Watches - another OCD problem

[Snowy]

Unintentional IWC shot from Mrs Snowy. Still love this watch very very much!

[grandmasterben]

Super nice…what's the shirt?

[Snowy]

@grandmasterben it's my 3rd attempt @ a FH Western Denim; 7002 40W (I've had 42W, 42WR previously. Been at least a year trying to sort this)

[grandmasterben]

Lol… It looks good. Is this one a keeper?

[Snowy]

It's not IH33, that's for sure. Slowly wearing to figure out. The whole tapered waist thing may do my head in.

[Graeme]

It's a lovely watch @Snowy. And you picked it up at a good time.

I like the Flat Head fit, but it is weird. I'm just gutted that most of their shirts don't come up big enough for me.

[Snowy]

@Graeme:

It's a lovely watch @Snowy. And you picked it up at a good time.

Did very well on the timing there, thanks for the nudge. Between AUD dropping and the Franc going sky high, no way could I buy it now!

[Giles]

Back with a new movement…

Surplus to requirements if anyone is interested…..

[Graeme]

I'm looking at offloading my Breitling too at the minute. Seems to be a trend there.

(If anyone's interested it's an Avenger Seawolf in titanium.)

Waiting to hear back from Watches of Knightsbridge. They've got a sale coming up in June or July, so might enter it for that.

I seem to have been responsible for nudging both @Snowy and @ddtrash in the direction of new purchases. That probably makes me a worse influence than @Giles, or at least a more expensive one. Still not got myself a new piece yet, though!

[tigerpac]

@Graeme

Well we're here to help however we can

[Flash]

love this watch , was concidering saving for a tudor sub but since i only really wear a watch on the weekends ( would be ruined in work ) im backing away from the idea

[irishexpat]

First automatic is showing up on Wednesday - a Seiko SKX-007. I'm pretty pumped.

[Graeme]

@tigerpac We're all enablers around here!

There seems to be a certain amount of debate about the new Patek 5524G, which was unveiled at Basel, and Hodinkee published a few viewpoints from watch experts.

I like the design, but it's a bit close to the Zenith Type 20 in style. A few people commented that if it'd looked more like the prototypes that Patek produced in the Thirties then it'd have been more attractive. I'm inclined to agree.

But William Massena reckons they missed an opportunity.

Patek Philippe could have seized this historical context to create a travel watch that not only appealed to the Porsche SUV crowd, but also appealed to the watch nerd eager for a large, high grade chronometer movement in an aviator watch. Patek Philippe could have easily fitted its pilot watch with the 17 ligne caliber 1-17''' that it currently uses in its pocket watch reference 973, and regulate the movement to a high chronometer tolerance.

I like the way he thinks. The Zenith Type 20 (below) runs a chronometer grade movement from a deck watch, and that makes it a much more interesting piece than the Patek.

[Giles]

Bollocks, I still like it…..

[Graeme]

So do I, but I think that they missed a trick, and I can think of two or three pieces that I'd much prefer.

[Anesthetist]

It should also have been done in stainless! Personally, I like it but would buy a Calatrava far before this piece.

[tigerpac]

Yeah, not a fan of pilot (or kinda a pilot) Patek, at least in pictures.  Could change after seeing it in the metal.

[mclaincausey]

Love the look, less enthused about the execution.

[Chris]

I think it's a bit meh.  Raiding their older designs and using a different movement could have made for a much cooler watch.  As is, it's not even in my Patek Top 10.

[Giles]

@Chris:

it's not even in my Patek Top 10.

Nor mine, but I still want one…..