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Goodness...
Jul 13, 2019,17:25 PM
... Gracious. The back of that thing is a sexy hot mess.
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Not sure if I know much about watches
By: sham1 : July 12th, 2019-06:00
but my least obvious piece would be my newly purchased manual wind Grand Seiko SBGW231. My most precious piece is actually not the most precious because of the price but because it is a piece unique set which I had won at a Christie's auction last year. T...
sham1, you know about watches
By: COUNT DE MONET : July 12th, 2019-06:23
You put the quirky, exotic one on top in this game, where we and myself would expect it at the bottom end. Very good starting bid to WS!
I must agree!
By: sham1 : July 12th, 2019-20:24
It would have been great at triple the price!
Thank you my friend!
By: sham1 : July 13th, 2019-04:01
I seem to like simple and elegant watches. Quite boring for some!
Easy for me.
By: amanico : July 12th, 2019-07:00
The most expensive is probably, vintage not included, this Jaeger Lecoultre Master Minute Repeater in titanium. My less expensive is probably this Hamilton Sterile dial. But their place in my heart is most important than their relative value. Best, Nicola...
A big WOW to both!
By: Brandon Skinner : July 13th, 2019-10:46
I loved the JLC when I had the opportunity to hear it 5 or 6 years ago. And there is something so good about a sterile dial!
Welcome back here, Ronald!
By: COUNT DE MONET : July 12th, 2019-07:21
… and what a contribution: a one watch collection, that will serve all needs, occasions and purpose. You are taking this task to a new philosophical dimension: I like that !
Hi Moritz
By: RG1 : July 13th, 2019-00:37
Thanks for your kind words
Hello Abel
By: RG1 : July 13th, 2019-00:38
Thanks for your kind comments
:))) [nt]
By: amanico : July 14th, 2019-01:59
Abel: you are a master in the watch game
By: COUNT DE MONET : July 12th, 2019-09:46
Obviously well educated in the watch world you picked two pieces that are exactly what I was thinking of, when put them together into the context of this week's theme. A dapper AP RO with a white dial to show your expertise and your individual approach to...
What a great combination, Abel!
By: KMII : July 13th, 2019-21:37
I must have missed both previously and have to say they make a very interesting pair. Been several times on the verge of getting the Seagull but never quite pulled the trigger (got a Kickstarter watch with the same movement at some point, though). Maybe n...
Fab: a dandy like you can wear any watch!
By: COUNT DE MONET : July 12th, 2019-09:57
You are spanning it quite far from an exquisite Patek rare handcraft to a playful "Toy" watch over to a cool, cool Panerai. Best of all is that you wear them with style! Thank you for your entries.
You knew . . .
By: Dr No : July 13th, 2019-08:39
. . . this was coming. James Dean was fab!
LOL ! [nt]
By: Cpt Scarlet : July 14th, 2019-03:24
A really sharp combination!
By: KMII : July 13th, 2019-22:05
And the Toy Watch - superb 😊 Great how the hobby can be enjoyed at very different levels 👍🏻
My selection...
By: S F : July 12th, 2019-08:15
The top piece - The gilt GMTM purely by emotion. The feeling when this piece arrived in my hands was something I had not experienced for a long while. The one which is less obvious, probably due to the small size relative to many now which are bigger and ...
Very tasteful shots there!
By: COUNT DE MONET : July 12th, 2019-10:03
Great patina on your GMTM and n apparently well worn and matured watch. Speaking of matured: one would not assume you would own also a classic yg piece in under 37 mm. (I guess it is 34 mm ?) Yes, a wide spread collection!
My two
By: jml_watches : July 12th, 2019-12:22
Hi My two choices Futurematic - not most expensive financially, but time to get. Poljot alarm - probably the cheapest one bought, but an absolute cracker. Love the blue dial & that alarm! Cheers JML ...
Now we a rolling ...
By: COUNT DE MONET : July 12th, 2019-12:57
Believe it or not but I was hoping a Poljot would enter the competition 😀! Charming alarm model there. The Futurematic is a very desirable watch indeed. Nice pair!
Now we a rolling ...
By: COUNT DE MONET : July 12th, 2019-12:57
Believe it or not but I was hoping a Poljot would enter the competition 😀! Charming alarm model there. The Futurematic is a very desirable watch indeed. Nice pair!
Very nice, JML!
By: KMII : July 13th, 2019-22:08
Both are definitely on my to get list 😊
I was expecting independents, but ...
By: COUNT DE MONET : July 12th, 2019-14:04
keeping the stretch within independents is a different league. Fantastic "illusion" and Chronometer Souverain. You have certainly scored very high on this WS weekend 👌!
Superb KV ....
By: Cpt Scarlet : July 12th, 2019-15:02
And the Journe is pure quality.
Two gorgeous indies 😱
By: Watchonthewrists : July 13th, 2019-00:50
Well played and true winners imho . Stunning KV and FPJ 😘
WOW 😮
By: KMII : July 13th, 2019-22:08
When the FPJ is the lower end 😊👌🏻
Sublime To Ridiculous ...
By: Cpt Scarlet : July 12th, 2019-14:58
I would like to start by thanking Moritz for taking us (me) outside our (my) comfort zone. I’m always slightly uncomfortable about the “Top End” of my collection, don’t ask me why, but I dislike the whole values thing. It has very little to do with the lo...
This guilt feeling ...
By: COUNT DE MONET : July 13th, 2019-00:47
Funny how many, if not all of us, have got this "issue". I think we should forget the monetary part and simply focus on the object of desire, when buying one. The guilt overcomes me also from time to time but then I recall the purchasing moment and how fa...
Thank you Moritz...
By: Cpt Scarlet : July 13th, 2019-01:00
I collected the Seiko “Willard” yesterday and it’s pure joy ! I will post a full review of this watch next week.
I have thought about this....
By: Cpt Scarlet : July 13th, 2019-03:03
as I have “others” I don’t think an exit is realistically ever going to happen.
Hi KMII...
By: Cpt Scarlet : July 14th, 2019-01:54
I will try and post it next week !
Thanks Fab ...
By: Cpt Scarlet : July 13th, 2019-03:08
True praise for our fashion correspondent .
Thanks...
By: Cpt Scarlet : July 13th, 2019-00:50
I hope you agree with the sentiment.
It's not exatly and 'expensive' piece,
By: halkcb : July 12th, 2019-20:11
but it's one i enjoy tremendously and rank highly among my small collection This one slips under the radar a lot, but i like its simplicity HAGWE all henry ...
Oh yes, a GO Panomatic!
By: COUNT DE MONET : July 13th, 2019-00:55
Henry, your post is exactly what I meant: we regard our pieces as "inexpensive" in relation to all other pieces shown here by other members. Outside this forum your GO will be regarded as a very expensive watch, for people who are not into watches. Back t...
Thats a tough job to pick the ,,top,, watch from my collection 🤔
By: Watchonthewrists : July 13th, 2019-04:36
All of my watches are top pieces for me personally . But i will post my latest grail that i added as a top piece The Rexhep Rexhepi One of my least valued watches but def a watch that highlights my passion for this great hobby and some ,,quirky,, watches ...
Now we are gaining momentum!
By: COUNT DE MONET : July 13th, 2019-04:49
Good point to say all pieces are top pieces in one's collection. Great entries from you to the competition. Both very appealing!
Unbelievable...
By: KMII : July 14th, 2019-02:02
While I am yet to see the Rexhepi live it’s a delight in pictures. As for the Digitrend, you know I have a soft spot for it 😊👌🏻
You are quite flexible!
By: COUNT DE MONET : July 13th, 2019-07:44
From a top modern Patek with a state of the art mechanical movement to a Seiko quartz: impressive! That is a wide, wide ranging interest in watches.
thanks!
By: terbaboom : July 14th, 2019-08:20
by the way, it's not my only quartz from the brand. here's another... quartz is good when you just need to grab a watch and go ...
The Raketa...
By: KMII : July 14th, 2019-02:07
Is probably one of the best known Soviet watches - made such by Gorbachev, it’s most illustrious wearer 😊 And like all Raketas, it’s a watch from possibly the most integrated manufactures out there. Not only were the movements in house, so were all the ot...
Great theme this week, CDM!
By: Brandon Skinner : July 13th, 2019-09:05
The least overt and most inexpensive watch purchase was this Hanhart But hold on a second, what's this funny thing on the side? It turns out this Hanhart watch isn't a Hanhart, and it isn't a watch... it's a Protona spy microphone from the cold war era. T...
We might have a winner here!
By: COUNT DE MONET : July 13th, 2019-09:21
Your Protona (what an intimidating name, sounds like a proton canon) is the most peculiar entry so far and hard to beat: well done to have it in your collection 👌 ! From an Ebay in which country did you find it? A GMT Master on a pilot strap is always a d...
Thank you
By: Brandon Skinner : July 13th, 2019-10:05
At the time I was searching for one of those old Hanhart/Tutima WW2 vintage chronos and stumbled upon it. I believe I bought it from a seller in the US for maybe 125 bucks. The B-Uhr is a Stowa. If considering one I think the Stowa movements are more aest...
Stowa movement
By: COUNT DE MONET : July 13th, 2019-10:16
Quite an attractive looking movement. Did not know about it. I should dwell more into Pilot watches from the era. Thank you for the picture!
Both are hypnotic to me!
By: COUNT DE MONET : July 13th, 2019-10:09
A mesmerizing piece of wheel and pivots and a psychodelic Silberstein: quite a versatile taste. Wonderful, crisp wrist shots!
That Breguet!
By: Brandon Skinner : July 13th, 2019-10:58
I just love the medieval looking anvil for the automatic winding... way too cool!
The modest pick in my collection . . .
By: Dr No : July 13th, 2019-11:25
. . . was an easy call. This humble ca '40 Ω ref 2099 . . . . . . is, other than the crown, entirely original, and dilapidated to the point where any further dial degradation would render it unusable. Yet its cal 30 movement runs so well it makes me wonde...
Art, you are blessed with a collection of characterful Omegas
By: COUNT DE MONET : July 13th, 2019-11:47
It seems that the watches find theire way to you because you understand them and sense the stories behind them. A great story to Share about your ref 2009! Thank you for such a touching entry to this competition. And, yes: an old movement can still keep e...
Omega from top to bottom 😉
By: KMII : July 14th, 2019-02:14
And to think that GO used to be your brand 😁 Two fantastic choices, Art 👌🏻
Ah, but are there any in your collection . . .
By: Dr No : July 14th, 2019-23:09
. . . of approximately that case size, Nicolas? (Besides the Ω ref 2179, of course.) In the past we've entertained threads regarding optimal case sizing. I don't recall many (actually, maybe not any ) professing a preference for < 35 mm. My collection ...
I do have!
By: amanico : July 14th, 2019-23:25
32, 33 mm. 34 mm: And I have a few others... Best, Nicolas ...
Even I don't wear . . .
By: Dr No : July 14th, 2019-23:41
. . . 30 mm. Well, maybe just once. [Dr No's wrist, Dr No's Mom's Longines] Remember pplater's 'wear your smallest watch for a week' contest? I won. ...
Moritz, not an easy task this week...
By: Tim Jackson : July 13th, 2019-12:30
I simply cannot decide between these two... As for the second part of the challenge Moritz, well that part is easy! ;-) On the ocean outside San Diego harbour: Later that evening, outside my local watering hole, the "Port" in Solana Beach, admiring some o...
Tim, you are very close to winn this!
By: COUNT DE MONET : July 13th, 2019-12:45
From an heavenly VH and an unique, square Lang & Heine in rg down to a Seiko diver is a mighty long way! I would also not be able to choose ... maybe the VH ... but then better the Lang & Heine, maybe? 😀
Goodness...
By: elliot55 : July 13th, 2019-17:25
... Gracious. The back of that thing is a sexy hot mess.
The Lang...
By: elliot55 : July 13th, 2019-18:00
... Finish is some of the best.
Well, then the L&H
By: COUNT DE MONET : July 14th, 2019-02:45
I remembered the cool movement of the L&H, but seeing it is a different thing. Amazing how rudimental a movement can look like but stunning at the same time 👍. I wonder why nobody came up with such a movement design before?
Well technically speaking....
By: Tim Jackson : July 14th, 2019-23:59
There is another great German Independent Watchmaker, whom to my knowledge preceded Marco by several years with a similar high polished steel bar design in his watches. Christian Klings made them first. Still, I love the style and look of it. Makes me smi...
Hey Will!
By: Tim Jackson : July 13th, 2019-16:34
Good to hear from you, yes the VH is very special in so many ways...Hope to catch up in late Sept./Oct. when I'm next over. Cheers, Tim
Happy To Share...
By: elliot55 : July 13th, 2019-13:38
... One of my very favorite pieces... As far as "the most valuable..." That's in the box at the bank. More to follow. But I sure love this rather expensive clock... As if perpetual motion isn't enough, just look at that blue lapis dial. Love. - Scott ...
Static picture might have been decided now
By: COUNT DE MONET : July 13th, 2019-14:02
A Martin Braun watch has always a clever, unique asset, like this Selene B. Top presentation, Scott 👌. Für Atmos is perpetual meditation to watch, with this blue dial ... Great late night entry!
Many Thanks...
By: elliot55 : July 14th, 2019-13:08
... Gotta work on my photog skills.
Hi Scott ...
By: Cpt Scarlet : July 14th, 2019-02:30
Great to see a clock in WristScan this weekend. You posted s great pairing. Thanks for joining us this weekend.
O.k., o.k., o.k.😀!
By: COUNT DE MONET : July 14th, 2019-07:00
I will, I want buy a Seiko next! If possible your limited edition Grand Seiko, halgedahl. Seiko is such popular with fellow Purists here, that I feel incomplete without one. Yours has got lovely deep, deep blue hands! Fantastic entry from you FH, to combi...
That Delma!
By: COUNT DE MONET : July 14th, 2019-09:40
A mechanical watch with so many functions and I have not heard of it ! Brilliant entry! The Panerai I cool!