re: TGIF Watch thread

page 48 killed my PC

talk about watch porn!

Posting my Tudor Black Bay 58 again—this time on a tropic strap

sad thing is i just realized its not friday today this is what happens when your entire week is screwed up from tornados and flooding.

i love watches and i appreciate every one posted in this thread regardless of 'status'.

i'm going back to bed

Aquaracer 500m. Saved up slinging drinks in Tigerland to get this as my first “real” watch. It doesn’t make its way into the rotation much anymore but I’ve been digging the ceramic bezel lately.

W&W was a hit for VC, they brought some incredible pieces, Patek as close behind.

JLC built some great watches but the prices have become somewhat ambitious.

I really like the Chopard Alpine Eagle with the 8hz movement it gave me a little of the VC Overseas Everest vibe which is a watch I covet.

Tudor nor Rolex gave me anything I wanted but a couple did pique my interest. The Land-Dweller is interesting. If they seed the catalog with dials like they do with the DJ and DD I probably will get sucked in at some point I am just not a huge fan of motif dials.

W&W feels a little bit off its center without Swatch Group joining in. AP and Breitling feel odd as well. COVID killed Basel but it was eaten up with comorbidities before that. It just gave the companies a easy opportunity to euthanize it, I imagine the Basel World organizers saw it as murder though.

So Basel was exciting intellectually with all the haut pieces and also exciting for my wallet because despite a lot of interesting watches nothing snuck in and style my credit card. That leaves the lone two watches on my high interest list, the Tudor Famingo Blue Chrono and the Omega no date SMP with the steel dial and aluminum bezel. Shhhh don't tell my wallet that I do love the Patek 6196 which I think, channeling Nico Leonard, is pure class.






UN Maxi Marine Diver

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Obtuse, what’s your take on potential for reduced dimensions on the BB Pro?

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I thought maybe that was coming, but now I'd be surprised as this was the oportunity for that as Tudor have demonstrated they can put a GMT in a more svelte case as with the BB58 GMT ("Coke"). The BB Pro is almost a full 2 mm (14.6 mm to 12.8 mm) thicker, which to me is disappointing. So they now have a black dial version and a version that plays white with the Opaline, so that makes me think a thinner one is not coming.

I know you wanted Obtuse, but had to add my .02.

Mini GSAR on olive nato

I'm liking the nato wayyyy more than I thought i would

Thanks for the input fellas! Knowing my luck I’d snag the Opaline and they’d roll out a thinner Pro in ‘26. It’s certainly still very intriguing.

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Federico talks tariffs

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Just once I want him to say that Delray Watch got X watch in and it isn't the cheapest one for sale.


Marc (Long Island Watch) has made a couple of interesting videos on tariffs and how it will impact his business. Kinda interesting because he uses actual numbers from actual watch orders.

I just finished a flurry of movement, lubricant, parts, and tool orders that hopefully will tide me over until this all gets worked out but I am sure I missed something. I have some custom straps I plan to order from Vietnam ("my guy" does great work with weird creatures like toad and beaver tail) but as long as the de minimus stands for Vietnam, I will be basically be unscathed.