WS for the 19th of March - ‘Two Hands’ - is live
Afternoon all, first of all an apology for starting a bit late - an emergency at work prevented me from doing it at noon, as planned. Still, here we go - looking forward to seeing your two hand watches - discs or any other mechanisms are fine, as long as ...
I knew this was a theme you would not find difficult, Nico 😊
And your selection is superb 👌🏻👍🏻
Great watches and shots as usual dear Nicolas!!
That UN Freak has some unusual hands indeed my friend!! Unique and Striking timepiece! Have a nice weekend dear Nicolas! Abrazos!! Abel
Wow !.. As so many times you are flooding us with great shots of your superb choices !
Thx so much & Best, hs PS: for me the PAM Marina Militare and the somewhat exuberant “freaking” UN, pls ! But the PP5110 P ( love that shot with the tickets !) + the red Reverso are no weak contenders as well.
This Lange is a dream!!!!
And I wouldn't turn down the JLC and the Freak either if they were offered to me. 😊 By the way: I didn't even know that you own an AP with a white (!) date window (!) ?? LOLLLLL
As long as it’s two per watch...
Any total is excusable 😁 Especially if it comes in such a great collage 😊👍🏻
That’s an exquisite collection of two handers dear Fabr!!
Not essy to choose just one among them. Though I know one of them occupies a very special place in your heart! Sublime watches all of them indeed! Hagwe! Abel
My pleasure dear Fabr! You have good reasons for your...
... special love for the Boccadasse!! Of course the others are fabulous watches. I wish you’ll keep loving and enjoying all of them so much my friend! Hagwe! Abel
These enamel dials
are watch works of art in their highest form. It’s always a pleasure to be able to look at them. I appreciate your style and individualism. Best Thomas
Thanks my friend, appreciate it. The 5089G (boats on Lake Geneva) is actually wood marquetry, which is impossible to spot in my terrible pictures, but is equally if not more impressive in person! :-)
Here's a closeup which gives a (slightly) better idea, but again pretty far from reality Cheers. ...
Thanks for this great insight, my friend!
Now that you write it, I can remember this wood marquetry technique by Patek. There have already been a few posts about this here on WhatchPro. Is this marvel yours? Cheers back 😊 Thomas
Yep, this is ref. 5089G-020 from the 175th anniversary collection. It represents a postcard of Lake Geneva in 1914 (hence exactly 100 years earlier!) that Philippe Stern had in his office...I was glad to be allocated it via an Italian AD👍
The reason wood marquetry is so rare with Patek is that only one person is authorized to produce these dials for the brand, Monsieur Jerome Boutteçon. They are true marvels -- and I'm now very much looking forward to seeing what Patek unveils in early Apr...
LOL
May I cry a little bit instead of you? 😎 Seriously, I think it's wonderful when also the most beautiful and valuable watches are actually worn. There is nothing more sad than such works of art rotting away in a safe and seen as a mere investment. Best Tho...
My few hander
2 hands De Bethune DB 24 One hand for hours and minutes. Angular Momentum Polyphemos ...
Beautiful and classic two hander PSF!!
Love the straps you choose for your classy Reverso!! Hagwe! Abel
Two very cool and interesting watches ...
I’m always fascinated with the Angular Momentum Polyphemos.
Two very different...
Yet equally appealing takes on the theme, Brauner 👍🏻 They both show that two hands doesn’t have to mean dressy 😊
Fantastic watches you share here dear Brauner!!
The DB is awesome and I’m specially attracted by the Polyphemos! Hagwe my friend! Abel
Incredibly, my only two hander...
is the Alessi Il Momento designed by the famous Italian architect, Aldo Rossi. I need to do some watch hunting now... ...
Your only two hander dear Jporos but a unique ...
... and never seen watch here! Very cool design. Thank you so much for sharing. Hagwe! Abel
Every architects dream in the eighties 👍
I had several professors who wore this watch.
Sublime World Timers confirming that Patek makes...
... the Kings of World Timers! Hagwe! Abel
OK - now you completely took the thread over 😁👌🏻
So many unbelievable pieces 👍🏻 Didn’t know you got the Crazy Hours in between, too 😊
I purchased the FM one a few months ago ,
A friend offered me this one and you know how i love the crazy hours and this one was so special imo that I needed to have it 😉
Definitely 👍🏻
Cool addition - your collection has been growing rapidly over the last months 😊👌🏻
Breathtaking collection of two handers you share...
... here dear Watchonthewrist!! Not easy to pick a favorite!! Keep loving and enjoying them so much! Hagwe! Abel
Something yellow
Hi Bit of a challenge this week, my only two handed watch is a Swatch Yellow Jelly from circa 2000. Still going strong. Cheers JML ...
Now that’s a truly cool piece 👌🏻
Thanks for sharing, don’t think I have seen this one before 😊
Great Grand Opening my dear friend KM!!
Wonderful two hand timepieces to inspire us to share our watches! Will come back with mine later! Cheers! Abel
Two really rarely seen pieces 👌🏻
The CS I have seen before but that Piaget is possibly a premiere here 👏🏻🙌🏻
Hello dear KM. Here are my two handers!
Though I like to have a seconds hand in my watches showing they are properly working in any moment it is also true the two hands only offer a pleasant and relaxed way of showing time. Here are some of my favorites: Have a nice and enjoyable weekend my dea...
I knew there were plenty of pieces to come, Abel!
And you delivered spot on! The 5110 works so well on that strap and the RO shots are superb, too! not that the others are anything but great 👌🏻
Thank you so much for your kind comments dear ...
... friend KM!! Glad to know you like my choices!! Have a nice weekend! Cheers! Abel
Hello dear friend Yacomino! I´m happy to know you like my AP white dial, being it a favorite in my collection. Glad to know you like the Panerai shots and I´m happy to share with you...
... the love for the brand. Have a nice week end my friend. Abel
Aahh !.. Here they are - very well picked !.. Really like the PAM 587 Marina Militare.. Reverso Red not much less.. And..
.. subsequently the PP 5110 G ( a Reference we obviously share). Sort of friendly minds & people also often share their preferences ! Thus, as usual ( so no surprise) really well chosen and clicked ! It’s often a welcome finding that friends may share a c...
My dear friend HS! Thank you so much for your kind comments around my choices answering the present Theme. I really appreciate them so much and I celebrate that we share similar tastes...
... about watches. Absolutely agree with you that it is to be welcomed the sharing of a common selection among friends. With best cordial regards and good wishes, Abel I
That is a very nice black strap to your JLC Rouge
The original burgundy might be the manufacture's choice but your combination makes it look even more classic and more serious business like. Very good taste and idea, my dear friend.
Thank you so much my dear Count! I got this Reverso Rouge...
At the Milano Boutique a few months after its launching and it came with these alligator black straps as original. Guess they are very elegant indeed! Glad you like it!! Cheers! Abel
Superb selection Abel ...
I particularly like the variety of watches as or me this is what makes our sport so enjoyable. Your photo of the Pam 587 Marina Militare is perfect. Best regards The Captain
I have always been one for creative solutions NT931!
So this more than qualifies - great GG 👌🏻🙌🏻
Just two
...one old in the group ...a relatively new purchase in casual wear as for the rest,too many rouge here already ...
Two fabulous choices!
Demonstrating that two hands really can be fully sufficient 👍🏻👌🏻
Three very cool two handers...
When I posted the thread I never thought it would be so PAM heavy but I should have known 😊 Very cool, your entries 👌🏻
Hmmhh.. Let me see how to play with some two-handers..
So here my rather humble chip ins.. MING 17.01.. Versatile combos GP Damier Ref 7427, pretty cool.. Bauhaus style on the wrist: clean, fine & low-key PAM 176 Titanium, matte brushed Amalgation into the background Going to theatre: JLC 1901/WG A PP Cla...
I love your definition of "Humble" my dear friend HS!! A superb selection making difficult to choose just one piece among them. Of course I love the PP WT as you already know. It has been...
... my Grail Watch and a dream for long time till I got mine. We also share the fondness for Panerai and I tell you that I find your Ming so adorable. Not to mention that all other watches you share here would make me a very happy man! Great watches as us...
Hello dear Abel ! Thx a lot for your as ever so kind comments, also !
And yes, as to preferences among friends, nice to mutually know the other likes those ! As said, I like your choices a lot, whereby the Panerai pics are great compositions; and the 5110G is a real shared joy for both of us !.. Just to mention 2 of your li...
Always a pleasure to view and comment your beautiful collection my dear HS. We share similar tastes and several watches we both own. That´s wonderful indeed.
I also appreciate so much your so kind comments about my choices. Have a nice week end mu dear friend and take care! Cheers! Abel
Such delightful pieces...
Haven’t seen a Damier for a while 😊 And great shots of your Ming 👍🏻 And of course the 5110 is a fantastic two hander 👌🏻
It takes two ...
to Tango ;-)) Hello dear KM and friends ! I hope that everyone has had a good and successful week. Just a few shots to share this weekend. Let’s get started with a wrist shot for WristScan ... Well, it is the weekend ;-)) ... Big and beautiful... Cheap th...
Hello, dear Captain !.. Really like your line-up, especially the PAM with the California dial & of course the Swatch, creating a sort of humoristic dial, helping for a smile for the wearer..
All the Best for your WE & the upcoming week ! Cheers ! hs.
RD and PAM are strong this weekend 🙌🏻
Your RD is of course a superb piece, as are the two PAM shots 👍🏻 And after seeing all the two hand Swatches I need to find a way to go to their boutique one of these days 😊
Big truth dear Captain!! Two are needed to dance...
... tango and just two hands are enough to tell the time in a minimalistic and charming way as illustrated by your great shots and watch choices. Your RD is just awesome ! A great example of two hands is enough concept. Lovely Swatch and of course we shar...
Hello, dear KMII !.. Nice theme this week !.. From yours I really love that superb VC - elegant, yet eclectic !
I wondered, how the time/hour iis read on the Franck Muller ? Crazy hours for sure, I guess. Hope you are well, and I am wishing you & yours a great weekend ! Best, hs.
Thanks HS111!
As for the Crazy Hours, not that hard - the minutes work conventionally, while the hour hand is a jumping one, jumping 150 degrees between the hour markers (so there is method to the madness) 😊👍🏻 As for life here, ups and downs but all healthy, my wife an...
You are welcome dear friend Ahoi. Yes, the passion is big indeed. I wish to read that story about your 587. Seems that our Marina Militare come with interesting stories behind!
Enjoy your great Panerai collection so much my dear friend. Hagwe! Abel
I find your Franck Mueller very intriguing...
Here we go with my one two-hands: my beloved Panerai 721. Now with your thread I realized that all my other watches with “simple dials” at least have a small seconds hand. HAGWE Thomas ...
Merci, mon ami!
I have definitely not your skills and talent but I try to make up for it (a little bit) with passion. ☺️
Yes, she has a very intense, irresistible
charm that I can't possibly escape. Cheers Thomas
Thanks a lot - was a surprising addition...
To the collection - a cronotempVs version, which is relatively subdued for FM. Fantastic shots of yours 👍🏻
Thanks a lot for your kind words!
The surprising additions are often the best! 😊 Cheers Thomas
While I don't own any two-handers, there are pics in my files . . .
. . . of Glashütte Original models. White gold Senator Sixties . . . . . . and Senator cal 100-08. GO also produced Meissen models with two hands. No pics in my files, but here's one of the tourbillon version . . . . . . so imagine it without the sub-dial...
Aaah, you have got me: three hands 😃
My memory was incorrect. But still: what a watch!
Omega's central would be the apogee of wristwatch design and execution, in my . . .
. . . humble opinion. ...
No. The original Omega tourbillon . . .
. . . deserves that honor. [photo credit: Magnus Bosse] 😌 ...
Superb Omega to fill the Theme of this week end dear Art. I only wish it would be more affordable to us. Never had the pleasure of viewing it in the metal buy it is a big...
... temptation anyway. Have a nice weekend my dear friend. A big hug for you!
Watching the co-axial tourbillon in motion . . .
. . . is simply mesmerizing, Abel. I'd never wear one while driving for fear of distraction. And now for some good news: I'm off to the Omega boutique. On business.
I can well imagine that this is not a watch for car drivers! Lol! Truly mesmerizing! You say you are visiting the Omega Boutique... for business? Wow! Can´t wait to see what you are hunting my dear friend!!
I wish you´ll enjoy your visit so much dear Art! A big hug for you!! Cheers! Abel
I took that photo ~ five years ago . . .
. . . and the wrist belongs to a staffer at the boutique in Orange County.
Well, for sure you'll never see my wrist . . .
. . . attired in a long-sleeve shirt and suit. 😉
The central tourbillon? You bet! . . .
. . . this photo of a skeleton central . . . . . . was taken ~ eleven years ago at the Omega boutique in Beverly Hills on the wrist of one of their salesmen. Art ...
These are very nice examples indeed...
Don’t you sometimes miss the GO period of your life?
Not exactly, K. Appreciating GO coincided with my income-producing working years; when . . .
. . . I first started collecting, a fascination for complications and insistence on quality combined with a requirement for affordability led to my focus on GO. If I were still earning surplus income and receiving daily gratification from owning perpetual...
And what an answer 🙌🏻
Somehow I feel increasingly drawn to time only watches, too - so fully understand where you’re coming from 😊
Great two handers you share dear Art!...
... and a beloved “hand-some” one!! Well played! Hagwe! Abel
In anticipation of the next summer ...
.... my summer watch of the different kind with two hands: And my secret agent of the funny kind watch: Thank you for this theme, that reminds us that two hands is all you need. ...
Beautiful timepiece to answer the Them of this weekend dear friend Moritz!! You are well prepared to receive the good weather. I also fond of this most funny secret agent...
... And I wish you much joy and relax this week end. Best, Abel
Thank you for your flattering words, dear Abel.
I had also "Two hands" in mind as a theme but our dear KMII was quicker😀. Hopefully you are also doing well and enjoying your weekend.
My big pleasure dear Count. Your watches and shots well deserve it. Agree this is a great theme. We need to think in another Theme to gather so many wonderful entries in a near future.
Receive my best cordial regards and good wishes my friend Moritz! Cheers! Abel
Borrowed this beauty from a dear friend and long time Purist...
I think it counts with only two hands ;-) HAGWE All, Cheers, Tim ...
Thank you Nico!
Our friend was kind enough to share this on a visit back in December. Had to snap a couple of pics... Merci and cheers mon ami, Tim
Yes, those were great times we had back then.
Hopefully we can recreate something similar in due course as the world reconvenes in time. Cheers!
Yes, one of it’s original siblings got me hooked back in 2006!
I had the enormous pleasure and perfect timing, being in Dublin on a certain day, to be present when the first platinum McGonigle Tourbillon was presented to its owner and original benefactor of McGonigle watches. As the saying goes “timing is everything”...
Stunning piece dear Tim!! Thank you for sharing...
... this awesome teo hands timepiece!! Hagwe! Abel
er... does this count?
1 second hand and 1 hour "hand" that points to the minute 😅 ...
Interesting concept to tell the time Terbaboom!!
Never seen this watch in the metal. Looks so cool! Hagwe! Abel
LOL
I am only partially qualified in this WS. The Dr Jekyll side got more than2 hands
My contributions to the 2 hands WS 😉
And I think the Zeitwerk also qualifies with only 2 hands 😜 ...
Truly wonderful entries...
And I was really hoping someone would bring the Zeitwerk - well done 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Sorry for being late to the party ;-)
Let's go straight to the point... The one I want to start with as it is so dear to my heart. Chiming one from my grand father that he received from his grandfather... And 2 great ones I have enjoyed a lot... ...
Better late than not at all...
If you check the follow up post you will see that it was certainly worthwhile to participate irrespective of the lateness 😉
New ideas
You bring me to new ideas actually. Looking at my collection, i am missing a two hands watch. This WS is ideal to have a look which watches are the best two hands. Purist as i am, the heritage is important as my thoughts go to spot a VC. The Muller is a g...
