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1 year agoVaucher and Schwarz-etienne come to mind, for a bit higher end stuff
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It’s a very bad fake. Here’s how an actual A Lange und Söhne chronograph perpetual calender looks like:
You can immediately see the colossal difference in quality. But if you want to be sure just look at the movement and then Google how an ALS movement looks like. You’ll immediately see the difference. No to mention particular watch had a price of about 300k€. Is your uncle in the habit of such giving gifts?
Are you blooking for a particular style (dress, sports, diver, etc) and do you have a preference towards movement (quartz, auto, manual)?
The new longines conquest would get my vote. Versatile enough for most occasions, 100m WR and solid movement.
And is there a “more famous” watch that this Gevril is based on?
Probably the Franck Mueller long Island. It’s not an exact copy but the numerals are similar to FMs signature look. The case shape and espicially the lugs are a close match.
Seiko has made a couple of tank style watches that could be an option. The SWR053P1/SWR054P1 or the sup250p1 for example.
Jomashop is currently running their pre-black friday discount. Though I’m not sure eif that is applied to their hydroconquest or if they’re just on regular discount.
RGM could be a possibility. They’ve made custom pocket watches before.
Epos makes pocket watches as well. But I think they might be pretty much the definition of what you don’t like. As they’re mostly skeletonized and/or have have a see through caseback.
Aside from that they only other brands that come to mind are the likes of Patek, Vacheron and Bovet. Not exactly affordable.
There’s no way I’d pay 20k for a ming but I’m not surprised at the price tag. With a title like “worlds lightest watch” I expected a number like that.
Huge credit to schwarz etinne as well. They’ve been producing amazing movements for a long time. Also goes to show that “in-house” isn’t always the end-all be-all.
I’d recommend also posting in r/rolex. There are some pretty knowledgable people in there, when it comes to vintage and rarer/niches models.
What’s your budget?
Breguet has the 3795, which includes a perpetual calender and tourbillion. They also have a double tourbillon, the 5345.
Cartier has the Rotonde de Cartier Grande Complication Skeleton. Which includes a flying tourbillon, a perpetual calender and a minute repeater. They also have a version with chrono instead of the minute repeater.
Absolutely, it’s one of the very gold-bracelet watches I really like as well. The gold and red are beautiful together. It’s just citizens release philosophy that I find really annoying.
Most of their high end watches are only released in Japan. I’d love to own one of their cal. 0100 models but importing from japan without ever seeing the watch in person is just way to risky for me at that price range. GS is extremely popular, so their is clearly a market for high end HAQ watches. Same thing for the tsuyosa. It was only released in the US this year, even though it has been available here in europe for a while and evene longer. And it became an dimmediate hit at release, which really wasn’t surprising. It will probably take a while until the newer tsuyosa models, like this one, are available everywhere as well.
I’m sure there’s a strategy behind it but so many people think of citizen as just a mall brand. Because they’re never able to see some of their amazing watches.
What’s your budget and what style of watch (sport/dress/etc) are you looking for?
The citizen tsuyosa has a model in gold with gradient red dial, the NJ0153-82X. However, it has only been released in a limited number of countries. You’d have to see if it’s available in new zealand. I’ve seen it on a couple of new zealand websites but I’ve no idea which ones are reputable and which aren’t.
What’s your budget?
inexpensive quartz wall clocks from IKEA, so it’s clearly possible.
Not sure if you’ve noticed but those tend to be quite a bit larger than the average watch. So putting a normal sized battery in them isn’t much of a challenge. Which means power isn’t much of a concern. It’s also vastly easier to change batteries in a wall clock, compared to a watch.
Not all of their models. Thanks to a post on here I’ve been really intrigued by their H2 hafenmeister (klassik) and it’s 4,5-5k€. Depending on EU/non-EU and standard or Premium-Package.
Props for actually writing about the watch thos time. But you might want to dial down the enthusiasm a bit. It’s a bit difficult to take serious.
Tissot’s Powermatic 80 models would be the first that come to mind. Although new, you’re still looking at ~600-1.2k depending on the model (excluding the 18k gold line). You can get them for less if you go pre-owned or grey-market.
A mlre specifc budget would be helpful.