Watches - another OCD problem
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Hodinkee have wrapped up their coverage of Baselworld with a couple of articles.
There are the expected lists of the best everyday watches and the best grail timepieces. Somehow the Bulgari tourbillon was missed off the latter.
The biggest surprises contains a reference to an interview with Biver. I haven't got around to watching it yet, but I find this thoughts interesting. Plus in some of the Baselworld coverage his outfit makes him look like a Bond villain.
There's also a feature on the fashion of attendees at Basel, and whilst some of the outfits look like something out of Zoolander, some of the watch choices are interesting as some are a bit more adventurous than the average WIS goes in for. The Tudor Black Bay Bronze and Omega Dark Side of the Moon are the only pieces to double up. (There's a similar article about SIHH if you need more clothing inspiration!)
Time and Tide have a best of wrap-up, along with another piece covering the top seven cheaper watches.
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Greetings! Just this old thing on the wrist today…
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Fancy Iron Man's watch?
The Urwerk UR-110RG worn by Tony Stark in Spider-Man: Homecoming is going under the hammer at an upcoming Phillips auction, and the sale will benefit disadvantaged Haitians.
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All - who makes nice desk / table / alarm clocks with lumed hands & indices, sub $3k? Panerai has 3 that are pretty cool with the P.5000 8-day reserve mvt. I also have seen some AP Royal Oak examples available "used" sub $2.5k (not sure of the mvt). Chopard has a number quartz models circa $1k.
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Lum Tec. I saw an M75 in person, and it was really good looking and super clear in the dark.
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@browniemcghee since you're interested in Blancpain, there are now reviews of the Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Day Date 70s at aBlogToWatch and Time and Tide.
I posted about this watch earlier, and said it was a meteorite dial. I was wrong, it's meteor grey.
Apparently the design was based on a seventies watch, the Fifty Fathoms 256, which had a really cool tonneau shaped case, and it looks like a super compressor. I wish they'd gone the whole hog, and built an updated version of this.
I do like the watch, but seventies designs were often braver than what came before and since.
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Thanks for sharing that. I agree with you, it would have been cooler if they had gone with a more all out reproduction of the original. I do like some of the Bathyscaphe models, but they are way beyond my means.
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Monochrome have the ten best Diver's watches of Baselworld, whose contents are spoiled by the thumbnails, above.
It's been a good year for divers. Of the ten, I'd most likely get the Tudor, but the Blancpain is really cool.
I quite like the Omega, but would get it in the titanium and tantalum special edition.
The Bell & Ross is available in bronze.
Monochrom also their favourite six affordable watches. The rectangular Rado is really cool, but the Seiko Presage with an enamel dial is probably the pick of the bunch. And I'd have gone with the Longines Legend Diver, or their WW2 field watch instead of the annual calendar.
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@JDelage I'm not a big Panerai fan, so you can't blame that one on me!
The Luminor Due range looks good, and a lot of people were getting excited about the 38 mm models at SIHH.
I really liked the PAM687 with the sunburst dial. If you're after a two-hander, I'd suggest taking a look, but it's only got a three day movement.
On the Baselworld front, we're seeing the last few wrap-up articles.
Ariel Adams has his top ten watches and summary at aBlogToWatch. I think that some of his choices, such as the G-Shock GMW-B5000, Tag Heuer Monaco Bamford, and Hublot Big Bang Unico Red Magic are there to stir controversy as much as anything.
Time and Tide have Felix's top picks too.
Both ignore the Bulgari Finissimo Tourbillon, again, which struck me as one of the stars of the show.
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I get the different strokes thing. I don't understand the excitement about the GMT Master II.
I've got a real crush on the Bulgari Finissimo range, and the tourbillon is a more extreme interpretation of that design. Plus it's the thinnest automatic watch, beating out the Piaget concept from SIHH, and it's a production model not a prototype.
Overall, it's a lot more exciting than a Patek with a salmon dial, that's got a few people really excited.
I'm still with you on the Patek Aquanaut Chronograph, though.
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A Panerai boutique opened in Melbourne back in January, and I dropped by today. I got chatting to a salesman who's way too much of a watch nerd, and he showed me a fair proportion of the range…
I quite like the Radiomir range, particularly the PAM687 with its striking sunburst dial.
The California dial on the PAM424 looks good.
The PAM610 has an eight day movement, but lacks the distinctive sandwich dial.
The Due 38 has been getting a lot of attention from some of the blogs. Probably because they've got a fixation with teeny tiny watches. But I think that the 42mm Radiomir 1940 (PAM655) doesn't look as good as its oversized brethren.
The PAM619 was probably my favourite of those I tried on. It's a slim, light piece, and has a micro rotor automatic movement, which keeps the thickness down.
And I got a look at a PAM233, which was pretty neat.
Bonus: The boutique has a cool Panerai style wall clock.
I could see myself living with one of the two handed Radiomirs, assuming I can overcome my OCD about having a seconds hand. The PAM619 was my favourite, though other choices were more adventurous.
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OCD watch lovers,
I recently 'upgraded' from an old steel dive watch. Now, with my new 'nice' watch, I'm constantly worried about the snaps on my IH westerns scratching the case and bracelet. Especially with the cuffs undone.
The watch is precious metal if that matters. I don't mind the little scratches/scuffs from daily wear, but I keep imagining the outside of the case/bracelet getting gouged/beat up from the snaps.
Other than not giving a f*uck, rolling up the sleeves, flipping up the cuffs, wearing a long sleeve shirt under, or not wearing the watch with my snap shirts…any tips? Am I over thinking/estimating damage snaps would cause?
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the 233 is brilliant…
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Blancpain released a couple of versions of the Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe at Baselworld.
Monochrome have reviewed the Bathyscaphe Day Date 70s, which is on the left and is pretty cool.
Meanwhile aBlogToWatch have a review of the Quantième Annuel, or annual calendar. It's the one on the right. This review is frankly painful to read, because of the way the author labours the point about the watch being pointless.
