Dusty Chalk Posted October 15, 2009 Author Report Posted October 15, 2009 So there was a little bit of talk about Bell & Ross watches which none of us can afford, I thought I'd mention that some of Invicta's Russian Diver series seriously look good in that style: In some of the other cases, the colors are inverted (black on light), and they also have round versions.
swt61 Posted October 15, 2009 Report Posted October 15, 2009 My Lucien Piccard arrived today. The Rose Gold one on sale a little while back. It had a supposed retail of $625.00, and was on sale for $69.00. It's a pretty nice watch! Definitely the nicest $70.00 watch I've ever bought. I've spent $700.00 ish on Seiko Lassales back in the day, and this feels better. Time will tell (pun intended).
Sherwood Posted October 16, 2009 Report Posted October 16, 2009 I got mine today as well, Steve, so we will need to coordinate our outfits next time we go out. It's bulkier than I expected, but i was pleasantly surprised by the clasp and the fit n' finish. Plus I love rose.
swt61 Posted October 16, 2009 Report Posted October 16, 2009 Yeah, the clasp was an unexpected nice touch. I also was impressed with fit and finish. I happen to like a bulky watch on my overly muscular physic. I say we wear the Red leather jumpsuits the first time we go out!
Dusty Chalk Posted December 3, 2009 Author Report Posted December 3, 2009 Any opinions on Stuhrling in general? They have some skeletons and some "open heart" watches (skeleton with less showing) with maybe just enough black for my tastes that I'm looking at.
screaming oranges Posted December 3, 2009 Report Posted December 3, 2009 Dusty, I have two Stuhrling watches. One is skeleton the other isn't. I actually like this line (bought them both this year, couple of months ago). They haven't given me any problems. Even the packaging they come in is nice. Both are automatic. I will be getting a third, definitely, sometime later on.
screaming oranges Posted December 3, 2009 Report Posted December 3, 2009 These are the two I have (first is Delphi, second one is Eclipse II): Im thinking of getting a 2nd Eclipse II(i really love the design) in this color scheme: I chose the first one (the Delphi) because I love skeleton watches, and the dark color scheme was to my taste. I bought it for about $75 I think on Chronoshark or one of those one sale a day sites. The 2nd one (the Eclipse II), I bought from Amazon for about $170-ish. I instantly fell in love with the face layout, so I am heavily considering getting that black/white one, as it is contrasting enough from the all-brown model I have to justify owning two of basically the same watch. BTW, the first one is smaller (the face) than the second one. The Eclipse II is a large-face watch.
randerson3024 Posted December 8, 2009 Report Posted December 8, 2009 Not sure what you want to spend, but I would go with a Tissot or a Sinn. I collect nice watches, and a $400 Tissot puts my $12,000 Rolex to shame.
tyrion Posted December 8, 2009 Report Posted December 8, 2009 Sinn makes a great watch. I'm currently considering a Sinn or Stowa. I am also interested in these: Kremke
Dusty Chalk Posted December 8, 2009 Author Report Posted December 8, 2009 Dan -- that thing is huge -- is it bigger than my 51-30? R -- Yeah, that's not the first time I've had Sinn recommended to me: ...but I will put Tissot on my radar/shortlist/whatever.
Dusty Chalk Posted December 8, 2009 Author Report Posted December 8, 2009 This is so "me" it's not even funny. Too bad it's $550...
grawk Posted December 8, 2009 Report Posted December 8, 2009 Watch Information Brand Name: Invicta Model number: INVICTA-6173 Part Number: INVICTA-6173 Dial window material type: Mineral Clasp: Buckle Case material: stainless-steel Case diameter: 52 millimeters Case Thickness: 16 millimeters Band material: Rubber Band length: mens Band width: 26 millimeters Dial color: black Bezel material: stainless-steel Bezel Function: stationary Calendar: day-and-date Movement: swiss-quartz Water resistant depth: 330 Feet Warranty Type: Manufacturer
kelvinz Posted December 8, 2009 Report Posted December 8, 2009 Not sure what you want to spend, but I would go with a Tissot or a Sinn. I collect nice watches, and a $400 Tissot puts my $12,000 Rolex to shame. how does a Tissot put to shame a Steel Daytona?
veloaudio Posted December 8, 2009 Report Posted December 8, 2009 how does a Tissot put to shame a Steel Daytona? x2
jinp6301 Posted December 8, 2009 Report Posted December 8, 2009 I dont usually wear a watch but when I do, it's usually the Bvlgari Assioma my dad passed down to me for graduation
randerson3024 Posted December 9, 2009 Report Posted December 9, 2009 I dont usually wear a watch but when I do, it's usually the Bvlgari Assioma my dad passed down to me for graduation My Daytona is a beautiful peice of jewelry, but not by any measure, a high end watch. I have a modest collection; Tags, Omega's, Tissots, Sinns, etc. For the money, a Tissot is unbeatable. Bvlgaris are lovely, but I know nothing about them. If I ever have the cash, I would go for Patek Phillipe. Chances are I will spend that money on some cool tube gear instead, however............
kelvinz Posted December 10, 2009 Report Posted December 10, 2009 My Daytona is a beautiful peice of jewelry, but not by any measure, a high end watch. I have a modest collection; Tags, Omega's, Tissots, Sinns, etc. For the money, a Tissot is unbeatable. Bvlgaris are lovely, but I know nothing about them. If I ever have the cash, I would go for Patek Phillipe. Chances are I will spend that money on some cool tube gear instead, however............ I guess if you want a multi functional quartz watch, but I could get a quartz casio that was better than a Tissot. Tissot is not top a craftsmanship, complications, or style in my opinion. I believe most watch enthusiast would agree with me.
Fing Posted December 10, 2009 Report Posted December 10, 2009 As much as I'd like an Omega or Rolex or other Swiss prestige watch, I'd consider it to be more as a piece of jewellry and so treat it as an item for special occassions rather than every day use. For every day use, I was a fan of Casio G-Shocks because they can stand up to years of abuse and still keep on ticking. It's cheap so I didn't particularly take great pains to baby it and it started to look battered. The thing was almost comically huge. So I decided to change to something a little more 'grown up' and smarter looking and bought one of the newest Casio Oceanus models ( Oceanus: OCW-T600TD-1AJF Watch Detail ) when I was in Japan in August this year. I consider it to be smart enough to be a dress watch as well as being "to the second" accurate (if within range of an atomic clock), low maintenance (auto adjust and solar powered), tough (titanium case, sapphire glass, 10 bar waterproof) and with some features (alarm, stopwatch, count-down timer).
randerson3024 Posted December 10, 2009 Report Posted December 10, 2009 I only like watches because I can't stand wearing rings or any other jewerly, it is just uncomfortable to me. I like the style of an elegant watch, but the truth is that a cheap watch will pretty much tell time as well as a good one, and the Rolex, which is the most expensive one I own, actually tells the worst time, and will stop running if it sits more than two days. I regret buying it, and would rather have something really exotic. My other kinetic watches all work much better. Watches are a matter of taste, but none to date have added any inches to my dick. 1
screaming oranges Posted December 12, 2009 Report Posted December 12, 2009 <3 Orange makes everything sexy
grawk Posted December 12, 2009 Report Posted December 12, 2009 They had a yellow version for sale the other day that didn't look anywhere near as cool
randerson3024 Posted December 13, 2009 Report Posted December 13, 2009 Really? That looks nice for $30.
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