What watch do you wear?

Raymond Lin · 26 Sep 2013 at 19:53

DanielMMS said:
This is the kind of person you would need.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24141997

There's an article about his protégé somewhere but I can't find it.

Now I would totally get it if someone pays 6 figures+ for one of his original pieces.

dowie · 26 Sep 2013 at 20:34

Raymond Lin said:
Now I would totally get it if someone pays 6 figures+ for one of his original pieces.

eh?

not so long ago you were arguing against spending 10k?

I even gave an example of fairly unique hand made watches at that price range....

I reckon in a few years we can re-visit this thread and we'll find you splashing out on all sorts of watches

DanielMMS · 27 Sep 2013 at 08:59

This is the article with a short clip I was looking for from only a couple of days ago. The protege / apprentice was Roger W Smith whose website is here. It would be absolutely amazing to commission a one-off piece. Incredible!

randomshenans · 27 Sep 2013 at 09:07

Wonder how much...

DanielMMS · 27 Sep 2013 at 09:12

Each of the watches - prices for which start at £95,000 - takes more than six months for a single watchmaker to create by hand.

START at £95,000... ouch. :eek:

randomshenans · 27 Sep 2013 at 09:13

Ho.Ly. Cow! Jesus, taken a back slightly by that haha

For some reason I feel the urge to create such a G shock collection (I currently have none).

They're fun, though unsure when I'd wear them. Probably skiing a lot.

Skidder · 27 Sep 2013 at 09:15

DanielMMS said:
This is the kind of person you would need.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24141997

There's an article about his protégé somewhere but I can't find it.

I have a signed copy of George Daniels book that he gave to me only a few months before he died. He was good friends with my godfather who knew I was into (extremely rudimentary by comparison) watchmaking. The book was out of print and he gave me one of his own copies. Very much a treasured possession for me.

Skidder · 27 Sep 2013 at 09:16

randomshenans said:
Ho.Ly. Cow! Jesus, taken a back slightly by that haha

For some reason I feel the urge to create such a G shock collection (I currently have none).

They're fun, though unsure when I'd wear them. Probably skiing a lot.

riseman would be good for skiing as has altitude (having said that I have a sunto with altitude I bought for snowboarding and never use)

mrk · 27 Sep 2013 at 09:16

DanielMMS said:
This is the article with a short clip I was looking for from only a couple of days ago. The protege / apprentice was Roger W Smith whose website is here. It would be absolutely amazing to commission a one-off piece. Incredible!

Saved for the day that I may be rolling in it

Cosimo · 27 Sep 2013 at 09:26

DanielMMS said:
START at £95,000... ouch.

For people buying something like that it will just be pocket money.

randomshenans · 27 Sep 2013 at 09:52

Just ordered 2.

lol

Cosimo · 27 Sep 2013 at 10:05

randomshenans said:
Just ordered 2.

lol

I guess you've been to the Swatch store.

randomshenans · 27 Sep 2013 at 10:12

Oh, I thought we were still talking G Shocks... hahaha

randomshenans · 27 Sep 2013 at 10:14

On a side note, there is a monumentally lovely PAM 127 Fiddy for sale. I am aching for a PAM. WHY SO MUCH!?

panthro · 27 Sep 2013 at 10:18

Skidder said:
I have a signed copy of George Daniels book that he gave to me only a few months before he died. He was good friends with my godfather who knew I was into (extremely rudimentary by comparison) watchmaking. The book was out of print and he gave me one of his own copies. Very much a treasured possession for me.

Awesome, what a great gift from the man himself.

randomshenans · 27 Sep 2013 at 10:31

Skidder said:
riseman would be good for skiing as has altitude (having said that I have a sunto with altitude I bought for snowboarding and never use)

*googles*

That's a fantastic gift. Priceless as well as a great bit of horology history right there.

djcj · 27 Sep 2013 at 15:43

I'm in Egypt on holiday at the moment and was very tempted to buy a fake omega last night as it looked very good. Not sure I can bring myself to buy a fake though

mrk · 27 Sep 2013 at 15:56

I'm with a few others on the fake debate
If you have a a genuine piece then getting a replica for those nights out on the town or whatever is perfectly fine.

nam · 27 Sep 2013 at 16:09

i have found it around 60 times, don't believe it got any more stiffer to wind, just the normal resistance. Should there be a strong resistance ?

I will see how long it last's now..

mrk said:
Aye remember to unscrew it and it naturally pops out into hand wind mode.

smokedog · 27 Sep 2013 at 23:40

randomshenans said:
On a side note, there is a monumentally lovely PAM 127 Fiddy for sale. I am aching for a PAM. WHY SO MUCH!?

The Pam 127 is absolutely gorgeous, wish I had a spare 15k to buy one.