What watch do you wear?

tatts · 16 Mar 2015 at 16:29

Janesy B said:
Yeah it's easier to check your wrist in a meeting (happens a lot) than pull your phone out.

They say you should never meet your heroes, but after a colleague bought this 116610LV today I had to try it on.

The green sunburst dial is gorgeous. The glidelock clasp is awesome. I want one even more now, although I'd prefer a 114060 "no date" as the green is a little marmite.

Looks like all of the hands are out of sync :confused:

smokedog · 16 Mar 2015 at 16:30

Janesy B said:
Duty free prices often aren't that much cheaper, depending on wherever you are going you might be better off buying from a dealer. Especially if you're in the EU zone, seeing as the euro is shot to bits at the moment.

I can get a Sea Dweller for under £5.5k or £4.6k for a Sub at the airport.

Will Gill · 16 Mar 2015 at 17:49

tatts said:
Looks like all of the hands are out of sync

Quite agree, with 4 seconds to the minute and 4-5 minutes to the hour I would want the hands to have tracked better than that! My OCD would have taken over and forced me to fix that!

Spanker · 16 Mar 2015 at 19:25

mrk said:
Someone posted this on reddit today. Such a classy watch:

Ulysse Nardin Chocolate:
http://imgur.com/ekBIRxj

Damn that is beautiful!

SDK^ · 16 Mar 2015 at 19:51

This was just launched today - Omega Speedmaster White Side of the Moon

It's very eye catching - I quite like it

mrk · 16 Mar 2015 at 20:09

Looks a bit cheap/tacky if that's supposed to be all white :S

Skidder · 16 Mar 2015 at 20:17

I think it's quite fun.

smokedog · 16 Mar 2015 at 20:33

Skidder said:
I think it's quite fun.

Too expensive (RRP around £6k) to be a bit of fun. An all white watch is more of a fad, imagine wearing that with a suit...eccentric or fashion victim?

Janesy B · 16 Mar 2015 at 20:39

Will Gill said:
Quite agree, with 4 seconds to the minute and 4-5 minutes to the hour I would want the hands to have tracked better than that! My OCD would have taken over and forced me to fix that!

Oh god, that's annoying me now. I'll have to steal it back off him tomorrow to fix it

Skidder · 16 Mar 2015 at 20:43

smokedog said:
Too expensive (RRP around £6k) to be a bit of fun. An all white watch is more of a fad, imagine wearing that with a suit...eccentric or fashion victim?

I would think the people that would buy it would do so for an occasional wear in the summer, not for an everyday watch. I wouldn't want it, because it is too expensive for what it is.......the equivalent for me would be a gaudy g-shock or swatch in terms of something for occasional very casual wear.

covenantuk · 17 Mar 2015 at 08:13

Grey/Dark Side of the Moon are far nicer watches. White one not very wearable.

covenantuk · 17 Mar 2015 at 08:18

smokedog said:
I'm looking to pick up a no date Sub or Sea Dweller. I plan to buy it from the Airport duty free... what's the etiquette of haggling there?

In my experience airports are no longer the best place to buy anything - very few actually sell at duty free prices any more. I have heard good things about Schipol though.

Always worth haggling, but I think you'd get a better deal from an EU dealer, especially as the £ is so strong at the moment.

randomshenans · 17 Mar 2015 at 09:13

Seen the new bond watch?

http://www.omegawatches.com/press/press-release-detail/2864

I really like it

Cosimo · 17 Mar 2015 at 09:21

SDK^ said:
This was just launched today - Omega Speedmaster White Side of the Moon

It's very eye catching - I quite like it

WillyNelson · 17 Mar 2015 at 09:36

Janesy B said:

What model is that? I really like the case shape and dial colouring.

Janesy B · 17 Mar 2015 at 10:08

WillyNelson said:
What model is that? I really like the case shape and dial colouring.

SNDF87, there's a few other colours in the range but IMHO this one was the nicest.

Dr House · 17 Mar 2015 at 10:19

SDK^ said:
This was just launched today - Omega Speedmaster White Side of the Moon

It's very eye catching - I quite like it

Really cheapening the brand. The more crap omega come out with the more I think I will ditch my one.

AmDaMan · 18 Mar 2015 at 03:51

Starting to think I should get my PCL's brushed at an AD.. the purists might get wound up though.

Skidder · 18 Mar 2015 at 06:45

Dr House said:
Really cheapening the brand. The more crap omega come out with the more I think I will ditch my one.

Pretty much all the brands are producing some absolute tat these days as part of their line as tastes differ in some of their now most important markets like Russia, CIS, China, SE Asia (where taste is a little flash!) Even the likes of JLC and IWC have some clangers in there. I would enjoy what you have on your wrist and not worry about what is being designed for someone else.

mikeh501 · 18 Mar 2015 at 12:50

AmDaMan said:
Starting to think I should get my PCL's brushed at an AD.. the purists might get wound up though.

nice. i need one of these. BLNR or an older cola for me I think.