Or, everything else should cost less. Here is my glashutte original panoreserve. I love it. I have known about GO for awhile but hadn’t really looked at it as an option. Last year I went to Watch Time NYC and they had a booth there.

First, quality was nuts. Seeing it person they’re so much nicer than what pics portray. Most impressive watches there for price I saw.

Second, everyone was so friendly and non judgmental. By comparison the guy at Breguet booth was such a pretentious douche bag it’s put me off the brand a bit.

Anyway, went and bought my own shortly after. I put a sickly mint strap that gets dirtier and more moody looking everyday, just the way I like. It’s manual wind and I like that I get to spend 15 seconds winding it everyday I wear it.

  • oldanddontcare@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    It looks like it would cost waaaay more than a Rolex Sub, but it costs about the same.

    Congratulations on not falling into the Rolex cult!

    • CorkyBingBong@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Lovely! If I had to nitpick I’d wish they didn’t put the “Adjusted to 5 positions” on the back so prominently. They could tell me their internal processes in a manual or on a certificate or something.

      • Yodaatc@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        I do agree with that about the excess verbiage on the case back. It could be less than what it currently has, but it isn’t too bad. I can’t stand the case back of the Grand Seiko Shunbun because of that stupid printed logo! Now, that’s too much as I want to see the movement!

    • Merakel@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Do you have any pics showing how thick the watch is? I really love the face, but I like my watches to be super thin.

    • cmay7637@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Beautiful watch and a fantastic strap choice! The grey-ish tones in the mint really compliment the dial colour.

    • Lancaster-PA@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Yeah, title is terrible. Didn’t mean to make it sounds like that’s what I want. Meant more that other companies are insane compared to how well made this is for price. But yeah, agree

  • mrbkkt1@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I absolutely loved and wanted this watch, until I saw one in person (at least, the panolunar version) That thing is a THICK boi. face on it looks amazing, 3/4 side view, turned me off. too much slab slided ness. Still, I’d buy one at a discount, but not G/O AD near me.

    • 1_small_step@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Panoreserve is thinner than the panomatic lunar, maybe because it’s hand wind instead of auto. This model doesn’t feel like a slab.

      • mrbkkt1@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        yeah, that’s why i posted the panolunar in parenthesis. TBH, I wouldn’t be interested in the reserve.

      • Feezbull@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        GO watches somehow tend to be a little on the thicker side I realised actually.

    • Merakel@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      You could always just go for a Lange 1. Very similar look, not nearly as thick for like 5x the price lol.

      • mrbkkt1@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Yeah, the lange stuff is cool. But if I’m spending that much money, it better be for a Patek, or some other Holy Trinity piece.

        • Merakel@alien.topBEnglish
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          1 year ago

          I’ve never heard someone say a lange isn’t part of the Holy Trinity haha

          • mrbkkt1@alien.topBEnglish
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            1 year ago

            Holy trinity is Patek, AP, and VC.
            Although ALS is up there in finishing, and Rolex probably sells more than all 4 of them combined.

            • Merakel@alien.topBEnglish
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              1 year ago

              TIL. I’d never heard of that term before. I would have assumed something like FPJ or ALS are considered higher end than those brands.

    • chavezlaw78@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Maybe in used to sports watches but 12mm isn’t thick? Do people think the Daytona is thick? Because it’s only 0.1mm thinner than this.

  • Sasquatchii@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I have the 39.5 SeaQ, very happy with it. I think they’re priced well, and others are priced poorly 👍

      • Sasquatchii@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        I said the same thing for almost 2 years, finally I said F it. Glad I did! I actually really enjoy the engraved case back, much more interesting than my Rolexes.

    • -ceoz@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      And around 8k on Chrono24 in minty condition, hoping they stay there

      • Yussso@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        I’m not used to watch prices, isn’t that a lot of depreciation from retail price? Especially that it’s still in minty condition.

        • -ceoz@alien.topBEnglish
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          1 year ago

          It’s not depreciation but rather what they are worth to the market new in the first place (like a discounted price) They are a bit underrated but aesthetically and quality wise they have all the elements of a well liked piece and my bet is they will actually appreciate over time.

          Therefore I think it’s a good time to get one while they don’t become stupidly overpriced.

        • md___2020@alien.topBEnglish
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          1 year ago

          The vast majority of watches are like cars - massive depreciation as soon as they are unboxed. The only watches that don’t depreciate like this are those that are not readily available at retail (mainly Rolexes and the Patek and AP sports models).

        • eyaf1@alien.topBEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Why would an used, and frankly overpriced at the beginning, object hold it’s value well?

    • klanny@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      For 10 grand, they need to sort out their font choices. Why have 4/5 different fonts on one dial I can’t stand it

    • DarthNutsack@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      What in tf. I thought it would be reasonable. I wouldn’t be able to eat for like an entire year. Thanks a lot inflation.

  • WHB9659@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    This is mind blowing how beautiful it is. Love the strap combination. I’ll need to adopt this pairing somehow.

  • making_ideas_happen@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    These are stunning BUT I feel like the lack of precision would drive me absolutely insane.

    Honest question: how does it not annoy the everliving fuck out of you that you can’t tell what time it is between xx:23–xx:26 xx:34–xx:37 of every hour? It seems so counterintuitive to me that the watch is made with such precision yet you can’t simply tell what time it is when looking at it.

    I really love a lot of what GO is doing. I wish this design didn’t bug me so much.

    • Lancaster-PA@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Indexes are all marked around dial, I’ve never had a hard time reading what time it is 🤷‍♂️

      Out of the box it is running less than -1/+1 in five positions, seems very accurate to me.

      • making_ideas_happen@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        P.S.

        accurate

        When I said “precision” above, I meant precision in reading the dial, not the movement! Obviously G.O. kicks ass all over most other makers technically.

    • Inevitable-Studio497@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      The printing is still there for the hour markers? Am I missing something on why you wouldn’t be able to tell the time when it gets to the bottom sub dial?

      • StanS2@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        I think some of the hours markers are just burned out by the reflections which is why you can’t see them in that pic. They can be seen in the other pic posted.

      • making_ideas_happen@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Am I missing something

        Yes. It appears that the 15- and 45-second markers for the subdial are around where the 5- and 7-hours indexes (25- and 35-minute markers) would be, but they’re not. They’re somewhere around roughly 24 1/2 and 35 1/2 minutes and they completely obliterate the spacing of the minutes. It drives me batty when everything else about the watch is super precise.