What watch do you wear?

mrk · 6 Feb 2014 at 22:07

That is nice, 44mm?

smokedog · 6 Feb 2014 at 22:26

alexisonfire said:
A quick one of my daily watch (and cheapest). Funnily enough I get the most compliments wearing this one!

Nice IWC pilot, wish my cheapest watch was £5k

Cyrus · 7 Feb 2014 at 06:32

smokedog said:
Nice IWC pilot, wish my cheapest watch was £5k

Don't think you'd get a iwc top gun for 5k

But it's a parnis so I'm guessing 80 or so

Cosimo · 7 Feb 2014 at 07:39

Kobi said:
That is quite a nice watch, what is it?

Also, nice name, even better band!

Parnis IWC Top Gun Chronograph Homage:

http://forums.watchuseek.com/f71/parnis-iwc-top-gun-chronograph-homage-full-review-657763.html

craptakular · 7 Feb 2014 at 07:50

mrk said:
Sweet always liked that floating case look with the strap going below the case as seen on the Xetum watches. I think more pics required regardless of photo skills!

I will get more photos in real life when my parents return the watch to me in a couple of weeks.

JGBR · 7 Feb 2014 at 07:51

Watches are sooo 20th Century for day to day. Have something awesome for occasions, rest of the time, bin them.

Soundood · 7 Feb 2014 at 09:40

JGBR said:
Watches are sooo 20th Century for day to day. Have something awesome for occasions, rest of the time, bin them.

thanks for that, noted and duly forgotten.

mrk · 7 Feb 2014 at 10:14

craptakular said:
I will get more photos in real life when my parents return the watch to me in a couple of weeks.

Thanks!

Metallifux · 7 Feb 2014 at 10:48

JGBR said:
Watches are sooo 20th Century for day to day. Have something awesome for occasions, rest of the time, bin them.

Wow such insight, please grace us with more in a watch thread.

SDK^ · 7 Feb 2014 at 11:31

JGBR said:
Watches are sooo 20th Century for day to day. Have something awesome for occasions, rest of the time, bin them.

Just like motor vehicles - I use jet packs and hover boards to get around now.

GeezerButler · 7 Feb 2014 at 11:52

Just ordered a Citizen Altichron from Creation. There is a Valentine's Day sale on. This watch was listed at £591 - just picked it up in the sale for £302 shipped.

Sale page here in case anyone's interested:

http://www.creationwatches.com/products/valentines-sale-268/

{SAS}TB · 7 Feb 2014 at 12:34

soundood said:
thanks for that, noted and duly forgotten.

Metallifux said:
Wow such insight, please grace us with more in a watch thread.

Basher · 7 Feb 2014 at 13:50

Probably going to sell my Kemmner, will pop it into the MM over the weekend I think.

alexisonfire · 7 Feb 2014 at 21:22

As already said, its the Parnis topgun pilot. It's not a fake, the company make homages to well known watch designs and aren't marketed as being copies either. Great watches for the money. I've just ordered another Parnis so will post photos when it arrives

Have a photo of my seiko SMY on a james bond nato for now

mrk · 7 Feb 2014 at 21:29

It's only true James Bond if it's in the correct colour (stripes) and 1mm smaller than the lug to lug width for maximum authenticity

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Nice combination

mikeh501 · 7 Feb 2014 at 21:41

alexisonfire said:
As already said, its the Parnis topgun pilot. It's not a fake, the company make homages to well known watch designs and aren't marketed as being copies either. Great watches for the money. I've just ordered another Parnis so will post photos when it arrives

Have a photo of my seiko SMY on a james bond nato for now

I know it's a grey area, but it's about close to fake as it's possible to be without using the IWC logo. Bet it rolled off the same Chinese production line as the fake ones. A good homage like those from steinhart or cw are original designs but with design cues from famous brands not just a straight copy. I think there is a world of difference.

My 2 cents ymmv.

Love the seiko btw, and your photography.

alexisonfire · 7 Feb 2014 at 21:42

mrk said:
It's only true James Bond if it's in the correct colour (stripes) and 1mm smaller than the lug to lug width for maximum authenticity

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Nice combination

Ha, i was going to get a smaller strap for that very reason, but couldn't bring myself to having the gap! I need to wear the strap for a few more years to get the proper colour

The flash makes it look much cleaner than it looks though

alexisonfire · 7 Feb 2014 at 21:49

mikeh501 said:
I know it's a grey area, but it's about close to fake as it's possible to be without using the IWC logo. Bet it rolled off the same Chinese production line as the fake ones. A good homage like those from steinhart or cw are original designs but with design cues from famous brands not just a straight copy. I think there is a world of difference.

My 2 cents ymmv.

I agree, a very grey area, as im 50/50, for and against your argument. Half of me thinks its blatantly a copy without the branding, but then the other half of me thinks its just a very similar design made by another company.

Is my seiko above a fake of the real deal below?

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The question comes down to where do you draw the line, in my opinion that line is when a homage/fake/copy is being sold as something its not.

mikeh501 said:
Love the seiko btw, and your photography.

Thank you

SDK^ · 7 Feb 2014 at 21:54

alexisonfire said:
Is my seiko above a fake of the real deal below?
D

Apart from the face colour, the Seiko is completely different. The Parnis copy however is pretty much identical, even down to the red jet on the chronograph hand.

alexisonfire · 7 Feb 2014 at 22:02

I don't think the Parnis is any less different to the IWC than the Seiko to the Rolex. They both have small differences. The main difference between the seiko/rolex is the bezel.

http://www.watchcentre.com/lg_images/IWC-Black-Ceramic-Doppel-Chronograph-Top-Gun-B-P-IW379901[2].jpg[img]

[img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7379/12350559363_4eb4572bd1_c.jpg

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