Without a doubt, digital is easier, cheaper and more accurate. Less cool though.
The "Official" Watch Thread and all Things Horological
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somewhere around here is an hour glass for timing eggs , three minutes of sand , flip it for six minutes . Was my Grans, they had no electricity for years and watches were very expensive. @mimico , want some Luddite comaprisons? I went to public school breifly in Etobicoke for a couple years , they were talking about making maple syrup , which was every spring at Grans place and that farmers used to use horses, which we still did on occassion. It was pretty comical. Barney and Dolly , the percheron horse team had an incredible disposition.
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Lovely watch.
txs for the compliments, a lovely example of the original Blancpain style before it got sold to swatch in the Jean Claude Biver era.
The Leman series still exists , but nothing like the older designs.
If anyone ;likes to know more about the brand there is an active FB group with 11k members.
Official Blancpain group
The Leman series still exists , but nothing like the older designs.
If anyone ;likes to know more about the brand there is an active FB group with 11k members.
Official Blancpain group
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Here is my daily wearer, got it o celebrate a milestone. Same brand,
One of the first watches to use luminous material for the indices and Arabics.
Made in 2023 for the 70th anniversary of the launch of the Fifty Fathoms.
70 pieces North America 70 European, 70 for Asia market.
One of the first watches to use luminous material for the indices and Arabics.
Made in 2023 for the 70th anniversary of the launch of the Fifty Fathoms.
70 pieces North America 70 European, 70 for Asia market.
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They are the opposite of Richard Mille. Refined horology instead of ostentatious. I haven't held one. Apparently they feel special.
I get it but I just can't be bothered with it. For what it takes, I hate RMs as equally...so who knows.
Picked up this bad boy last week, impressed:
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Lol. I was about to ask the forum's opinion about the Seikos and specifically about presage, since I saw this one in my latest trip and fall in love with it, but also i'm a complete noob in watches territory (using an analogy, I'm the guy that buys a Ruroc helmet because it looks "sick").
I don't like it but that doesn't matter. If you like it, that's what matters. Upside is its automatic (4r movements feel much nicer than the 7s that was in most of the seiko 5's) , downsides for me are busy face (open heartbeat is nice but the rest of the cutouts I don't like as they make it harder to read), no lume (less useful as a daily watch)
While there are some exceptions, assume that reselling a seiko will be far far below msrp. If you are buying it with money that doesn't matter to you, that's great.
The fastest way to get to what you like is to buy what you think you like and wear if for a while. As you compile the likes/dislikes, look for the next one.
I've got this one. I like it but I could part with it. I have no idea on value. It's a 552 rss.
Also found another in the stash. 17 jewel gruen movement. Caliber is not stamped where I can see it.
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