What watch are you wearing today?

THAT IS ONE HOT WATCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



JIM

 

Now that's more in my price-range!

 

today - Maurice Lacroix calendar cronograph
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Today - it's this one for a change
Nathan
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That is beautiful, Rijk. How old?

Typical architect...car and watch junkie, as I am.

Andy,

I've seen the Stauer watches advertised and while I like the styling of a lot of them, I'm willing to bet the mechanical automatic movements keep lousy time.

Reason: I bought an "CTI" auto-day-date watch off ebay for about $50 including shipping...retail price tag in the box is $250. It's a very stylish watch and I wear it all the time, but it loses a couple of minutes a day. I'm sure the mechanical movements are mass-produced in China.

Advice: For a hundred bucks, stick to quartz. Ebay's good place to find a deal.

Regarding your profile, at age 13-14 I mowed lawns as well, and had a classy watch on layaway at a local jewelry store...big day when I finally got it. Forget the brand now but they were all mechanical and American or Swiss made back then.

 

Anyone watch Shopathometv.com? They have a cable show also. Lots of very cool watches, many of which I am not familiar with...but very cool mechanical watches, dirt cheap. The site also has Omegas, Gucci, etc, 30-40% off list. They have some solviet watches, etc also.

Definitely not investment or heirloom quality, but cool watches nonetheless. Check out the site. One of the watches they push is a Gevril...anyone know anything about it?

 

Scott,

I've been longing for this watch for a long time, but just decided that it was toooooo expensive. On the other hand the exchange rate with the Euro makes that watches that are already in the US right now, are half price compared to the watches currently produced in Germany.

So, taking that into account, it is a good time to buy. Next years batch will go up to the Euro prices.

I was going to settle for the standard Lange 1 gold version, but my wife talked me into this one. She said that every time I would look at the watch, I would think it was great, but at the same time, I would wish I had the Grand Lange 1. My resistance was fierce, but only brief, and I'm happy I caved in.......

At least it is the last watch I will ever buy. There is NO watch on the market that I would rather have, so in the long run, it might be cost effective?

 

Rijk,

I didn't realize it was a new watch...maybe the digital photo gave it a little "patina"?

Absolutely beautiful, and I agree, if you're going to buy the watch of a lifetime, superb choice and the money really doesn't matter. Definitely cost effective in that perspective...and getting a good deal doesn't hurt either!

 

Certina 1888 DS Podium

 

NONE

 

Wow.... I rarely look in on this thread (though am a bit of a collector myself), but I just had to say, that is a *MAGNIFICENT* Patek.... Just WOW.

 

wow...

 

Nice Patek Sky Moon, but a replica...

 

50th anniv submariner

 

Thanks for the sense of direction Scott!

As pathetic as this might sound, I always program my watches to the school time, and of course, after about a day or two, I'm 3-4 seconds off. Its very annoying. Right now I have a Relic with like moving lightning bolts in the background which I got for like 130$. Citizen watches and Swiss Army has caught my attention, but I'll definetly keep my eye out for the Quartz!

 

My Panerai Pam 64
"La Bomba"
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The price of a mechanical watch has nothing to do with its timekeeping ability.

A $100 mechanical Swatch keeps time as well as any Patek, Lange, Audemars, or Vacheron.

 

I have my Lange & Sohne now almost two weeks, and I still don't need to adjust the watch. Amazing. I've never had such a precise watch.

 

always has to be the breitling hercules!

 

YES ! for me today too !
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Rolex Submariner (5513) - Great watch and yes, I do use it when I dive. It has been with me at many unique underwater venues around the world. Never had any trouble with it and it still looks basically brand new.
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I just took my Omega Speedmaster off and put on my Swatch. The Omega is going back to the shop for repairs. It ran fine for 15 years then started losing 5 minutes a day so I took it in for repairs, they did a clean , oil and adjustment when I got it back I noticed I couldn't read the dates anymore but since my eyesight is going I thought it was me then I looked with my glasses on and realized the numbers were no longer there on the date wheel. so I brought it back the watchmaker apologized and fixed it, six months later I went swimming with the watch and it leaked so new seals at the crown and buttons. Now after getting it back 2 months ago it is stopping at 11:30 or midnight everynight and the hands fell off the bottom dial. I spoke to another watchmaker who said that it should have been sent back to Omega the first time. Does anyone have any experience with these? My last conversation questioned the watchmakers competency with Omegas the jewelry store assured me he is well known in the area and is very good at what he does. I told them he may be good at fixing Rolex but bassed on this watch he doesn't seem to know jack about Omega and I wish they would have told me that up front.

 

They are in Louisiana. And I am with the watch in Nova Scotia right now so I will have to send the watch to my wife in Louisiana and let her see what they intend to do. Right now I think they either need to send it to Omega at their expense or let me pick out at watch equal to the value of what I have spent with them "repairing" this Omega. Right now it's at aboyt $900.. ($575 for the clean , oil and adjustment and $335 for the new seals) Does this seem like a reasonable request? Also I was told by another watchmaker the seals on the crown and buttons should have beenchanged as part of the Clean oil and adjustment service. Does that sound right?