

I would also be very interesting on looking at your undermarine picutres, my friend.

Don't forget us, when you have the time to take such pics!

Best,

Nicolas

about the Polaris strap.....

have you found something interesting?

cheers

Huge congrats^2!

Best

Emilio

treading your post the Longines directly came to my mind ...

BUT ...

2 LLd's only ?? I think if i had your budget i'd bought at least 5 or 6 ..... .
Well, to me the LLD is one of the most expensive watches i ever bought and it's great to hear from a collector like you the LLD is an amazing Divers watch ... . Buy some NATO's and have some special leather straps made for it .. looks even cooler .. .

Cheers,

Filip

Filip,

I have not yet thought how great this watch will look with different straps. But I am spending some 4 months every year diving and always without exceptions I am wearing both a diving watch and a diving computer.

To me the Legend Diver represents a nearly perfect diving watch. Additionally, it is a great watch to be weared on a daily basis.

Best regards, Kari

two of them!!!!

Congratulations....

and you got the dateless model which I prefer....

Enjoy them

cheers

Congrats, Kari!  Welcome to the LLD club!  I'm wearing mine today in celebration of your new purchases!

Cheers,
Daos

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...one you dive with and beat up, and one you keep pristine.  I would like to do that with a couple of watches myself, but I cannot budget for duplicates. 

Feelin' the love that the LLD gets here.  It is awesome!

respo

...a real rival to the Polaris...especially for taking underwater...

You hit coral with your watch? I thought you were a DM!

Taking macro photos require a steady position. Normally I find a nice stone or something but often I have to put my hand somewhere into the corals and after that the watches look quite terrible.

 

By the way: there is one watch which takes easily all this punishment: Sinn U1. I think this watch is too heavy and glumsy and the 1,000 meters water resistance is not needed. But sure, the steel used in Sinn combined with its threatment is suberb.

Regards,

Kari

...is a pretty good example of a dive-only watch. No frills. But yes the 1000m is stupid.

It doesn't seem particularly bulkier than my Aqualands, nor my Suunto (was a Vyper, which died, so now a Gekko). All my dive watch scratches come from the boat and/or getting in and out of my harness...I'm not much of an underwater photographer, but don't get in amongst the hydroids!

Where do you usually dive?

This is a very sporty yet elegant watch. I would think about a different strap for one of them so you can maximise its versatility.

By the way, I did not know that you can still buy it in the non-date version. All the stores in my area only sell the date version. I will take a closer look at this watch one day.

Richard.

Or how could you possibly explain to a non-WIS, the purchase of a 1500 € watch was a "cheap" thing.

In the course of time our threshold for considering something cheap/expensive has significantly risen, I believe.

Best regards,

anaesdoc

Okay, I admit that € 1,500 is a lot of money. At the same time I have been forced to accept that a nice diving watch is easily costing something between 5,000 and 10,000 euros. For most of sensible people that is surely far too much for a sporting watch. Anyhow, if I compare LLD with its rivals, Longines is priced in a very friendly way.

So I could also say that LLD is not cheap but it is priced in a friendly way.

Best regards,

Kari