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re: Watch Nerds. Glaschuttes Original?
Posted on 12/14/23 at 6:26 am to Tempratt
Posted on 12/14/23 at 6:26 am to Tempratt
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I want this
Sector dials like the Longines are coming back on trend. They were popular in the 60s (you see several on Mad Men) but the Longines is a modern interpretation of one they made in the 30's. They are sometimes called scientific or railroad dials but those really suggest different subsets of the sector dial.
Since it is a watch thread I have been doing my first rewatch of Mad Men and have been noticing watches. One thing that bugged me is in (I think) the first season Don got Betty a tiny gold watch as an apology and the watch was quartz... 9 years before they were invented. Don was a time traveler! Another TV show that bugged me was Billions, Axe's AP Royal Oak chronograph was a quartz knockoff. I knew it wasn't but I kept hoping it was a Chekhov's Gun and it actually meant something.
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Posted on 12/14/23 at 7:23 am to LSU alum wannabe
The senator sixties is a really cool piece. Too bad I have oodles of house and boat issues to spend money on right now...
Posted on 12/14/23 at 7:52 am to Obtuse1
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Don got Betty a tiny gold watch as an apology and the watch was quartz... 9 years before they were invented
Wow. That’s bad. That show was pretty meticulous. I don’t recall the scene.
Posted on 12/14/23 at 7:56 am to LSU alum wannabe
Stallone movies (Rambo) with Panerai watches annoy me. John Rambo living off the land eating what “would make a Billy goat puke” would be more practical. At most splurging on a decent G-Shock the brand cops wear all the time that escapes me.
Posted on 12/14/23 at 7:57 am to Obtuse1
quote:in one post above you're advising users to try out a replica first and then in the next you act like you've never heard of the largest replica forum on the web.
had to look that up, I thought it must be some obscure watch forum, in a way I guess I was right.
#ronburgondyIdontbeliveyou
Posted on 12/14/23 at 8:03 am to LSU alum wannabe
Wasn't panerai pretty much obscure and ignored back in the 80s until Sly started pimping them hardcore?
This post was edited on 12/14/23 at 8:04 am
Posted on 12/14/23 at 8:11 am to LSU alum wannabe
They're good. What kills them for me is the awful font that they use for "PanoMaticLunar." It looks like a default Microsoft Word font
Yuck.
Yuck.
Posted on 12/14/23 at 8:13 am to NewIberiaHaircut
Sea Q is such a great looking watch. Would love to have one.
Posted on 12/14/23 at 8:13 am to CAD703X
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in one post above you're advising users to try out a replica first and then in the next you act like you've never heard of the largest replica forum on the web.
#ronburgondyIdontbeliveyou
OK, show me where I have ever suggested someone buy a fake watch.
This post was edited on 12/14/23 at 8:26 am
Posted on 12/14/23 at 9:16 am to Obtuse1
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OK, show me where I have ever suggested someone buy a fake watch.
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Tourbillons are the only complication I suggest if someone is considering buying they first buy one of the sub $1k Chinese versions to see how quickly the novelty wears off.
Posted on 12/14/23 at 9:49 am to CAD703X
To be fair to Obtuse, Seagull (and other Chinese brands) are their own thing. It's not a rep of an existing model
Posted on 12/14/23 at 9:51 am to Ingeniero
if he had said 'one of the chinese brands' instead of 'chinese version' i wouldn't have assumed he meant a knock-off of the watch in question.
Posted on 12/14/23 at 10:29 am to LSU alum wannabe
GO is legit watch geek stuff. Very reputable and not something you see every day. I'd wear one in a heartbeat.
Posted on 12/14/23 at 10:33 am to jordan21210
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Sea Q is such a great looking watch. Would love to have one.
I like them, but I wouldn't buy one.
Don't like them enough for that price.
Posted on 12/14/23 at 10:53 am to LSU alum wannabe
I have the GO pictured below: ref# 39-44-04-12-04 Senator Power Reserve Moon. I think the company puts out some fantastic watches. Part of Swatch Group since around the turn of the century. Similar to AL&S, but have more varied offerings. Very fine and very Teutonic watchmaking.
I sent this one in for servicing through DeBoulle in Dallas because the power reserve was stuck in the fully wound position and because it had not been serviced since around 2008 or so. Expecting it back soon.
I think the SeaQ is a great looking watch, but I would not be wanting to be in it at RRP. If you can pick one up around $7500, you would be pretty sound in it. I would def tell you to see what it looks like on your wrist. I think GO watches wear big in general. I think it is hard to justify any SS dive watch at that recommended retail price over a Sub, in my opinion.
I sent this one in for servicing through DeBoulle in Dallas because the power reserve was stuck in the fully wound position and because it had not been serviced since around 2008 or so. Expecting it back soon.
I think the SeaQ is a great looking watch, but I would not be wanting to be in it at RRP. If you can pick one up around $7500, you would be pretty sound in it. I would def tell you to see what it looks like on your wrist. I think GO watches wear big in general. I think it is hard to justify any SS dive watch at that recommended retail price over a Sub, in my opinion.
Posted on 12/14/23 at 11:15 am to Ingeniero
I have two qualms with the PML - 1, it wears like a thick dinner plate; and 2, it feels exceedingly derivative of the Lange 1 moonphase. Yeah, I know, the Lange 1 moonphase is significantly more expensive. But I would also venture to say it is very significantly better.
This post was edited on 12/14/23 at 11:15 am
Posted on 12/14/23 at 11:24 am to LSU alum wannabe
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Stallone movies (Rambo) with Panerai watches annoy me. John Rambo living off the land eating what “would make a Billy goat puke” would be more practical. At most splurging on a decent G-Shock the brand cops wear all the time that escapes me.
OTOH he can't just pop into town and pick up a battery if the G Shock dies.
Posted on 12/14/23 at 11:30 am to Ingeniero
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It looks like a default Microsoft Word font
Dammit now I can't unsee it
Posted on 12/14/23 at 11:40 am to Ingeniero
You’re right. That’s a MS font.
Should give you the option of which one you want.
Should give you the option of which one you want.
Posted on 12/14/23 at 1:05 pm to Jim Rockford
In fairness, Patek has used Arial font in the past.
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