Horological Meandering

To begin with, take a look at these modest Tudors, for example: Heritage Chrono Blue and Black Bay. Pretty good looking pieces but relatively inexpensive. They have become my daily beaters.

 

 

Followed by a pair of Journes: Octa Chrono and Titanium Tourbillon, both rather pleasing to the eyes

 

How can I not mention the Laurent Ferriers: Galet micro-rotor and Tourbillon?

 

At first glance, the watch looks deceptively like a ratrappante. This is because both the chrono second and minute hands stem from the central axis, making the face exceptionally clean

I was attracted by the enamel dial and Roman indices, plus the differently colored hands for easy reading..

I also like the onion-shaped crown

The watch carries the Calibre IV movement, inspired by pocket watches. Note

- the extra-long coloumn wheel on top of the crown wheel

- the curved levers

- the large (200 teeth) wheel

- the two-layered coupling wheels, one for the seconds hand and one for the minutes hand

As usual, I will end this post with a wrist shot, but would add that the 44 mm diameter platinum case makes the watch feel very substantial on the wrist.

And you are spot on the Tudors...wonderful inexpensive pieces, with lots of appeal.  The JLCs not my cup of tea, but the Lang and Heyes are WOWWWWWW. 

Glad you like the brand too.

PS - I am still agonizing over the misfortune of missing your grand function.

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Sam

and probably the nicest watch from Lang & Heyne. Congrats!

L&H: Yes, the total production is about 40 pieces per year and their level of in-house production is amazing, even compared to very well-known big players.

Lot´s of nice "pairs" and the Buben & Zörweg box isn´t bad either.

Oliver

I thought it might be big but as it turns out, is just about the right size. It is everything I want a watch to be - , platinum case, a fabulous movement, enamel dial, Roman indices, single button and simple layout etc.

BTW, the container is a travel case (holding just two watches) given to me as a present by my dealer in Europe. Love it too.

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Sam

... (the travecase I) by an European dealer as well

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Oliver

Could easily see wearing them 80% of the time.

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I have never seen a Lang and Heyne in the metal but clearly this has to change!

Marco Lang is one of the few independent watchmakers I truly admire....

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Sam

Cheers

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Here is a link to some nicer pictures of the Reversos....

http://jlc.watchprosite.com/show-forumpost/fi-2/pi-5702723/ti-841648/s-0/

 

Sam

Congrats!

No surprice, but the Reverso pair really speaks to me...!

 

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Blomman

Somehow I don't wear the reversos as often as I should, but I pledge to make amends

To me the coolest pair is your Tudor.

Almost no money ( or should we rather think that the others are over priced? ) ,and a maximum of pleasure.

Think about it: For the price of a Reverso Rouge, which is an extremely cool Watch, you can have this pair of Tudors, and you still have some money to take a plane ticket and bok a nice hotel.

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Nicolas

Best return in terms of wrist time divided by price.

All the best
Sam

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