Watches - another OCD problem
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some good watches at SIHH this year. the AP ultra thin perpetual calendar, platinum and titanium RO and the lange are a few of my favs..
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Limited editions seem to go one of two ways: Either they sell out immediately, and are never seen again. Or they hang around in stores for years, despite being part of a small run.
Of course, the dealer will always tell you that there's an enormous demand.
Personally, I like limited editions that aren't what's usually available from a brand. For example:
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The Jaeger Geophysic limited edition had a chronometer rated movement, and an antimagnetic case. I'm really gutted at missing out on this.
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The Chopard 8HF has an 8 Hz movement. Most watches run at 3 to 4 Hz.
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The first Zenith Type 20 Pilot Montre d'Aeronef used a vintage movement from a deck chronometer in a massively oversized case.
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The Patek Philippe 5522A is a Calatrava dressed up as a pilot's watch, and offered in a steel case.
Montblanc are offering their Minerva-based 1858 watches in limited editions of a hundred, but seem to be repeating them when one sells out. For example, they've done several chronographs, and two runs of the Rally Timer, with different colours each time. I think that it's a bit of a marketing thing, but I'll forgive them because they're lovely.
Perhaps the best approach would be if you like the watch, it offers something that the standard model doesn't, and you're OK paying the premium, then go ahead. You probably won't see your money back, but then again you don't with most timepieces!
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Here's a watch that would look great with denim: https://www.grand-seiko.jp/sbgj231/
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Lange was brought back to life by Walter Lange in the nineties, and passed away last year. To commemorate him, they produced a series of watches in precious metals, along with a unique, steel piece, pictured below, which is going to be auctioned off for a truly obscene amount of money.
Of course, the real showstopper is the movement…
The watch has a small seconds display, which runs as a sweep, and the centre seconds jumps.
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Except for all those misaligned screws.
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@JDelage the photo of the movement is from one of the white gold models. It's one of a handful of images of the back of this watch, and was a bit of a struggle to find.
@DougNg I agree with you on the Lange (and MOLLE webbing in the bags thread). It looks like your opinions are getting more popular!
@Chris hopefully a watchmaker will start aligning screws, so your OCD can get a rest.
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This is the Ulysse Nardin Diver Le Locle. It's a tasteful, cool, vintage inspired watch, with a high-tech movement at its heart. Monochrome has a write-up if you want to know more.
Somehow the same company has produced the Diver Deep Dive, which is neither tasteful nor cool. On the upside, it has sharks on the dial. Monochrome also has a write-up from SIHH, though I'm not convinced you'll want to know more. :o
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But that Diver Deep Dive is a limited edition, so it's bound to increase in value, right?
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Hodinkee are reporting on a couple of new Zenith chronographs.
First up is the Zenith Defy El Primero 21 with a Panda dial. I saw the skeletonised model a few weeks back, which I think looks better, but this one would be easier to read. I believe it's cheaper too.
There's a debate as to whether the second Zenith logo on the crystal is a sticker or not. I'm hoping it's the latter, as it looks messy in the photo.
The other is the Zenith Tipo CP-2, which is an unlimited version of the limited edition CP-2 released last year. The differences are that the new model has either an aged stainless steel or bronze case (pictured below), rather than polished steel, a display back has been added, and it's now a flyback movement.
Both pieces look good. They're pretty large watches (44 and 43 mm respectively), which has elicited comments from the peanut gallery at Hodinkee, but I like them. Of the two, I'd go for the Defy.
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That brass flyback is stunning.
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"Aged" stainless steel? C'mon Zenith, isn't the point of stainless steel that it doesn't, y'know, age?
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P.S. Zenith Jumped the shark years ago…https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_the_shark
