Watches - another OCD problem
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I was in London today, and dropped by the Bremont boutique. Since Mclaincausey likes the Supermarine, I grabbed a few shots for him.
Thanks Graeme, she's a beaut. I think they may customize the movement, and I also think they have ambitions to create movements in-house themselves at some point. Good idea about the secondary market!
I own two Bremonts, a blue Supermarine 500 and the silver dialled ALT1-C, and I'd second what Graeme has said about buying used. Both mine were acquired at significantly reduced cost - one heavily discounted during an ex-AD's clearance and the other second hand. The used market for them doesn't seem to start anywhere near the % levels of the more established players at comparable new price-points.
Great watches, though. Superbly built - certainly as well built as the IWC, Omega and Rolex (among others) that came through the revolving door while I was heavily into watches. They're my only two 'good' watches now and I have no desire to flip them, which probably says something about how 'liveable with' they are in the long term.
I'll sort some pics at some point.
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Thanks Graeme, she's a beaut. I think they may customize the movement, and I also think they have ambitions to create movements in-house themselves at some point. Good idea about the secondary market!
Glad to help.
I asked the man in their boutique if an in-house movement was planned, and he thought that it was something that's likely to happen in the medium term.
I saw GingerMagician's watch at the Chain Stitch Massacre, and it looked good. If you're not bothered by the in-house movement, then they're an excellent buy. If you are, then get a Jaeger LeCoultre.
That said, some of Bremont's iconography is based on old school pilot's watches. You can pick up an original IWC or Jaeger Mark XI for a similar price, though they are tiny by modern standards. The Omega variant is cheaper, and slightly larger.
(I really want the Jaeger variant. Incidentally, if you've read All Tomorrow's Parties, that is the watch given away by the assassin.)
If you're interested in highly modified movements, take a look at what Habring2 are doing. They're a small, independent watchmaker, set up by Richard Habring, who designed the Doppelchronograph for IWC. Forbes included them in a best watches under $10,000 feature last year, along with Jaeger LeCoultre and Zenith.
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That's not a watch. This is a watch!
This is one of five Zegg and Cerlati special editions of the Zenith Pilot Montre D'Aéronef type 20 Type 20. It's got a 57.5 mm diameter case, which houses an observatory chronometer movement. This is currently up for sale on the secondhand market for £14,000, they originally sold for €11,500.
I'd be tempted, though would probably pick up one of the standard models instead. However, I'm not convinced that it's a practical piece for day-to-day wear. I do love the watch though.
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57.5mm? Yeah, I'd say that's too big for daily wear. I have a Debaufre Nav-B Uhr that's 48mm, and it's borderline too large. I can't imagine going up another 10mm.
It is kinda sexy, though.
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That watch is like the Flava Flav clock. You need to hang that around your neck!
"Obstacles are stepping-stones that guide us to our goals"
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Yeah, but his wrists are the size of my ankles. I've seen pictures of him wearing that giant Invicta Russian Diver, which is 50mm, I think, and it looks normal sized on him.
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I've got reasonably big wrists and huge hands, and the Type 20 is borderline ridiculous on me. It looks more reasonable from a distance, though, but a lot of these things do.
So if I wanted to wear one, I'd have to live on a diet of steroids, and lift ridiculous weights. No wonder I'm starting to see a few on the secondary market.
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Am sure you guys have come across this guy, but if not, he's an absolute pisser of an aussie really into his haute horologie and short youtube videos;
www.youtube.com/user/ARCHIELUXURY/videos
