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!
Dear friends, as the guest host of this round's Wristscan I am asking you to show your top piece in your collection and your least obvious, least overt piece. Both pieces should have one thing in common, ideally,: both should reveal you as a collector, as...
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...
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...
and it is resumed in your watches and your words; "their place in your heart is most important than their relative value" Thank you for sharing them my dear friend! Abrazos desde las frias Pampas! Abel
… 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 !
Your theme will bring many thoughts and great shots from our colleagues I feel. We are collectors, accumulators or just watch lovers. Something I wish to distinguish from those "investors" looking for an object (watches) to invest in and to speculate with...
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...
... pieces in our collections which we love and enjoy beyond the price paid for them. I´m happy to be able to illustrate my point of view with these shots and watches. Thank you so much again for your kind comments! Hagwe! Abel
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...
As for my 'top' watch, I think everyone by now knows how attached I am to my 5177G-010 ('Boccadasse'), which was presented last year as part of the 'rare handcraft' collection. It's not money-wise my most expensive piece (though it's in the top 3), but ha...
... it on your wrist! Lovely "white Sub" you show! I can understand the joy and pleasure of these watches as well. And of course that of your Pam 292 you show in your relaxed mood portrait remembering us that Life is Good! Keep enjoying and loving my frie...
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.
In any case, Boccadasse was obviously my first choice anyway. And Sicilia is so beautiful that I bet they’ll do some theme for it too one day!😉 Cordiali saluti, F.
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 ...
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!
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 ...
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!
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!
keeping the stretch within independents is a different league. Fantastic "illusion" and Chronometer Souverain. You have certainly scored very high on this WS weekend 👌!
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...
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...
To me this would be most likely an exit piece, a watch that rules over all others, a piece that suits all my dreams, needs and wishes. What a tasteful Patek!
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
look of the movement (those massive, trapezoidal bridges) with the whole elegant Breguet aesthetic is a tad confusing, yet fascinating. I realize the movement's design takes many cues from the past, but, but…. Well, you get the picture. Feel free to PM me...
. . . 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...
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...
. . . 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 ...
. . . 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. ...
the lugs do not taper. I'm sure you'll agree that every little thing makes a difference! I also think you chose the strap wisely—the whole presentation is impressive. As a contrast, here's a 34mm on my 17.25 in (18.4 cm) wrist, which for many of these all...
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...
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? 😀
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?
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...
... 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 ...
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!
a challenge). But that said… here's my nicest watch, the Grand Seiko SBGW003, produced in 2002 in a limited edition of 300 for the JDM. What makes this watch rise a little above many, in my estimation, is clarity (and beauty) of its time-telling. When my ...
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...
for the week's contest has jogged loose any number of truly ravishing pieces. My hat's off to you not only for the idea, but for the obvious following of fine friends you've made here over the years. Well done. The judging won't be easy! Best regards, Fre...