Watches - another OCD problem
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Thanks @Seul, @rocket, and @neph93. I can't afford a lot of the watches I post either, and I dread to think how much RKJ's Explorer would go for at auction. :o
@Chris, it's true. All of it.
I spoke to one of the guys at a local watch shop today, and he said that Rolex have pretty much given up on shipping stainless steel sports watches. For all this talk of the company being staffed by marketing geniuses, I'm pretty sure it's not a clever business plan to not actually sell any product.
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Ellen DeGeneres did an Episode of Seinfelds Comedians in Cars where she had a Newman Daytona on her Wrist. I knew from watching her Show from Time to Time that she has a huge Watch Collection, lots of Modern Rolex Watches, Patek Nautilus, AP Royal Oak and so on but the Newman is nothing you see everday, 250.000 Dollar Pricetag and probably the hyped Rolex at the Moment, cool Piece. That said Seinfeld told one Episode before that he met Newman and went carting with him once
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It's a nice looking watch, I like the orange accents a lot. A bit steep in pricing for my wallet, though.
And didn't Speedy Tuesday have some embarrassing problems the first go round?
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I like the box. It's stupid and it would just gather dust on a shelf, but I like it.
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On Omega salesman was telling me that any Speedmaster limited edition gets hoovered up in a matter of hours or days by collectors. They seem to sell on at a premium too, last year's Speedy Tuesday sold for $6,500 and is now trading for between $8,000 and $10,000 on Chrono24.
So you can't complain about the company following the strategy.
The watch isn't bad, maybe a bit gimmicky, but I'd go for the Dark Side of the Moon Apollo 8 instead.
And I still like the box.
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Rolex is pulling the same trick, claiming that its bread and butter models are rare and good investments, despite selling anywhere up to a million watches per year.
Comparing the Australian RRP for the Air King, which is an unloved model that can be found fairly easily in dealers, with what's listed on Chrono24, and there are about a dozen selling at a discount. Most are being offered at a premium.
That said, I'd expect the Ultraman Speedy to be a better investment than an Air King.
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Panerai have just announced the PAM007799, which has a DLC titanium case, California dial, and Bund strap. Details at Monochrome.
I think that it sits on the gimmicky side, and the article says although it might come across like that, they don't think that it is in reality.
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Wayyy too much going on there IMO.
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I got to see an IWC Big Pilot Big Date today. It's one of their 150th anniversary collection, and I think it's a limited edition of 150 pieces in each of the dial colours.
This one is already spoken for. I'd prefer the white faced version, which I think would be a bit more versatile.
Oh, I was wanting to see the new Rolex models at one of the dealers today. However, despite saying that it was the last day of the display today, they'd packed it up by mid-afternoon. I'd been hoping to get my hands on one of the GMTs.
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I got to see an IWC Big Pilot Big Date today. It's one of their 150th anniversary collection, and I think it's a limited edition of 150 pieces in each of the dial colours.
This one is already spoken for. I'd prefer the white faced version, which I think would be a bit more versatile.
Oh, I was wanting to see the new Rolex models at one of the dealers today. However, despite saying that it was the last day of the display today, they'd packed it up by mid-afternoon. I'd been hoping to get my hands on one of the GMTs.
I love pilot watches–while I get the point about the white being more versatile, I do love the classic black dial.
I'm curious what the advantages of individual date numerals (versus a single dial with all the dates) would be on a watch that's already so large.
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I got to see an IWC Big Pilot Big Date today. It's one of their 150th anniversary collection, and I think it's a limited edition of 150 pieces in each of the dial colours.
This one is already spoken for. I'd prefer the white faced version, which I think would be a bit more versatile.
Oh, I was wanting to see the new Rolex models at one of the dealers today. However, despite saying that it was the last day of the display today, they'd packed it up by mid-afternoon. I'd been hoping to get my hands on one of the GMTs.
I love pilot watches–while I get the point about the white being more versatile, I do love the classic black dial.
I'm curious what the advantages of individual date numerals (versus a single dial with all the dates) would be on a watch that's already so large.
In short, it is more Complicated which makes it more intersting for Watch Nerds, especially the A. Lange Fan Likes his Watches to be as complicated as possible.
The Long Version:
https://www.ablogtowatch.com/watches-date-displays/
Since when is the 00XXX a thing, I only know the XXX Numbering Style ?
