Love em.
What dress watch shall I buy?
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Love em.
+1 on the 183. Although of course an Omega or Rolex are excellent watches, I think it is hard to beat the 183 on a nice gator strap, looks much dressier than with the leather as shown. I think that the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms may be the best all around watch out there. I don't personally own one, but having looked at them, that sapphire bezel is beautiful! It is one of the few watches I have seen that I think can very easily go from beach to black tie!
Thanks...I love the 183 and the black gator strap looks incredible. I'm a little gunshy about wearing it everyday since I cracked the crystal on my vintage 1959 Omega and had a difficult and expensive time trying to find a genuine 1959 Omega crystal to replace the cracked one.
Is this the Blacpain Fifty Fathom you are talking about?
Is this the Blacpain Fifty Fathom you are talking about?
That is a beautiful albeit expensive model! I love the tourbillion, but that is in an area of the atmosphere too high for me! As far as that goes so is the base model!! But here it is, my pick for the perfect all around watch:
No rose gold? I'm still a little unsure of the kevlar strap, I have a black kevlar strap with orange stitching for my planet ocean and I think it makes the watch look more casual than the stainless steel strap.
That is gorgeous. I'd put that on heavy-gauge mesh, myself.
I saw a guy the other day that had a rolex on heavy gauge mesh strap, looked really sharp. Where do you find the mesh strap? I haven't been able to find them.
Here are some nice choices 
No other watchmaker compares:
Try these sources for mesh bracelets:
http://www.watchstyle.com/pi1089327654.htm?categoryId=113
http://lonestarwatches.com/bracelets.htm
I have the mesh from Lonestar on my Stowa Antea, and it is fabulous; a first-rate bracelet in every way.
There's a nice deal today at Chronoshark on a men's Bedat & Cie automatic, for only $599. Retail on this one is $2,395. This is typical of the fantastic deals you get on these deal-a-day sites. I've purchased from Chronoshark before with no problems. Here's the link: http://www.chronoshark.com/
Here's a pic of the watch.
Here's a pic of the watch.
No other watchmaker compares:
Not sure I like the layout. What is the hand on the right for?
Nice watches, but too high end for me!
I believe it's a power reserve indicator. It shows how much power is left before the watch will stop without being wound (or simply picked up and put on the wrist again, since as an automatic watch, it is powered by the movement of the wearer, which keeps the mainspring wound). Lange watches are among the finest in the world (as well as among the most expensive, unfortunately for us mere mortals.
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Ah... perfect choice!
I have that one and can highly recommend it.
(and after that, MAD (Meistersinger Acquisition Disorder) will kick in and you will end up with an 'Einzeiger' and something like a Singular:
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(and after that, MAD (Meistersinger Acquisition Disorder) will kick in and you will end up with an 'Einzeiger' and something like a Singular:
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Very cool watches. But compared to collecting Superspeeds, that's an expensive AD.
That is absolutely, completely true!
But then again, shaving related ADs are amongst the cheapest known to mankind.
... off to the B/S/T ;-)
But then again, shaving related ADs are amongst the cheapest known to mankind.
... off to the B/S/T ;-)
I believe it's a power reserve indicator. It shows how much power is left before the watch will stop without being wound (or simply picked up and put on the wrist again, since as an automatic watch, it is powered by the movement of the wearer, which keeps the mainspring wound). Lange watches are among the finest in the world (as well as among the most expensive, unfortunately for us mere mortals.
You are correct because it is a power indicator, however, the movement itself requires manual winding.
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It is ironic that you do not like the layout because the Lange 1 is A. Lange & Söhne's flagship watch and possibly one of the most important watches in the history of watchmaking.
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