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Latest post 02-26-2012 8:30 AM by Mr10Percent. 264 replies.
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  • 03-01-2008 12:50 PM In reply to

    • camshaft
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    Re: What is your favorite watch?

    I've always had a thing for the plain old all-stainless submariner.  As a scuba diver who's had more than one watch leak I like knowing I have a piece of equipment that can get beaten and still hold up under pressure.  One of the record holding deep divers took a couple watches with him down to 1000 feet (all rated for that depth) and the submariner last one to fail.

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  • 03-01-2008 2:08 PM In reply to

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    Re: What is your favorite watch?

    IMO it is a classic and a superb watch, nice choice.

       Jonnie

  • 03-14-2008 6:09 PM In reply to

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    Re: What is your favorite watch?

    I got this one yesterday. A present from my girlfriend, did not know anything about it!

    It is a Hamilton Khaki Navy Frogman Auto Chrono.


    Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. - Berthold Auerbach

  • 03-15-2008 3:22 AM In reply to

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    Re: What is your favorite watch?

    GuyHui :

    Hi Joe,

    I really like the Tank Française Chrono watch from Cartier :

     
    Guy 

    So far I like this one best. Thanks GuyHui 

  • 03-15-2008 3:35 AM In reply to

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    Re: What is your favorite watch?

    I would like to buy a MR-G G-SHOCK for playing out in. I do like the black metal.

     

    Can anybody in Japan sell me one? 

     

  • 03-15-2008 2:50 PM In reply to

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    camshaft:

    I've always had a thing for the plain old all-stainless submariner.  As a scuba diver who's had more than one watch leak I like knowing I have a piece of equipment that can get beaten and still hold up under pressure.  One of the record holding deep divers took a couple watches with him down to 1000 feet (all rated for that depth) and the submariner last one to fail.

    Great choice, Camshaft. I'm a Rolex man myself.

    Beoworld's twenty-eighth ninth prize winner and fifty-first second prize winner. Best £30 I've ever spent!

  • 03-16-2008 10:19 AM In reply to

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    Re: What is your favorite watch?

    This is my favorite watch: The IWC Aquatimer Automatic. One day...

    Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. - Berthold Auerbach

  • 03-31-2008 9:00 AM In reply to

    Re: What is your favorite watch?

    I just bought myself a Cartier Tank Solo. At the right occasion, its simplicity is beautiful in my opinion.

  • 03-31-2008 10:48 AM In reply to

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    Re: What is your favorite watch?

     

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    *gaaargle* Unfortunatly they cost as much as a big house, and I would rather have a small house filled with B&O. Stick out tongue
     

    Beocenter 9500+Beolab Penta mk2+Avant+MX7000+Beosound Ouverture+1xBeolab 6000 :)
  • 03-31-2008 5:35 PM In reply to

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    Re: What is your favorite watch?

    I think you are a real hedonist, Henry! Yes -  thumbs up

    Oh no, you aren't, otherwise you wouldn't be an interista! Stick out tongue 

    Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. - Berthold Auerbach

  • 04-02-2008 7:04 AM In reply to

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    I should have expected such a kind comment from you Tom. Then followed by a hugely offensive (and plain silly) comment about the best football team there is.

    And of all my posts so far, this turns out to be my 1000th. Laughing

  • 04-24-2008 2:28 AM In reply to

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    Re: What is your favorite watch?

    Rolex is so chav.

    Patek any day.

  • 04-24-2008 2:38 AM In reply to

    Re: What is your favorite watch?

    ..... if you have the dollar!
  • 04-24-2008 11:11 AM In reply to

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    Agree! Luckily they don't quite do the watch I want! The Calatrava with the Roman numerals and a sweep second hand in an automatic! The closest is the 5119R - not automatic!
  • 04-24-2008 11:40 AM In reply to

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    demonell:

    Rolex is so chav.

    Patek any day.

    Not sure I agree. I looked long and hard at a minty 1970s Explorer II with the orange GMT hand at an unbelievably low price (before I bought my 70s Trans-ocean), and that is not a chavvy watch by any stretch of the imagination.

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  • 04-24-2008 12:26 PM In reply to

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    demonell:

    Rolex is so chav.

    Patek any day.

    I disagree completely. Patek has never impressed me so far. I'd rather have a chav Rolex.

    Beoworld's twenty-eighth ninth prize winner and fifty-first second prize winner. Best £30 I've ever spent!

  • 04-24-2008 12:44 PM In reply to

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    beocool:
    demonell:

    Rolex is so chav.

    Patek any day.

    I disagree completely. Patek has never impressed me so far. I'd rather have a chav Rolex.

    Either way, it wouldn't be chav on you beocool.

  • 04-24-2008 4:35 PM In reply to

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    That's a nice thought, Henry! Laughing

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  • 05-10-2008 7:30 AM In reply to

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    Re: What is your favorite watch?

    My favorite is always the last :

    before last week :

     

     

    Since 3 days :

     

    Until the next.... 

    DU BEAU, DU BON, DU BO.

  • 05-13-2008 7:49 AM In reply to

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    Re: What is your favorite watch?

    Maybe some of you can help me...

    I was at the Fondation Beyeler in Basel last week end and I have seen a really beautiful watch, white with pure lines... Classic, but with a bit of modernity... Its price was only CHF 780, which is IMHO really correct for an automatic watch with a smooth movement for the seconds (the movement was really soft, exactly what I like, maybe at 1/5th of a second)

    Unfortunately, we were in a hurry, so I did not memorise the brand. There was something like "Jungman", but I'm not sure, maybe it's only the model name... But I cannot find anything about this watch on the web. I know a lot of brands but I had never seen this one.

    If someone goes to the Fondation Beyeler soon, it may help! 

  • 05-13-2008 12:06 PM In reply to

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    mbee:

    Maybe some of you can help me...

    I was at the Fondation Beyeler in Basel last week end and I have seen a really beautiful watch, white with pure lines... Classic, but with a bit of modernity... Its price was only CHF 780, which is IMHO really correct for an automatic watch with a smooth movement for the seconds (the movement was really soft, exactly what I like, maybe at 1/5th of a second)

    Unfortunately, we were in a hurry, so I did not memorise the brand. There was something like "Jungman", but I'm not sure, maybe it's only the model name... But I cannot find anything about this watch on the web. I know a lot of brands but I had never seen this one.

    If someone goes to the Fondation Beyeler soon, it may help! 

    The only company I can think about now is Junghans.

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  • 05-13-2008 12:38 PM In reply to

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    Re: What is your favorite watch?

    Thank you Beocool, the model I was refering to could be an Attaché, but I cannot find the exact model on their site... So maybe it's a Junghans, but that would be shocking to find German Watches in an emblem of Basel!! Does the junghans have a good mechanism, and what about their price? I never heard anything of that brand...
  • 05-13-2008 12:41 PM In reply to

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    Re: What is your favorite watch?

    Re-thank you Beocool, you are a true master!!!

    It was the Max Bill Limited Edition!!! If find it really beautiful, but sadly the glass is in pexiglass (which explains the low price...)

    Here is the chronograph (CHF 2000) :

    And the less complicated one :
     

  • 05-13-2008 2:30 PM In reply to

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    Re: What is your favorite watch?

    "..which explains the low price..."

    Not necessary.

     

    if you like the style, take the original :

     

    or here :

     

     

    DU BEAU, DU BON, DU BO.

  • 05-13-2008 3:08 PM In reply to

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    Re: What is your favorite watch?

    Yes, I know it is really close to the Portugaise from IWC... But they are not playing in the same league... And I really like the purity of the Junghans, the fact that there is no number gives it a more contemporary look. If I had the opportunity to buy an IWC today, it would more be a Da Vinci...

    By the way, considering low price vs saphire glass, does anyone has an idea of the real price of a saphire glass? Maybe it's really cheap to produce!! 

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