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.

  • wagglenews@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago
    1. Amazing watch
    2. What a strap choice, works perfectly to liven things up
    3. The only thing I don’t love about that watch is the dial text. Part of is any text, part of it is the poor font choice, part of it is that having ‘GANGRESERVEAUHSFARTEN’ on the dial - no German swear words needed. To be honest, this has been a dealbreaker for me so far.
    • Lancaster-PA@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I’m embarrassed to say but it’s a Hodinkee strap. Haven’t been able find the color otherwise.

      Fair enough about font. Could have been printed in a grey slightly lighter than dial. No need to draw so much attention to it.

      My one beef with the watch is that GO does not sell parts. They are the only ones that can service it because of this, hence the $750 service price. To that I say, fuck you, I’ll make the replacement parts if I have to.

      • wagglenews@alien.topBEnglish
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        11 months ago

        I think you take the look and don’t worry about the hodinkee heritage, it’s basically perfect (and I’m sure there are at least a few more, would love to see it on a light grey suede).

        Yeah I think there are numerous things they could do to soften it or improve it, and hope they do. Seems to be a glaring design error IMO, I’m surprised it seems to stick around.

        And service certainly is a bullet, hop you can dodge it.

        But enough about the bad, it’s a gorgeous piece and you have made it better. Enjoy!