I have one and it feels more like a toy than a proper watch. It’s like one of those fandom figures, only this is for watch enthusiasts that love the Speedmaster. If you see it that way and collect them, display them, and occasionally wear them, then they are a great option. If you mean to use the watch as a regular wear or even main watch, then I would not recommend this watch due to durability and reliability.
This reminded me of the old dress Seamaster tagline ‘for town, sea and country’.
My collection reflects my outfits options. I have 6 capsule wardrobe sets, and I have 6 watches to match those outfits. It sounds like a lot, but 4 of those are seasonal, so only 3 wardrobe is active at a time and that means only 3 watches are active at once.
I intend to double the watch count so that I have one luxury watch that I like and one obscure watch that I can wear anywhere without compromising my safety. I started with the latter first since that’s the more affordable part of the collection, and I will be adding more luxury part of the collection in the years to come.
Heavily depends on what the rest of the collection looks like and what I need in the collection.
But if I had create a one watch collection or a daily watch to hold down the fort as I start a collection, I would probably go with Longines Zulu GMT 39mm or Longines Legend Diver 39mm. The Longines Conquest(2023 model) is definitely a good option as well, but I use the timer bezel near daily so this didn’t make my personal list because of this. If I wanted something a little more stylish and fitting for smart casual outfits, then I’d consider something from Nomos.
I think ETA and Sellita makes great movements and I have no problem with the luxury company uses these. But the pricing should reflect that. I think this is common sentiment.
I’ll throw in a new idea. I think ETA and Sellita should make a higher than COSC level movement. Create a luxury class movement with luxury level decoration, higher accuracy, increase power reserve, and etc. Have the companies that wants to charge more than 3k(due to higher level of detail and finishing on the rest of the watch), use these luxury grade movements instead of current level of movements.
Probably the light reflecting on the crystal, but it looks a little foggy in the crystal? If it is foggy then that’s water and you might have to get the watch checked out. If it’s just light then ignore me.
Except for few specific watches, most watches will fly under the radar for most people in my area. So I don’t worry about it and generally wear what I like.
But I do recognize there are situations where I don’t want to be wearing something too nice due because of safety concern or message it might send. I have more affordable watches or obscure vintage watches in the collection for this purpose.
Additionally, I don’t like things to remind me of work during off hours, so I have a separate watch to be worn for work. If your clients are the type to recognize watches, then maybe have one appropriate watch be your work watch. The rest of your collection could be worn after work and off days when you really live your life.
I don’t think there is a Burgundy BB58, and you might have meant the Burgundy full size Black Bay dive watch. While I’m not a hater of that color way, I can understand not liking it.
It looks so good, and the new arrow hands would tie the Seamaster family(Seamaster Pro, Aqua Terra, Seamaster heritage, and Planet Ocean) together. It would be the shared trait that can be seen across the board.
I was a hater, and I even didn’t like in the store on wrist at first. BUT I gave it a second chance on wrist months later, and it kind of won me over. I still had my reservation, but I decided to give it try with plans to sell it once honeymoon period was over. A year and half later, I hate that I love it and it’s part of my permanent collection now.
I think the big hurdle was to see past the integrated watch hype and the idea that PRX is a budget option for that category. Once I started seeing the watch as its own thing without the hype baggage I started to like it much more. It’s an automatic sports watch that wears thinner than it should, catches light beautifully, and has the specs to handle daily wear.
NATO detract from clean and polished look of the watch and makes the watch look cheap. The latter point I never really realized until seeing Teddy Baldassarre’s video of non-watch people reacting to watches. Just about all of them thought Blancpain was a cheap watch and nato seemed be the reason why they came to that conclusion.
I use that to my advantage though. By throwing my nicer watch on a NATO I can appreciate the watch for myself without worry of it drawing unwanted attention. Also it’s scratch resistant and pretty reliable, so great for everyday wear.
Agree and disagree. I think it’s admirable that Panerai has kept to it’s iconic design. But I think they could have done that while releasing additional lines and options.
Keep the original Panerai line as it is as the main line, and release a additional line for GADA sports watch, chronograph, dress watch, and etc. They don’t need to do all of that, but they should at least have more than one look to the brand in general. Right now Panerai is a very stuck one trick pony.(though admittedly it’s a cool trick)
The Tank Solo was replaced by Tank Must, and the latter is closer to the iconic classic Tank design than the solo was. The Tank Solo also didn’t have any notable impact or wear, so I wouldn’t expect the value to rise at all.
Best case, the value’s already rock bottom and the price will rise slowly over time due to inflation. Worse case, the value drops a little but not by much since it’s close enough to the classic Tank design to remain relevant. Those are my guesses. Your biggest issue isn’t value loss, but opportunity cost holding the watches will bring.
I personally haven’t done a search like this before, but I have heard of people setting up searches on ebay for it. On ebay you can save a search and have ebay alert you via email if a new listing comes up that matches your search.
Not as bad as a faux pas, but not fully formal neither. I think bracelets are good neutral option that can do casual to formal, but if you want it to look properly formal then leather strap would be better.
G-shock is well liked by the watch community and is well known to be hard to destroy. You’ll see them on soldier’s wrists and also see them in rich man’s watch collection.
The classic g-shock model is the DW5600, and you can find variation of that model under and around 100 USD.
I downloaded the manual from page and did a find function for the word ‘alarm’, and nothing comes up. If the watch had an alarm function it should show up on the manual. So my guess is that this doesn’t have an alarm.
I’m not really into a market for these, but if I recall correctly VC Overseas was the readily available in the pre-pandemic years and wasn’t really sought after like Royal Oak and Nautilus was. It was only during the pandemic watch hype that Overseas became popular alternative to the Royal Oak and Nautilus. But with watch hype dying down I think things are becoming more available in general for all the hype watches and things are returning back to pre-pandemic normal.
Sit on it and see how things play out. When they are old enough there might be a watch that suits their style, or might hold a special meaning to them.
You might have a Longines or something you had in mind for them, but they might be more attached to your g-shock that you’d wear when going out to play basketball with them. Or something like that.
No particular limit. It’s about the quality of the movement not type of the movement. As long as the brand is doing a quality job and using quality movement, I don’t have a problem with high price.