Watched ...

**abraxas** · 11th March 2005, 01:36

OSCARS ?JAMIE FOXX? AND HIS HUBLOT WATCH (makes you want to weep) :cry:
http://www.europastar.com/europastar/he ... 1000826409
Denial is not a river in Egypt
http://www.europastar.com/europastar/ma ... 1000827956
de Grisogono
http://www.europastar.com/europastar/ma ... 1000827953
The Internet
http://www.europastar.com/europastar/ma ... 1000827958

Seiko Brightz Automatic Chronograph (about time ... interesting price) :shock:
http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t= ... 8685&rid=0

Jean-Mairet & Gillman Alexander 2 Chronograph (yummy)
http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t= ... 9073&rid=0

Beuchat Abyss (French. Enough said)
http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t= ... 9103&rid=0

Clerc CXX Scuba Automatic Chronograph
http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t= ... 0789&rid=0

john

**adrian** · 11th March 2005, 13:16

That Seiko is nice. The price is not.

**abraxas** · 11th March 2005, 13:29

I?ve spent some time looking at that Seiko this morning. Very nice watch. Lovely touches of red. I am really fond of dauphine hands at the mo, especially on sports watches. They take you back to the ?50s.

Don?t think I could live with screws permanently on the bezel (and don?t say AP ... it?s not an AP) and pity about the Ti and price.

Would love to get ?a butchers? at the movement.

... and where did the Brightz stuff come from? The B could come straight off the dial.

john

**abraxas** · 11th March 2005, 15:02

The Dish

Review of the Fossil Philippe Starck Collection
http://www.watchreport.com/2005/02/review_of_the_f.html

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TechnoMarine Launches the First Colour Ceramic Watches
http://www.watchreport.com/2004/12/technomarine_la.html

Video interview with Franck Dubarry of TechnoMarine
http://www.technomarine.com/#
GO: NEWS
GO: TechnoMarine Videos

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Putin wears a 60,000-dollar watch ...
http://english.pravda.ru/main/18/90/361 ... watch.html

CORUM - Golden Bridge "50th anniversary special edition"
http://www.swisstime.ch/PressKits/Press ... LANGUAGE=E

Two Movements Compared the ETA 2824-2 and the Miyota 8215 Automatic
http://www.17jewel.com/two.html

There?s a lot of new stuff here, just dig in. (sort of :arrow: ?silicon escape wheel? kind of stuff)
http://www.thepurists.com/

john

**adrian** · 11th March 2005, 15:22

Originally Posted by abraxas

I?ve spent some time looking at that Seiko this morning. Very nice watch. Lovely touches of red. I am really fond of dauphine hands at the mo, especially on sports watches. They take you back to the ?50s.

Don?t think I could live with screws permanently on the bezel (and don?t say AP ... it?s not an AP) and pity about the Ti and price.

Would love to get ?a butchers? at the movement.

... and where did the Brightz stuff come from? The B could come straight off the dial.

john

The Brightz is the material the watch is built from. It's a hardened titanium that looks like SS. I'm glad they removed the 'B' from the seconds hand, it looked very much like a Breitling.

**adrian** · 11th March 2005, 15:38

Originally Posted by abraxas

TechnoMarine Launches the First Colour Ceramic Watches
http://www.watchreport.com/2004/12/technomarine_la.html

This isn't ceramic like so many saucers we've all dropped and broken over the years.

That's..... :roll:

**abraxas** · 11th March 2005, 15:39

Originally Posted by adrian

Originally Posted by abraxas

????????

... and where did the Brightz stuff come from? The B could come straight off the dial.

john

The Brightz is the material the watch is built from. It's a hardened titanium that looks like SS. ..................

Oh, right. Didn't know that. TAG were playing with that stuff 4-5 years ago ... don't know what happened, obviously didn't catch on. Strangely enough I could smell the Ti on the Seiko a mile away. Also, I just noticed the angular edge of the bezel - that has to go too.

john

**Ming Thein** · 11th March 2005, 17:44

The Brightz has the coolest chrono hands I've ever seen. :D

Btw, the Kinetic Brightz chrono is very nice too, and quite a fair bit cheaper, IIRC.

Ming

**abraxas** · 16th March 2005, 11:06

That?s what I call nifty lumed seconds.
http://www.equationoftime.com/forums/Wa ... ead=143394

Put your GS away and get your lungs out for a bit of class
http://www.equationoftime.com/forums/Wa ... ead=143281

Tactical Computer Watch for Snipers
http://www.military.com/soldiertech/0,1 ... iertech.nl
http://www.mwrforum.net/cgi-bin/mwr.pl?read=123586

:arrow: Zodiac Super Sea Wolf 1000m (Review)
http://www.equationoftime.com/forums/Pi ... i?read=261

:arrow: UTS Munchen Professional Diver (Review)
http://www.equationoftime.com/forums/Pi ... i?read=263

john

**Crusader** · 16th March 2005, 11:15

Originally Posted by abraxas

:arrow: UTS Munchen Professional Diver (Review)
http://www.equationoftime.com/forums/Pi ... i?read=263

Know what? I find the UTS and the Kobold Seal remarkably similar.

**abraxas** · 16th March 2005, 11:57

Seatime Bracelet
http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t= ... 0421&rid=0

As you know, I never had much to say for the Seatime but the bracelet looks really good and brings more of the watch out. Good work Stowa.

I also like the dial of the model shown ... much better than the old segmented chapter ring.

Now all they have to do is tidy-up the crown and shoulders. :roll:

john

**abraxas** · 17th March 2005, 10:50

... the Edge
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s ... eo_warfare

:arrow: Anonimo Millemetri (Review)
http://www.wristwatchreview.com/wwpubli ... emetri.pdf

Rare Sinn 142 Ti ?Tide Watch?
http://hk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/sunnyl ... pg&.src=ph

:arrow: Eterna KonTiki Diver 1,000 Meters (eh?)
http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t= ... 9193&rid=0
http://www.lacotedesmontres.com/Dernier ... No_298.htm

Sinn EZM1 (new review)
http://members1.chello.nl/~h.mennink//w ... nnEZM1.htm

Pimp your strap :shock:
http://www.network54.com/Forum/message? ... 1110654296

john

**abraxas** · 17th March 2005, 23:24

VOSTOCK - Rare Soviet Military Technical Timepiece
http://www.casablancawatch.com/watches/ ... sp?wid=175

?Blind Flight? Clock
http://nawcc-ihc-mb.infopop.cc/eve/ubb. ... 5701098311

Does Faster Mean More Accurate? Frequency Response of a Watch Escapement ... (again)
http://www.timezone.com/library/comarti ... ticles0017

:arrow: :arrow: The A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Chronograph (What?s beyond Divine? Heavenly? Stellar? Astral?) I WANT ONE NOW!
http://www.thepurists.net/Patrons/Membe ... ograph.htm

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GO Senator Navigator ... in three versions (my favourite modern day Explorer1)
http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t= ... 4822&rid=0

IWC Ingenieur Automatic and Chronographs (they are out)
http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t= ... 0371&rid=0

john

**Crusader** · 17th March 2005, 23:35

Originally Posted by abraxas

?Blind Flight? Clock
http://nawcc-ihc-mb.infopop.cc/eve/ubb. ... 5701098311

Nice find. Did you notice how the dial (not the hands) are an archetype of the Sinn 656/756/856 series?

**Crusader** · 17th March 2005, 23:43

Originally Posted by abraxas

GO Senator Navigator ... in three versions (my favourite modern day Explorer1)
http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t= ... 4822&rid=0

I'll never get used to the Breitlingesque short end of the second hand ... :roll: :?

IMHO the Sinn 656 with antimagnetic inner case and a crystal secured against loss of outside pressure - or even the IWC Mark XV, with the same features - beats the crap out of the very conventionally built, aviation-style GO any time. :P :D

**abraxas** · 17th March 2005, 23:53

Originally Posted by Crusader

..............

I'll never get used to the Breitlingesque short end of the second hand ... :roll: :?

IMHO the Sinn 656 with antimagnetic inner case and a crystal secured against loss of outside pressure - or even the IWC Mark XV, with the same features - beats the crap out of the very conventionally built, aviation-style GO any time. :P :D

I absolutely agree with you about 'the tail' of the seconds ... I don't know why they do that. If I had the watch I would have it cut off. I was actually seriously considering having that watch at one time ... I have since found that they can be difficult people to deal with.

Re Sinn 656 and IWC Mark (X) ... why have a 'time only' when you can have a chrono? :wink:

john

**Crusader** · 17th March 2005, 23:58

Originally Posted by abraxas

Re Sinn 656 and IWC Mark (X) ... why have a 'time only' when you can have a chrono? :wink:

hey, it was you who started the discussion about the GO being a new classic ... :twisted: :wink:

**abraxas** · 18th March 2005, 00:02

Originally Posted by Crusader

Originally Posted by abraxas

Re Sinn 656 and IWC Mark (X) ... why have a 'time only' when you can have a chrono? :wink:

hey, it was you who started the discussion about the GO being a new classic ... :twisted: :wink:

I'm fickle. :crybaby:

john

**Crusader** · 18th March 2005, 00:06

Originally Posted by abraxas

Originally Posted by Crusader

Originally Posted by abraxas

Re Sinn 656 and IWC Mark (X) ... why have a 'time only' when you can have a chrono? :wink:

hey, it was you who started the discussion about the GO being a new classic ... :twisted: :wink:

I'm fickle. :crybaby:

john

Go and cavitate some ... it'll make you feel better. :twisted: :wink:

**abraxas** · 18th March 2005, 00:10

Originally Posted by Crusader

Originally Posted by abraxas

..............

I'm fickle. :crybaby:

john

Go and cavitate some ... it'll make you feel better. :twisted: :wink:

ok

john

**abraxas** · 18th March 2005, 00:11

john

**abraxas** · 18th March 2005, 00:12

john

**Crusader** · 18th March 2005, 00:15

:shock: What, no cavitation smilie?

And that from the man who brought us the Tomcat-Smilie ... :? :wink:

**abraxas** · 18th March 2005, 14:06

.
This deserves a post by itself ...

In the 1960s, the government had the technology to trace a person by their wristwatch.

http://www.discussanything.com/forums/a ... 44006.html

anon :pale:

18th March 2005, 14:49

Couple of dumb questions, hopefully someone can educate me :

The movement is the automatic Seiko in-house caliber 6S28 with 34 jewels.

If Seiko do an in-house auto chronograph why don't we see any of them? All the (new) chronos I have seen from them have been quartz.

the CSS Scuba features an automatic ETA caliber 7750 chronograph movement.

I wasn't aware that ETA did a chronograph movement. Do they appear in anything else?

Thanks guys,

Jim

**swanbourne** · 18th March 2005, 15:14

Originally Posted by Whizzo

Couple of dumb questions, hopefully someone can educate me :

The movement is the automatic Seiko in-house caliber 6S28 with 34 jewels.

If Seiko do an in-house auto chronograph why don't we see any of them? All the (new) chronos I have seen from them have been quartz.

[quote:to0vdxtu]the CSS Scuba features an automatic ETA caliber 7750 chronograph movement.

I wasn't aware that ETA did a chronograph movement. Do they appear in anything else?

[/quote:to0vdxtu]

It's unlikely that you will see the Seiko mechanical chronograph in the west because it would cost around £1500. Have a look at some nice Japanese watches here.

http://www.uchiyama-gg.co.jp/domesticwatch.htm

The ETA 7750 chronograph movement is also probably better known as the Valjoux 7750.

Eddie

**Ron Jr** · 18th March 2005, 15:14

Originally Posted by Whizzo

Couple of dumb questions, hopefully someone can educate me :

The movement is the automatic Seiko in-house caliber 6S28 with 34 jewels.

If Seiko do an in-house auto chronograph why don't we see any of them? All the (new) chronos I have seen from them have been quartz.

[quote:27wgstc3]the CSS Scuba features an automatic ETA caliber 7750 chronograph movement.

I wasn't aware that ETA did a chronograph movement. Do they appear in anything else?

Thanks guys,

Jim[/quote:27wgstc3]

The ETA 7750 is the same as the Val 7750.

As far as Seiko auto Chronos I think they are only used in Japan only models. Though I could be wrong.

**Ron Jr** · 18th March 2005, 15:15

Eddie just beat me to it.

18th March 2005, 15:20

Thanks Eddie, thanks Ron.

I guess I should have seen the Valjoux connection because of the 7750 designation. :roll:

I think I am asking these questions because the desire to own a mechanical chrono is beginning to rear its head....... :(

Cheers,

Jim

**abraxas** · 19th March 2005, 17:43

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Antoine Preziuso: Moving fast... slowly
http://www.europastar.com/europastar/ma ... 1000530854

Paul Smith (it?s amazing that this guy successfully sells watches all over the world ... as far away as Japan)
http://www.paulsmith.co.uk/shop/mens-watches/
(I must say tho ... I do like the bracelet on this one):

UK: A bullish market, but challenges remain!
http://www.europastar.com/europastar/ma ... 1000727318

The Anatomy of a Watch Purchase
http://www.timezone.com/library/twarped/twarped0007

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Go Retro. Go Superetro.

I still think this watch deserves a homage.

Waltham 1919 "Depollier" military wristwatch. ( The original case is painted black, and was designed for the US military.)

http://www.rruegger.ch/images/dive_watc ... en_mih.jpg
The one from: http://www.rruegger.ch/

Those who have:
'American Wristwatches' (Five Decades of Style and Design) by Edward Faber and Stewart Unger, 1988 (pp 163)

... will be able to appreciate (the Elgin version) it in it's full glory (all-black with red-hands). It will most definitely give Panerai a run for its money.

john

**abraxas** · 21st March 2005, 03:10

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NEW MOVEMENT From Cartier & Jaeger le Coultre
http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t= ... 9229&rid=0

:arrow: New Nomos automatic
http://www.watchuseek.com/cgi-bin/anybo ... =2&gV=0&p=

THE CARL F. BUCHERER PATRAVI TONNEAUGRAPH
http://www.watchnetwork.com/ClassiApp/C ... toryID=130

This used to be my dream (and then I woke up)
http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t= ... 7357&rid=0

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As crappy as this was:
http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t= ... 9101&rid=0

This one is a beaut ...

The Beuchat Nautyl
http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t= ... 9100&rid=0

john

**abraxas** · 22nd March 2005, 02:12

.
Somebody likes the DN
http://www.equationoftime.com/forums/Di ... read=98497

Baume & Mercier Diver (you?ve seen it before ... time to see it again)
http://www.equationoftime.com/forums/Di ... read=98238

Dornblueth Up and Down
http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t= ... 3806&rid=0

Ventura SPARC rx (...clever)
http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t= ... 7133&rid=0

Glycine Incursore Cali (in ?desert? too)
http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t= ... 7239&rid=0

Nomos gone left (but do not get The Martin Landau Seal of Approval stamp) :pukeleft:
http://www.watchuseek.com/cgi-bin/anybo ... =2&gV=0&p=

Nomos - Luxuria (Nomos are really shifting these days)
http://www.watchuseek.com/cgi-bin/anybo ... =2&gV=0&p=

john

**abraxas** · 23rd March 2005, 15:30

:arrow: Superb Omega Megaquartz site ... (a must)
http://www.mancini99.freeserve.co.uk/Me ... z_con.html

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Chrono (review)
http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t= ... 7000&rid=0

Blancpain - Villeret YEAR ONE: http://professorguy.com/essays/bpreview.html
.............................YEAR TWO: http://professorguy.com/essays/bpreview2.html

SEIKO 6138 (not sure if this was posted before ? good read)
http://members1.chello.nl/~h.mennink/wa ... ko6138.htm

Interview with David McCready of d.freemont
http://www.wristwatchreview.com/index.p ... -mccready/

:arrow: Rolex Submariner Date VS Tudor Prince Date Hydronaut
http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t= ... 6686&rid=0

john

**swanbourne** · 23rd March 2005, 18:28

I have no idea what to make of this diver.

http://www.europastar.com/europastar/ma ... 1000531859

Eddie

**rfrazier** · 23rd March 2005, 18:30

I do. :twisted:

Best wishes,
Bob

**Ron Jr** · 23rd March 2005, 19:41

I say it (the whole production run) should be real world tested by dropping them into the deepest depths of the Atlantic.

**Crusader** · 23rd March 2005, 20:17

Originally Posted by Ron Jr

I say it (the whole production run) should be real world tested by dropping them into the deepest depths of the Atlantic.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

However, that would give them unwarranted publicity. :wink:

**Ron Jr** · 23rd March 2005, 22:20

Originally Posted by Crusader

Originally Posted by Ron Jr

I say it (the whole production run) should be real world tested by dropping them into the deepest depths of the Atlantic.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

However, that would give them unwarranted publicity. :wink:

We would just tel them the test was top secret as the watch will be used by the SEALs.

**abraxas** · 23rd March 2005, 23:08

Originally Posted by swanbourne

I have no idea what to make of this diver.

http://www.europastar.com/europastar/ma ... 1000531859

Eddie

Remember ...

NUBEO - (How not to build a website ... Wicked watches once you figure how to work the site out.)
http://www.nubeo.ch/
http://www.tz-uk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8743&start=0

john

**Crusader** · 23rd March 2005, 23:19

[quote=Ron Jr]

Originally Posted by Crusader

Originally Posted by "Ron Jr":httq3af9

I say it (the whole production run) should be real world tested by dropping them into the deepest depths of the Atlantic.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

However, that would give them unwarranted publicity. :wink:

We would just tel them the test was top secret as the watch will be used by the SEALs.[/quote:httq3af9]

Impossible ... they wear a Kobold Seal on one arm, and a Luminox on the other. :P :wink:

**abraxas** · 23rd March 2005, 23:29

.
Are the Sopranos joining the SEALS now? :scratch:

If I remember well, the Mafia actually helped the Allies in WWII through their contacts in Italy. 8)

john

"Buy real estate. God's not making any more of it" (Tony Soprano)

**swanbourne** · 23rd March 2005, 23:29

I've just given the website another try John.

:(

Eddie

**wombat** · 24th March 2005, 10:08

Originally Posted by Ron Jr

The ETA 7750 is the same as the Val 7750.

Eddie and Ron Jr. are right. The movement's official name was "ETA Valjoux 7750" till last year. ETA has changed the official name simply into "ETA 7750". But it's still exactly the same movement.

/ Hal

**abraxas** · 24th March 2005, 10:14

.
All movements sold through the Swatch group will henceforth be known as ETA but I am sure it will be a while before the old names die off.

john

**wombat** · 24th March 2005, 10:31

Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Compressor Extreme World Chronograph
with the new JLC in-house chrono movement.

/ Hal

**abraxas** · 24th March 2005, 11:41

Originally Posted by wombat

Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Compressor Extreme World Chronograph
with the new JLC in-house chrono movement.

....................
/ Hal

Good to have you back Hal. Isn't that another fitted rubber for Eddie to consider?
http://www.tp178.com/tjn/jlc/dubai/revival/extworld.jpg

The watch although obviously well made ... looks like sh__
What's that hand 11-5? I don't even care ... :twisted:

john

**wombat** · 24th March 2005, 17:22

Originally Posted by abraxas

Originally Posted by wombat

Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Compressor Extreme World Chronograph
with the new JLC in-house chrono movement.

...
The watch although obviously well made ... looks like sh__
What's that hand 11-5? I don't even care ... :twisted:
john

Tell her your opinion on her work :wink: :

Originally Posted by abraxas

Re: Where are you Ming?

Originally Posted by Ming Thein

It's Ms. Maglier from JLC. She's testing the new JLC Master Compressor extreme chrono whose movement has internal suspension inside the case...or something like that.
Ming

BTW, Ming made a "name fusion": Magali Metrailler => Maglier :lol:

/ Hal :)

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