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12-06-2011, 08:20 PM | #111 |
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I have three "luxury", plus a few everyday watches...
My three luxury are a Breitling Colt Superocean with yellow face, Omega Seamaster James Bond Casino Royale LE, and an Omega Planetocean (I think) James Bond Quantum of Solace LE (ok, I'm a big James Bond fan! )
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12-06-2011, 08:44 PM | #112 |
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Im not a huge watch guy. i respect all the big names. this caught my eye when a friend had it on the other day. clean looking, not gaudy like a giant panerai.
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12-06-2011, 09:10 PM | #114 |
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just for fun, this is the most complicated mechanical watch and the most expensive watch in the world at $1.5M.
http://quicklook.watchprosite.com/sh...ost/ti-351787/ even the caseback has additional readouts. also, I always thought this was a cool video. quite a marvel of engineering. |
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12-06-2011, 09:14 PM | #115 | |
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I WISH my watch looked like that LOL |
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12-06-2011, 09:44 PM | #116 |
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PAM 310 among a few others. I've had a love for watches almost as long as I've had for cars. What can I say? I appreciate fine pieces of machinery.
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12-06-2011, 10:27 PM | #117 | |
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the hammy gets a lot of wrist time. currently on a different strap. 24mm alcantara strap notched down to 22 to fit the watch |
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12-06-2011, 10:44 PM | #118 |
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What are some good budget watches you guys can recommend. I'm still young, working my first job out of college and need to save for my eventual M3
For now I am looking in the <$200 range (the cheaper the better for me) At this stage I am not looking for something that will last generations and I really do not care for brands in general. I tend to prefer leather/nylon straps, but I am open to other suggestions. |
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12-07-2011, 05:39 AM | #119 |
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I have one watch, a Rolex Datejust Oyster Perpetual, and I love it. It's simple and not too flashy. A question for all you Rolex members, do you actually have the watch serviced regularly? I've had mine for almost 10 years and I've never taken it in for service. It's held up well. It loses a little bit of time each month but I just reset it........
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12-07-2011, 07:06 AM | #120 | |
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Its funny, most people assume a car is a better way to spend money than a watch, but of the three nice watches I have, two have almost doubled in MSRP (so I could resell for only marginal losses) from when I bought them 10 years ago (way to go Swiss Franc!!). The other is a little newer but still retails for about 50% more than I paid
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12-07-2011, 08:24 AM | #122 | |
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There are a dozen more watch topics there as well.
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12-07-2011, 08:55 AM | #123 |
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Its a Swatch!! and I cannot figure out how to rotate the pic...
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12-07-2011, 08:57 AM | #124 | |
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12-07-2011, 10:47 AM | #125 | |
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12-07-2011, 02:06 PM | #126 | |
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12-07-2011, 02:46 PM | #127 |
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the price of watches have really gone up(20-30%) over the past 6 months due to weak euro since most high end watches made in Switzerland...pissing me off...wanted to get Jaeger LeCoutre Diving Master GMT
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12-07-2011, 05:00 PM | #128 | |
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12-07-2011, 05:41 PM | #129 | |
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The swiss Franc, I believe, has held up better than the Euro but may still be down compared relative to the dollar
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12-07-2011, 06:14 PM | #131 | |
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With the weaker euro and swiss franc(swiss weakening their currency recently also), the cost to produce the watch in Switzerland goes up, they will pass that onto their customers no matter where they live. If you understand currencies you will know all currencies going down together no matter what DXY is trading at...hence raw material costs going up everywhere...even if USD relatively stronger than the euro, will not translate to lower prices in the US. |
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12-07-2011, 06:45 PM | #132 | |
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The reason my watches have appreciated so much over the longer time is highly related to the dollar weakening over the past 10 years by a significant amount since I bought them. The change in MSRP has moved almost exactly with the chart below over the long term. I'm only going into this detail to educate on one of the meaningful factors that effect watch prices. If the USD strengthens over the next 10 years, don't expect your watch to appreciate/hold its value like it has the last 10 years. |
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